DRIVE INITIATIVE ON NETWORK OPTIMIZATION MOVES AHEAD
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| Members of the Network Optimization team — including employees whose expertise spans most USPS functions — discuss the plant consolidation/closure study. Vice President, Operations, David Williams, the team leader, is second from right. |
The Postal Service’s Network Optimization Initiative — a study to determine whether more than 250 processing plants should be closed or consolidated — is well underway.
The goal of the network optimization initiative is to create a smaller, simpler and more flexible processing system scaled to mee t projected mail volume, which has declined by more than 43 billion pieces in the past 5 years. First-Class Mail has dropped 25 percent and single piece First-Class Mail has declined 36 percent in the same timeframe. The decline has created substantial excess capacity within the postal processing network.
The study — one of 36 initiatives that make up the Delivering Results, Innovation, Value and Efficiency (DRIVE) program — is being conducted by an integrated team of employees that span nearly all functions within the USPS. The cross-functional team is headed by Dave Williams, vice president, Network Operations.
Team members are coordinating the steps necessary to meet DRIVE goals. Operations representatives, for example, are designing the new network, while representatives from Government Relations and the Law Department are coordinating with Capitol Hill and the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC). Additionally, members from Corporate Communications, Supply Management, Consumer and Industry Affairs, and other departments are managing the planning, communications, and implementation activities.
The team expects to submit its proposal to the PRC for review next month. If the PRC approves the proposal, the Network Optimization activities could begin early in calendar year 2012.
Administered by the Postal Service’s Strategic Planning department, the DRIVE program management process is based on a well-established methodology used by many corporations to improve the development and execution of major business strategies. The ambitious initiatives include revenue generation, cost reduction, and capability enhancement necessary for the Postal Service’s long-term success.
Click here to learn more about DRIVE.
source: USPS News Link
do you really think the “free health care” prc guys will go against the usps management. why do u need 14-15 people to decide for a business that does the same thing every day. imagine what their pay off is, to include free health care.. and the “drive team” is true drive the usps ou tof business with their stupidity donahue is a joke. usps is like a GOVERNEMENT ENRON.
It did not say the team was made up of management only. Some in management will also be out of a job. This is not about seperating the employees that work for the POSTAL SERVICE, this is about human beings losing their jobs.
wow, just in time for turkey day,
plucked now!
Who’s managing and planning the, $50K & 80% Drive out the CSRS Commission Department?
“Team members are coordinating the steps necessary to meet DRIVE goals. Operations representatives, for example, are designing the new network, while representatives from Government Relations and the Law Department are coordinating with Capitol Hill and the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC). Additionally, members from Corporate Communications, Supply Management, Consumer and Industry Affairs, and other departments are managing the planning, communications, and implementation activities”.
Ok there’s the Operations reps (1) then there are the reps from Government Relations(2) next is the Law Dept folks(3) along with Postal Regulatory Commission people (4) members from Corporate Communications (5) Supply Management (6) Some Consumer and Industry Affairs? (7&8)
And who else is invited to this DRIVE Party?
Just OTHER departments are managing the planning, communications, and implementation activities. How many departments? were up to EIGHT different Departments so far.
The Skys the limit Department, so who’s got the food and drinks Department? Entertainment Department? Got DJ will travel Department, gotta have the sounds, yea baby!
Managers placed in a study group obviosly we’re not needed at there present position, can them 1st!
What happen to the cuts in management? Long forgotten I guess,instead of having no job to do they are put in a study group.Top management can’t come up with a common sense plan and have to give it to their buddies to come up with a plan..
THIS POLICY WOULD BE MORE APTLY NAME THE “CLUELESS POSTAL MANAGEMENT DEATHSPIRAL TEAM PLAN.”
LOL…this group of idiots is going to come up with something that is going to help
the post office. funny stuff. my experience tells me that most of postal managers don’t have the skills to manage a lemonade stand, let alone a multi-billion dollar business. the business strategy the post office is following under donahoe’s
leaderless “leadership” is to cut service to the customers and then whine when those customers take their business elsewhere. CUT SERVICE AND THEN CRY WHEN CUSTOMERS LEAVE AND REVENUES FALL…that is donahoe’s policy and the results from HIS assinine policy in a nutshell.
Another upper management ‘team’ frantically working to produce another report that saves their jobs while cutting craft employyes and service to the public.
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