Service-oriented - Die Schweizerische Post

“ Addressed bulk mailings are
part of our core business.”
Patrice Gard
Head of Business Mail, PostMail, Berne
Digital printing:
up-to-date everywhere
PostMail launched digital printing in 2006.
This means that, even where great distances
are involved, domestic and
foreign newspapers reach their readers
on the date of publication, in the original
format and printed on newsprint.
One of the most modern digital printing
machines is located in Merenschwand
in Canton Aargau. The central location
means that newspapers can be rapidly
delivered to a wider area. Since September
2006, each issue of Switzerland’s
French-language business newspaper
“L’AGEFI” has been delivered to 300 subscribers
in Ticino on the publication date.
igital printing combines the latest digital
printing technology with the core competencies
of PostMail: the largest distribution
network in Switzerland along with knowhow
and experience when it comes to the
daily delivery of print media. igital printing
is an efficient solution not only for the
delivery of Swiss newspapers in remote
regions but also for getting foreign newspapers
to their readers on the date of
publication. With the “offset look and
feel” digital printing method, newspapers
can now be printed which are every bit as
good as newspapers produced using offset
rotary printing: original paper, original
format, best print quality, multiple colours
As the unit prices remain constant, the
process is therefore especially suitable for
small print runs. It is also ideal for daily
papers that want to make their current
edition immediately available – no matter
where in the world the readers are12 .
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Key figures – Innovative 2006 2005
PostMail Share of new products as a % 1 1.32 0.99
Swiss Post International Share of new products as a % 1 3.43 2.90
PostFinance Share of new products as a % 1 4.40 2.88
Logistics services Share of new products as a % 1 2.58 2.75
PostBus AG Share of new products as a % 1 0.00 0.00
Post Office Network Share of new products as a % 1 3.61 1.10
1 Share of net sales from new products launched in the past four years in terms of net sales for the unit
Additional key figures are set out in the table of figures. ( 99)
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The export module of Swiss Post GLS:
mailing parcels is almost automated
With the software developed by the Swiss
Post subsidiary GLS and scales manufacturer
Mettler Toledo, mailing parcels
abroad is almost an automated process.
The program, which is installed in the
company’s mailing line, imports the order
information from the ERP system (enterprise
resource planning), weighs the
parcels, creates and prints all the different
barcode labels, creates packing and dispatch
lists, which are made available to the
ERP system, and transmits all the parcel
data to the GLS system before the parcels
are physically mailed. Items being mailed
to other countries in Europe can thus
be sent just as quickly and transparently as
domestic items. Customers can track the
location of their parcel at all times.