UK-based IT supplier NetDespatch is reporting a 20 per cent increase in online traffic compared tothe same period in 2011, with major customer APC Overnight seeing strong growth.
December has seen new milestones reached by many of NetDespatch’s postal and parcel deliverycustomers. Now estimated to be used by 75,000 retailers worldwide, NetDespatch’s web technologycombines increased operational efficiency with the production of correctly addressed and routedcarrier labels.
In November 2012, the APC Overnight network received more than a million on-lineconsignments for delivery through their 115 strong UK nationwide depot network. The million parcelmilestone comes on top of a 30 per cent increase in pre-tax profit for APC Overnight and a 13.5 percent increase in turnover. The company had a highly successful year in 2012 with its networkgrowing to more than 115 depots.
“Reaching the landmark of one million consignments booked online in a month shows howNetDespatch has been a real asset in both winning new customers and in helping deliver ourindustry-leading service performance. NetDespatch has allowed us to expand our volumes without anyIT restrictions, and by making on-line booking so easy it is helping businesses of all sizes becomemore competitive and grow,” Syed Ziaullah, CEO of APC Overnight, said.
CollectPlus, the innovative collection and delivery network for on-line consumers, with anintegrated network of convenience stores, supermarkets, garage forecourts and shopping centres, hasexperienced another impressive year and recently announced the delivery of their 10 millionth itemthrough the NetDespatch platform since they were founded in 2009.
“2012 has been a great year for NetDespatch and our customers. Our services allow retailers,mail order companies and manufacturers to process peak volumes without any IT restrictions, and bymaking online despatch, labelling and tracking so easy it is helping businesses of all sizes tobecome more competitive and grow,” commented Becky Clark, CEO of NetDespatch.
NetDespatch provide a fully managed processing platform offering easy to use web-basedsoftware tools and services connecting warehouse and order processing systems, such as eSellerPro,Maginus and Magento, directly and securely to the NetDespatch servers. The same despatch anddelivery data is then forwarded to the selected postal or parcel carrier, ensuring that informationis entered just once and that parcels arrive on time.
