Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Our Plan to !
Alternate Access!
Retail Mix!
39%
27% drop - 3
50 million fe
wer visits to
POs!
Situation!
Financial crisis!
88% of rural Pos t Ofces losing money! Rising costs to maintain Post Ofces!
Solution!
New framework based on four options for rural Post Ofces!
Financial crisis!
Deliver!
Engage!
Engage a local establishment within the community to establish a Village Post Ofce!
Merge !
Merge with a nearby Post Ofce and provide service from that location!
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Lobby and P.O. Box access! Modied window hours! Maintain ZIP Code ! Retain community identity !
Rural Customer Survey Results! Key Learnings 46% would prefer closing Post Office for alternate access
Analyzed 17,728 rural Post Ofces! 4,561 to remain at 8 hours of window service! Starting review process for approximately 13,000 Post Ofces! Upgrading 400 Post Ofces from designated closure! Closing more than 100 non-operating Post Ofces! Rural Post Ofces will remain open unless community has strong alternative preference!
Next Steps!
END OF MAY!
PRC ling! 90 Day ! PRC Review!
2012!
2013!
2014!
SEPTEMBER!
Community meetings with surveys begin!
FALL 2014!
Completion!
Incentive to be provided!
Conclusion!
Preserves rural Post Ofces! Allows communities to retain identity and ZIP Code!
Community Engagement
Postal Service will engage communities! Will obtain local input before changes are made!
Achieves Savings
Saves over half a billion dollars a year! Consistent with ve-year plan! Helps return Postal Service to nancial stability!