Logistics market
Competent and reliable partners are key to achieving business success, particularly in logistics. At Swiss Post, a leading logistics provider, customers are in good hands and enjoy major advantages. Shippers simplify their business processes with us, save resources and strengthen relationships with their customers. Swiss Post offers forward-looking products and services that make receiving consignments easy and convenient. Swiss Post has just what its customers need: from a simple basic service with or without extras to efficient standard solutions and complex logistics solutions.
| Logistics market | 2013 | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating income 1 | CHF million | 1,581 |
| Abroad 1 | CHF million | 163 |
| Operating profit 1 | CHF million | 133 |
| Abroad 1 | CHF million | 14 |
| Parcels | In millions | 114 |
| Express items | In millions | 2 |
| Headcount | Full-time equivalents | 5,426 |
1 Normalized figure. See the section “One-off items and normalization”.
Distance and online selling
YellowCube: takes care of the entire logistics chain
The things that count in distance and online selling are speed, error- free picking, efficient returns management and low warehousing costs. Swiss Post's YellowCube logistics solution makes all this possible.
Recipient services
“These services make life easier”
Want to have the registered letter you missed forwarded to the office? Decide for yourself when you want to take delivery of a parcel, or drop off parcels at a terminal at any time? With a range of new services, Swiss Post gives you plenty of flexibility.
Victorinox Fragrances
A partner for the entire e-commerce process
For its international e-commerce perfume business, the traditional Swiss company Victorinox relies on Swiss Post's expertise. With the support of Swiss Post, Victorinox Fragrances is looking to tap into international markets.
Rheumaliga Schweiz
“At home with logistics”
To run a mail order business, small and medium-sized companies in particular need a good partner. For Rheumaliga Schweiz, a Swiss non-profit organization for those suffering from rheumatism, Swiss Post takes care of every aspect of online business.
Expansion of sorting systems
“Open heart surgery”
Swiss Post is investing in the expansion of its parcel sorting systems and gearing up for continually rising parcel volumes. In autumn 2013, work began on a second sorting system at the Härkingen parcel centre.
Customs clearance services
Ensuring that nothing gets stuck in customs
Customs clearance requires a lot of know-how: How are goods declared? What duties are incurred? How is VAT charged? How are returns managed? And what are the rules for re-importation? Hurdles like these often make small and medium-sized enterprises reluctant to deliver abroad.
114 million
parcels were delivered in Switzerland in 2013.