Strategic Plan for United States Postal Service Roberto W Zayas University of Phoenix Table of Contents Executive Summary | 2 | Company Background | 4 | Vision, Mission, and Values Statement | 5 | Environmental Analysis | 6 | Non-Economic Factors in Remote Environment | 8 | Competitive Analysis | 10 | Strategic Analysis and Choice | 12 | Plan Goals and Implementation | 14 | Critical Success Factors | 16 | Controls and Evaluations | 16 | Conclusion | 17 | References
Office Department known as the United States Postal Services (USPS) (Annual Report, 2009) today, is a dominate player in the mail delivery arena and has been existence since 1776. The Post Office was originally a governmental agency, but due to mismanagement by Congress, was reorganized in 1971 and no longer a part of the presidential cabinet; but became an independent establishment of the executive branch of the Government. To date, the USPS maintains a monopoly on the day-to-day delivery of mail but
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT MGT 485-0903B-03 GLOBAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ALFRED SIU AUGUST 30, 2009 BY: TINA RAULERSON The most concerning threat USPS faces is the rise in operating expenses, particularly the increase in energy prices and health insurance premiums. Energy prices are at all time highs. With USPS ' dependency in both, air and ground transportation, energy prices will play a major role in the company 's budget. USPS is part of the Federal Employee Health Benefit program
a bilit y 5 Y e a r Busine ss Pla n February 16, 2012 Introduction The United States Postal Service (“USPS”) continues to endure the negative effects of electronic diversion combined with a weak economy and increased funding obligations This confluence of events has had financial impacts on the organization which have become untenable While the USPS has continuously sought to make operational improvements and improve efficiency, the organization’s current financial
influenced my way of thinking and how I will plan to apply these acquired Strategic Management lessons in my future assignments and military billets. Thru the course I have learned that Strategic Management builds on many processes and that various companies and organizations with diverse backgrounds can teach us valuable lessons. To be on the lookout for what can be considered a beneficial development in an organization or perhaps what can be a bad plan plausibly implemented at the wrong time. As
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Summary According to a Case Study-United States Postal Service (Jan 06, 2010), retrieved from: http://www.slideshare.net/bakeursilly/usps; since 1175 when Benjamin Franklin was appointed as the first postmaster general of the United States, the agency known as the United States Postal Service (USPS) has grown to become an institution that delivers about half of the world’s mail in snow, rain, and the dark of the night. Employing about 656,000 workers and 218,684 vehicles, 36,496 total retail and
Quality in Practice: Using the Balanced Scorecard at the USPS Jessica Casado BSOP 588 - Managing Quality February 11, 2014 Professor Richard Sheng Since the beginning of time, companies are striving and working very hard, under a lot of stress, in order to survive and overcome the challenges they face day in and day out. For Managers, it can become even more challenging to execute tasks or make the most effective decisions for their teams as the competition increases. It requires
From 2007 to 2012 USPS posted net losses in excess of $41 billion with much of that driven by fuel costs. It currently spends $3.3 billion on highway contracts, while spending only $40 million on freight rail contracts. USPS should consider shifting part of its mail volume to rail. By making this change it has been estimated that USPS could save at least $100 million per year. Additionally, “because of its lesser sensitivity
Business Model Canvas of United States Postal Service Customer Segments USPS caters the mail and package delivery services to a mass of different customers. It has different variety of services depending on what the customer wants. So customer segments are divided according to the type of services the USPS provides. 1. Individual citizens: The USPS has the first class mail and standard mail that the citizens can use to use to send personal cards, letters, bill payments, etc. Basically anything