Monday, November 19th, 2012 | News, United States Post Office | Comments Off on List of Winter 2013 Network Rationalization Consolidations Available Online
The Postal Service is proceeding with its two-phased plan to consolidate its network of mail processing locations. Some phase one consolidation activities were completed in July and August 2012. Additional phase one consolidations will begin in January 2013. The second phase of these consolidation efforts is planned for 2014.
A list of the postal facilities currently scheduled for consolidation in Winter 2013 has been posted on the Information for Mailers web page athttp://about.usps.com/news/facility-studies/welcome.htm. It is also available at https://ribbs.usps.gov/importantupdates/NRWinter2013.xls.
The Winter 2013 Network Rationalization Consolidations list will be updated every Friday to reflect changes in operational planning, and make sure you are kept informed as they occur. The list may be modified if warranted by operational feasibility considerations.
The Winter 2013 list includes 10 facility consolidations continued from Summer 2012, along with 71 other facility consolidations. Fifteen (15) of the facility consolidations originally planned for Winter 2013 will be postponed until 2014, as will 11 facility consolidations that would otherwise have been continuations from Summer 2012. Nine (9) consolidations had previously been advanced to 2012 from the original 2013 list.
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 | United States Post Office | Comments Off on Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe delivers the 2012 National Postal Forum keynote address.
SPECIAL EDITION
‘TRANSFORMATIVE POWER’
PMG TOUTS IMPORTANCE OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
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Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe delivers the 2012 National Postal Forum keynote address.
In a keynote address to open the National Postal Forum today, PMG Pat Donahoe discussed the transformative power of technology and innovation in the mailing industry.
Speaking at the nation’s largest annual gathering for the mailing industry, Donahoe described a technology and data-centric mailing industry poised to benefit from innovations to increase the value of mail for both senders and receivers.
“As an industry, we have to retain what differentiates mail and physical delivery, and bring it into the future,” said the PMG. “It’s astonishing how much is changing in the ways people communicate. Mail has to be a part of these changes.”
Donahoe described a rapidly evolving technology landscape that is changing the ways businesses and people are communicating. “We have to look at potential changes in technology and think about how to use those technologies to enhance the positive characteristics of mail,” he said. “The same goes for the Postal Service. We have to take the best attributes of the Postal Service and bring it into the future.”
The PMG also advanced themes relating to the Postal Service as a national delivery platform, and of using technology and innovation to help extend the platform and provide growth opportunities for the mailing industry and America’s businesses.
“Where we start is with the idea of delivery. That’s the core function of the Postal Service. We deliver what you create. And if we can expand our delivery platform beyond what it is today, we can provide you with even greater opportunities,” said Donahoe.
The PMG discussed the four core business strategies of the Postal Service: strengthening the business to consumer channel; improving the customer experience; growing the package business; and continuing to become leaner, faster and smarter as an organization.
“We have left nothing off of the table in terms of rethinking how we perform our core function of delivering,” said Donahoe. “The best way forward is to embrace the potential of change. As an industry, and as individual businesses, we need to think about the rewards of a more dynamic future.”
The National Postal Forum continues through Wednesday in Orlando, FL.
