Part of the USPS OIG series on Five Elements of a Postal Solution The record on competitive postal services is mixed. Private postal operators in Latin America are thriving, while in the U.K. they are lagging. Theoretically, competition increases efficiency. However, the U.S. postal service can now deliver cheaply because it visits every house and [...]
The International Postal Corporation (IPC) and the USPS’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) have both recently shown interest in the concept of digital platforms and their applicability to the postal world. Professor Marshall Van Alstyne, Associate Professor of information economics at Boston University/MIT, provided both organizations with overviews of his research in this area. Typical examples of [...]
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 [...]
decision/analysis partners was recently asked by a large post to perform a study on mail bundling technologies. The study consisted of two parts: a test of bundles on sorting equipment within a plant, and a survey of trends in mailers and bundle equipment manufacturers. The study revealed that significant savings could be achieved beyond selecting [...]
The U.S. Postal Service unveiled gopost, a new self-service parcel locker, Thursday April 19, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony witnessed by hundreds of shoppers and retailers at the Ballston Common Mall in Arlington, Virginia.
H.R. 2309, also known as the Postal Reform Act of 2011, would change the laws that govern the operation of the Postal Service, resulting in off-budget savings totaling about $28 billion and on-budget costs of about $8 billion over the 2012-2022 period.
I received a lovely mailer in my home mailbox for USPS’ new parcel terminal service, gopost, asking me to register online for an account. I thought the privacy policies were a little loose – allowing USPS to share my info with any service partner. The service also require me to physically go to one of [...]
WASHINGTON – May 3rd, 2011 — The U.S. Postal Service today honored Ohio-based branding agency Mlicki with a Marketing Achievement in Innovation and Leadership (MAIL) Award for a direct mail campaign that attained a 10 percent response rate.
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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 [...]
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: • Distribution planning • Network optimization • Sort [...]
With the launch in April 2012 of www.paket.de DHL parcels recipients can decide online when and how their goods will be delivered : at one of the 2,500 Packstations, at a neighbor’s home, or at home. It is even possible to tell DHL where on customers’ premises the package should be left, i.e., in a [...]
Until recently, New Zealand Post’s main involvement in government services related to electoral enrolment services, through a MoU with the Department of Justice. For many years, New Zealanders have been able to get from NZ Post Shops electoral enrolment forms, which they can leave at the counter or mail back . The Post is now [...]
In the past few years Posts have started to open up their network of post offices to third parties – among which traditional banks, international money transfer operators, new mobile payments operators, or mobile service providers. The jury is still out as to whether these strategies have really paid off . Many Posts, in particular [...]
The agreement between the Nigerian Post (NIPOST) and One Network, announced in March 2012, may well become – if it materializes according to plans – a partnership made in heaven, a textbook case study, and a model for many other postal operators. – One Network is a Nigerian industry stakeholder organization including payment processors, financial [...]