USPS – Working overseas with the private sector – presentation by Herb Cantor, USPS at WMEA01.
International Business Strategies and the Americas (working overseas with the private sector
USPS delivery volumes & statistics
Revenue by sector
Size of market – letters, expedited & packages, printed matter & foreign origin
Expedited air shipments by world area
Creating a Positive Environment – case histories from around the world – presentation by Michael MacClancy, Triangle at WMEA01
The postal value chain
Case studies – Sweden, New Zealand, USA?, Germany
Conclusions: Protect the entrants rather than the incumbent!
Competition brings innovation
Worksharing generates another type of competition
The incumbent benefits from legal action
Identify your vision and make people aware of it
The threat is substitution!!!
Selecting the right provider – presentation by Juan Hidalgo, Uniktrans at WMEA01
Mailing services: International priority airmail and international surface airlift (USPS)
Private Sector mail delivery
Postal services of the Americas competing with the private sector
Summary
Americas postal services losing ground and market share fast
Major European postal administrations monopolosing the international mail market
Private & public synergies required
Cross border mail handling creating a free for all environment
Managing the full customer range – presentation by Mark Crego, Accenture at WMEA01.
View of postal CEOs on the key challenges facing their businesses
Summary case study of Correos/ Spanish Postal Service, Posti/Finland Postal Service & USPS
Battered by the terrorist attacks and a declining economy, the Postal Service saw its first drop in volume in a decade and finished the fiscal year with a $1.68 billion loss.
Managers are scrambling to cut expenses, seeking help from Congress and discussing the possibility of speeding up a rate increase.
“The economic recession, the Sept. 11 attacks and the anthrax attacks tossed our financial situation up in the air,” Postmaster General John Potter said Tuesday.
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