USPS Stragetic Transformation Plan 2006-1010
USPS Stragetic Transformation Plan 2006-1010
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Siemens unit wins 460 mln eur order from US Postal Service
Siemens AG said it won a 460 mln eur order from the US Postal Service (USPS) to expand its PARS mail sorting system at all of its domestic centres. The Postal Automated Redirection System (PARS) expedites mail forwarding and other postal processes. Siemens will expand this system over the next 28 months.
Read MoreDeutsche Post could face a bid battle with UPS
Deutsche Post may have made the first move on Exel but it is unlikely to be the sole bidder. UPS, the US package delivery company, and TPG, the Dutch logistics group, have also been touted as possible bidders. Alastair Gunn, analyst at Arbuthnot Securities, says: “Whether it is Deutsche Post who ends up with Exel, is doubtful. I think UPS is likely to outbid them.” He adds: “In terms of other companies coming in, nobody else can compete. It would be a waste of management time and energy.” An acquisition of Exel by UPS would underline the Atlanta-based company’s ambition to increase its presence in Europe, where it is challenging the dominance of DHL, owned by Deutsche Post, and TNT, owned by TPG.
UPS has become increasingly reliant on international revenues, especially in Europe and Asia, to offset slowing growth and increasing competition in the US.
GAO urges better training for handling suspicious US mail
The US Postal Service needs to develop more detailed training to prepare its workers to handle suspicious mail more carefully, the Government Accountability Office said Monday.
The GAO cited mistakes in the handling of a letter containing the poison ricin that was found in the Greenville, S.C. post office in October 2003.
The letter, which contained a sealed vial, was labeled “Caution: Ricin Poison,” GAO noted.
It said the letter was discovered around midnight and postal officials double wrapped it and removed it to an area away from workers, but did not call postal inspectors until the next day. Inspectors then called in local emergency officials and the letter was sent to the state health department and later to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
Read MoreUSPS raises the bar in overnight delivery
The U.S. Postal Service once again reached its all-time high-score of 96 percent on-time performance for overnight delivery of First-Class Mail. The assessment, measured independently by IBM Consulting Services, was announced today during the agency’s Board of Governors meeting in California. This achievement marks ten consecutive measurement periods that the organization reached a 95 percent or better score for on-time overnight delivery of First-Class Mail. This third quarter measurement for fiscal year 2005 also cites increases in two- and three-day service performance scores from the previous reporting. Two-day is 92 percent, up from 90 percent; and three-day – which is carried by air – is at 90 percent, up from 83 percent. This report provides an independent assessment of the time it takes a piece of First-Class Mail, once it’s deposited into a collection box, to be delivered to one of more than 143.7 million American homes, businesses and Post Office boxes.
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