The largest investment in the history of Poczta Polska in the automation of logistics processes. Over PLN 200 million for the three latest generation parcel sorts
August 30 this year. Poczta Polska signed a contract for the purchase of three sorters for automatic sorting KEP (courier, express and parcel), for a total amount of approx. PLN 158 million. This is the largest one -time investment in the automation of logistics processes since the beginning of the history of Poczta Polska. Along with the investments accompanying, the company will allocate over PLN 200 million for it. Over the next three years, the company will spend PLN 1.2 billion on the development of logistics and computerization, of which only about PLN 400 million this year.
Poczta Polska, in accordance with the chosen strategy, plans to increase its share in the KEP market (courier, express, parcels), entering into an upward trend in e-commerce. One of the key areas of the company's development are investments in the automatic machine park. The Polish market is still very prospective. The number of transactions made online is increasing, as well as the number of online stores. The analysis carried out by PwC shows that in the next 5 years the e-commerce market in Poland will reach a gross value of PLN 162 billion, maintaining a two-digit rate of annual growth.*
- The development of Poczta Polska will benefit not only to the company, but above all to Polish citizens and enterprises. In order to effectively compete in a competitive courier market, the post office must invest in technological solutions, which in the near future will ensure the company's leader in this market, which will allow active support for the development of Polish e-commerce business-says Andrzej Śliwka, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of State Asset. - The investment in the most modern machine park in the country clearly indicates that the Polish Post has consistently implements the development strategy adopted and announced in February this year - emphasizes Andrzej Śliwka.
On August 30, 2021, the company signed a contract with the Bemer Group Poland sp. Z o. O. For the purchase and assembly of three, fully automated latest generation sorters, which will be added in Wrocław in turn (already in 2022), as well as in the Lisim Tail near Bydgoszcz and Lublin (in 2023). This company submitted the most advantageous offer in public purchasing proceedings.
- Poczta Polska carries out the largest investment in the automation of logistics processes in the history so far. This and subsequent investment outlays, implemented in the perspective of the next three years, are necessary for the company's stable development. The level of investment in relation to revenues will exceed the current average for other postal operators and in 2021-2023 will be about 5.8%, and will also exceed the existing expenditure incurred by the post office. In 2019, it was only 1.2%, while in 2020 it was 3.4%, it shows strategic acceleration of mail - says Tomasz Zdzikot, president of the board of Poczta Polska. - The core of our activity is ensuring the highest quality in the field of logistics service, which will directly translate into an increase in customer satisfaction and acquiring more recipients. The investment in sorters is one of the large investments that we start this year - emphasizes Tomasz Zdzikot.
Sorters that the mail will buy will be the most modern, fully automated machines for developing shipments in Poland. It is worth noting that only a few European posts have such solutions. The technology used allows for automatic reading not only standardized address labels, but also international shipments, which often have a non -standard address of address data. These are tailor -made devices, adapted to the company's utility needs and the size of individual sorting plants. The innovative solutions used in them will allow universalism and service of different sizes of shipments. The IT component is an integral part of this investment, both the automation systems for the process of reading codes, as well as integration with other IT systems, including with shipping tracking system.
- Thanks to the automation of logistics processes, Poczta Polska will provide customers with the expected quality standard. This year, we will change the network of our transport connections to ensure courier parcels on delivery the next day after the day of posting (D+1), we will also offer new, attractive Pocztex courier services, we will supplement the largest network of collection points in Poland by several thousand packages. In this way, we respond to the growing expectations of customers and the intensive development of the e-commerce sector. We want Poczta Polska to be a leader on the KEP market - says Andrzej Bodziony, Vice President of the Board of Poczta Polska.
The first machine will be put into use in 2022 in the Wrocław Sorting Room - serving incoming and outgoing shipments within the area of Lower Silesia. The sorter will distribute shipments to the level of delivery points and delivery regions thanks to 190 slides. In 2023, subsequent new sorters will start working in a sorting plant in the Lisim Tail near Bydgoszcz (responsible for servicing the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship) and the Sorting Room in Lublin (developing shipments from the eastern part of the country, as well as parcels transported by rail from China to Poland). The sorter in the Lisim tail will separate shipments into 159 slides. The machine scheduled for the Logistics Center in Lublin will have 178 slides. It is worth noting that the above sorters will also be an element of support for other areas (regions) in which the chapter of shipments is manually. New machines will not only develop KEP shipments from their own concentration area, but also will become the support of other logistics units of Poczta Polska. The new equipment will be integrated with the shipping tracking system. With such facilities, the company will develop the scope of courier service service and increase its quality.
The national operator is waiting in the near future several challenges. Currently, over 70 percent The company's revenues generate services considered non -free, while nearly 30 percent. services included in perspective segments. Poczta Polska wants to reverse these proportions in the next 5 years, planning to increase the share of perspective segments to about 50%, hence the need for new investments.
Over the next three years, the company will spend PLN 1.2 billion, of which only about PLN 400 million this year. Investments will be financed from both own funds, loans and leasing. The lion's share of funds will be allocated to the development of logistics and digitization.