Dubai-based express firm Aramex has introduced a real-time scanner system which it says will bedeployed in its operations worldwide by the end of this year.
The $1.5 million system of wireless, handheld scanners is designed to update clients withdelivery and collection details from ground couriers on the move, and has already been deployedthroughout the Gulf region, Jordan and Lebanon.
“Banks are especially pleased with the advantages of this new system,” said Iyad Kamal,Aramex’s vice-president for logistics & ground services.
“Providing banks with instantaneous delivery updates of their invoices and credit carddeliveries enhances efficiency of their operations,” he added.
Aramex, listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM: ARMX), employs over 5500 people in 240offices and offers services worldwide through a network of alliances.
The company said it would upgrade its ground services equipment – to use the latest inadvanced technology – following recommendations from a forum of 50 of its operational managers inAmman, Jordan, in December.
