PT Jalur Nugraha Ekakurir or popularly known as JNE is an express and logistics courier services company, originating from Indonesia. Its official name is Tiki Jalur Nugraha Ekakurir. Nowadays, Tiki JNE is better known as JNE. The name "JNE" is an abbreviation for "Jalur Nugraha Ekakurir", which is Sanskrit language meaning "blessed lane courier". Its headquarters is located in Jakarta.
History
On November 26, 1990 Mr H Soeprapto Suparno founded the PT Tiki Jalur Nugraha Ekakurir. The company started first as a division of PT Citra Van Titipan Kilat, which focussed on international networking. Starting with eight people and a starting capital of 100 millionrupiah, JNE started in majoring on custom clearance and distribution for incoming courier and cargo shipments to Indonesia. In 1991, JNE set up its own international network by joining the International Air Transport Association, which allows JNE to offer delivery services worldwide. As the company was focused on international deliveries, JNE joined hands with other courier companies in Indonesia, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Hong Kong, by forming the Association Courier Conference of Asia. Due to intense competition on the home market, JNE decided to focus on domestic networking. By TiKi's domestic network and its name, this gave JNE the opportunity and competitive advantage over its domestic competitors. Therefore, JNE expanded its domestic operations and network. In the upcoming years, JNE expanded its services by its operations in logistics and distribution and launched a special services. Over the years both JNE and TiKi grew and became two large entities, with its own direction. Because of this evolvement, both JNE and TiKi became competitors. Eventually, it was decided that JNE should be a company on its own, thus having an own management, objectives, etc. Because of this evolvement, JNE launched a new marketing policy with new logo in order to distinguish themselves from its association with TiKi. Because of its growth, JNE extended its assets by purchasing buildings in 2002 and established the JNE Sorting Center. Later in 2004, the JNE head office was purchased and established. Both its head office and its operations center are located in Jakarta. Nowadays, JNE continues to grow and it strengthened its position on the domestic market.
TiKi and JNE
Starting as a division from TiKi, JNE eventually split from TiKi and became an independent company. Both companies are founded by Mr H. Soeprapto Suparno. At the time of the establishment, JNE was officially named PT Tiki Jalur Nugraha Ekakurir. But "Tiki" in JNE's official name does not refers to the company TiKi anymore. Both JNE and TiKi has a different management and objectives.
