11/23/2011 - d/ap sponsors North African postal conference
d/ap will participate and sponsor the conference entitled “Nouveaux gisements
pour la Poste en Afrique“, on December 8 and 9, 2011 in Marrakech, Morocco. The conference will bring together leaders from 15 francophone posts of North, West and Central Africa.
Below is the English announcement from the conference organizers:
New Sources of development for the Postal Services
After a first successful conference in 2006, and following the reforms of the postal service in many African countries, i-conferences decided to organize the 2nd edition of the Africa Postal Services Forum to review major developments and trends during the last 5 years and gather, once again, the main operators of this strategic sector.
Organized in Marrakesh on the 8th and 9th of December, the 2nd edition of the postal services forum promises to be a real B2B platform to discuss and exchange on the key issues of the development postal services and growth synergies between the African and international post offices.
Entitled ” New Development Perspectives for the Postal Services in Africa “, the conference will hover around a rich and varied program that focuses on the impact of the reforms on the development of the sector, the promising sources of growth (including hybrid mail, money transfer, express mail…), the integration of Information technologies and their role in bridging the digital gap along with a special focus on the challenges of postal bank.
The conference workshops, scheduled during the first day of the conference, will meanwhile be an opportunity to tackle more practical aspects and technologies which will contribute to the development of the sector. Over 200 delegates representing industry professionals, government officials, postal services, equipment and IT providers, consultants, investment bankers are expected to attend this edition. The b2b area, the lunches and dinner will, meanwhile, be a not be a not-to-be missed platform for key operators coming from Africa, Europe, the Middle East and the US to meet, forge partnerships in a friendly atmosphere.
09/06/2011 - The Posts can become a portal to eGov-lite services
Implementing eGov is, by all accounts, a complex and time consuming undertaking.  A recent survey conducted by the UN shows that high income countries are in the lead and that the gap in eGov implementation is widening between developed and emerging countries.
Postal organizations can play a prominent role in extending their core mission and their universal service obligations by offering eGov services on behalf of Government Agencies.
Building on their assets and core capabilities postal organizations can simplify the process of transacting with Government:
Their network of post offices can serve as a portal to Government.
Their workforce can be trained to use customized eGov solutions and assist citizen in the process.
Their distribution and delivery capabilities can serve to pickup, distribute, and deliver the hardcopy documentation that must accompany any Government transaction.
Offering Government Services through the Posts will reduce the complexity that is commonly attributed to transacting with Government.  This, in turn, can help contribute to economic development and extend the societal responsibilities of the Posts as a universal service provider.
As the winds of change blow through the industry, diversification into Government Services should be seriously considered as a natural extension of the Posts’ mission and capabilities.
08/28/2011 - decision/analysis partners LLC to showcase comprehensive postal advisory services at PostExpo 2011 focusing on operational excellence.
decision/analysis partners will be showcasing its worldwide postal, mailing and shipping advisory services at this year’s PostExpo tradeshow held at the Stuttgart Messe in Stuttgart, Germany on September 27, 28 and 29, 2011 focusing on operational excellence.
decision/analysis will feature the following operational areas in booth 5020:
A preview of the technical advisory services to be featured by decision/analysis at PostExpo can be seen on the decision/analysis PostExpo video .
In addition, managing director Bernard Markowicz will make a presentation at the PostExpo conference on Wednesday September 28 at 11;15 AM on the topic of “Developing Postal Intelligence Capabilities in the Postal Organisation”.
08/27/2011 - decision/analysis partners previews PostExpo promotional video
02/27/2011 - Staff allocation for CPC mail processing centers
d/ap has been tasked with helping Canada Post develop a corporate-wide staff allocation model for its mail processing centers. Â CPC’s goal is to establish corporate standards to better enforce labor productivity performance. Â d/ap is working with CPC to define a staffing roadmap followed by the development of pertinent methods and tools.
Using simulation modeling, d/ap is also currently testing various staffing policies for the mail dispatch operations at the Toronto and Montreal processing centers. Â The goal is to identify staffing plans that will minimize labor requirements while meeting stringent dispatch operating windows with complex tray and container flow.
02/18/2011 - World Mail & Express Americas conference presentation
Managing director Bernard Markowicz made a presentation to the World Mail & Express Americas conference in Mexico City on the subject of Address Systems and the Future of the Mail on February 8, 2011. The presentation shows how direct mail offers significant potential to postal operators in emerging economies, provided that address systems are developed and maintained. The potential of direct mail, on the other hand, brings enough value to develop these systems. [See and download the presentation here] [See Postal Blog Post]
Today, USTDA announced that these 54 decision/analysis partners projects generated over $170 Millions in U.S. exports, based on extensive project evaluations conducted by the Agency. d/ap is grateful to USTDA and the overseas grantees who selected us for their confidence in our ability. The $170M export results demonstrate the effectiveness of the USTDA programs and their importance in developing U.S. exports and creating U.S. jobs.
01/12/2011 - Defense Logistics Agency selects decision/analysis partners LLC for Model Base Enterprise (MBE) research and development project
DLA/DLIS looks to improve its ability to contract for technical data packages under MBE environments to increase product life cycle value.
Fairfax, VA, January 12 – The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has awarded a project to decision/analysis partners LLC to help further its transition into the Model Base Enterprise (MBE) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) environments. MBE/PLM uses 3D modeling techniques to define products for their full life cycle.
Through digital extraction of technical data (TD) and logistics product data (LPD), savings can accrue and accuracy can increase in the information used by DLA and the Services to sustain and support military equipment. Use of the digital MBE data promotes concurrent development, better collaboration, and advanced provisioning, cataloging, and packaging of the product. The MBE environment eliminates the need to create 2D drawings and input data manually which streamlines the process and cuts down on the time, errors, and overall cost of logistics data production.
The DLA project, entitled “Contracting for Technical Data within Model Base Enterprise, Charter 2” will focus on assessing the success of the Department of Defense acquisition community in its processes forward into the MBE/PLM environment, specifically in the area of contracting for technical data packages (TDPs). decision/analysis partners will survey current evolving methods for contracting TDPs to:
- Baseline current TDP acquisition practices for DoD programs that are required to use MBE/PLM environments through a multi-service survey
- Assess the specification of logistics product data to be generated in MBE/PLM environments, correlated to the success of the resultant delivery of LPD
- Assess the qualifications and training of the contracting personnel responsible for the specification of LPD from MBE/PLM environments
- Recommend training for contracting personnel to achieve greater clarity and success in specifying LPD support from MBE/PLM environments
- Provide source information to support a Cost Benefit Analysis for DoD use of digital data extracted from MBE/PLM environments to support DLA and Service logistics
d/ap was awarded a position on a DLA Technical Council, along with four major defense contractors, as a result of its proposal to support a Defense Logistics Agency Logistics Information Service broad agency announcement (BAA) for research and development. This award is for the second task issued under that BAA.
The decision/analysis partners team will be led by Richard De Santis, senior enterprise architect. Mr. De Santis is currently heading d/ap’s Charter 1 MBE project, the first task awarded under the BAA, focusing on a proof-of-concept for the extraction and use of logistics and technical data from an MBE/PLM environment, subcontracting to Northrop-Grumman. The trial effort supports the Air Force A10 Wing Replacement program, where Boeing is the prime contractor.
12/20/2010 - d/ap MOBIS Contract Renewed
decision/analysis partners is pleased to announce that the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has renewed our Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS) contract for an additional five years, starting March 5, 2011.Our GSA MOBIS contract #GS-10F-0191L includes SINs 874-1: Consulting Services, 874-2: Facilitation Services, 874-3 Survey Services, and 874-6: Acquisition Management Support. decision/analysis partners has relied on MOBIS to deliver consulting services to GSA, the United States Coast Guard, and a number of other partnering federal agencies, and we look forward to the many opportunities to come through the renewed contract.
