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.
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.
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”.
d/ap has been tasked with helping Canada Post develop a corporate-wide staff allocation model for its mail processing centers. CPC’s goal is to establish corporate standards to better enforce labor productivity performance. 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. The goal is to identify staffing plans that will minimize labor requirements while meeting stringent dispatch operating windows with complex tray and container flow.
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]
