Logistic Issues and Strategies for Australia Post

Logistics

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
Company Overview.........................................................................................................................1
Current logistic problem..................................................................................................................2
Impact of logistic issues on company..............................................................................................3
Logistic management strategies to resolve issues...........................................................................4
Involvement of the NSW government in the resolution..................................................................6
Conclusion and Recommendation...................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................8

Introduction
Logistic is been mainly defined as the procedure of coordinating and moving the
resources, inventory or material from one place to another destination. It refers to the activities
that take place within the organization involving purchases and delivery of the resources,
packaging, shipping and transporting the goods to end distributors. The current report is been
carried out with the intention to gain in-depth knowledge about the logistics and the issues
related to the same. It would assess the logistic issues being faced by the intermodal companies
and the strategies to overcome the problems effectively. The report would also highlight the
involvement of NSW government if any in the resolution of the issues. However, the logistic
issues of Australia Post Company would be elaborated on in the report. It would provide with
detailed understanding and knowledge about the logistic issues and their resolution in Australia
post specifically.
Company Overview
Australia post is a large-scale government-owned organization which provides with the
postal services in Australia. The organization is been headquartered in Melbourne, Australia and
also serves as the post office. The company mainly manages the largest retail network in the
country and is accountable for the safe delivery of more than three billion letters in a year (Ali
and et al, 2018). The Australian government is the only shareholder of the company and
managed and controlled by the same. The company serves an immense number of customers
with the logistics and other delivery services in the entire nations as well as across the
boundaries. The company is the first to make use of 100% electronic commercial vans in the
nation ('Australian Postal Corporation' 2015). It emphasizes majorly on sustainability within the
logistics and transport operations along with reuse and recycling of the used packaging. Australia
post had also introduced new fleets and motorbikes with fuel efficiencies so that to decrease the
carbon emission in surroundings.
Australia post delivers services in about 190 countries along with the online services to
the customers. The organization is currently operating in three major areas i.e. retail
merchandise, letters, and associated services and parcels and logistics. It offers delivery
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services, financial services, logistics and fulfillment services, retail services and direct marketing
and database management services (SURRETT, 2018). In addition to this, the Australia post
collects processes and delivers the multi-parcel or single parcel shipments all over the world. It
even provides with the end to end supply chain facilities starting from the manufacturer to the
consumer with enhanced incorporated logistics services.
Current logistic problem
Logistics is the widespread activity which includes huge potentiality and challenges into
the operations. The organization had observed the biggest change in the activities of logistics in
the past few decades. The activities of delivering goods and services from one place to another
are a bit difficult sector on which the businesses largely rely and could be influenced to the great
extent. The companies dealing with the online businesses or any company which ships,
documents or parcels intercity, interstate or overseas include various logistical issues
(Wudhikarn and et al, 2018). It is been identified that the majority of the Australian businesses
relies upon the cost-efficient logistics and transportation solutions. It is determined that logistics
plays an important role in the economic growth of the nation. The transportation network of
Australia covers the wide area of modes of transportation and thus includes various logistic
issues as well.
The company comes across huge challenges of logistics every day whether related to
logistic business or not. The major logistic problem being faced by the Australia post company in
past few times is the issues in letter delivery business. The company faced huge delays in the
timely delivery of parcels and letters to the end customers (O'Byrne, 2012). There are various
reasons behind the challenges and problem of delays in the delivery. The problem of delivering
the parcels or letters on time had led the company towards huge losses and negative influences
with the same. The increased number of competition, different geographical, legislative and
technological challenges had made the logistic business more complicated for the company. In
addition to this, there are more issues like security issues, market entrance or competition and
changing fuel prices are also some major problems faced during the logistical activities of
Australia post ('Automation: In brief' 2015).
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