Posted on 08/23/2007 6:20:48 AM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
The US Postal Service and the Servicio Postal Mexicano (SEPOMEX) have signed an agreement to improve mail services between the United States and Mexico.
The USPS has agreed to help SEPOMEX in an effort to improve its management structure and processes, and re-engineer its operations.
SEPOMEX has agreed to work with the USPS in exploring and developing joint business opportunities and improving cross-border services.
SEPOMEX has struggled with inefficiency and security. Mexican citizens have reportedly lost confidence in the mail delivery provided and finded by the government.
Following an economic crisis in 1982 and earthquake destruction of postal facilities, the Mexican postal service lost delivery staff and service suffered.
In a poll conducted by researcher Parametria in 2005, nearly one third of the population considered SEPOMEX to be slow and said they prefer to use private messengers to hand-deliver documents. An additional 29 percent of citizens reported never having heard of SEPOMEX.
“The strategy of this agreement is to work together and determine areas where USPS has made efficiency gains that could be replicated by SEPOMEX,” said Yvonne Yoerger, media relations representative at the USPS.
“It will include SEPOMEX staff visiting US facilities to analyze procedures and equipment, again to see where improvements or best practices that have proven successful here can be implemented south of the border as well,” she continued.
The Mexican postal system handles about 700 million letters a year, which is roughly seven pieces per citizen. This pales in comparison to the USPS’s 200 billion pieces a year for an estimated population of 280 million.
Bulk mail accounts for 90 percent of the correspondence that SEPOMEX handles and this is one area that the USPS and SEPOMEX hope to improve reliability on.
Privately owned shippers have invested heavily in Mexican package delivery. DHL, FedEx and UPS all operate in Mexico.
Part of the reason that the package delivery service has grown in Mexico is due to a government-regulated monopoly that SEPOMEX has on lighter mail. According to Mexican constitutional law, all mail weighing below a kilogram must be delivered by SEPOMEX.
However, some private delivery services reportedly still find loopholes to this law through providing mailers certified delivery and other advanced service options to differentiate their business from that of a standard postal delivery.
The National Mexican Association of Courier Businesses includes about 30 members that serve more than 400,000 clients. Those companies post sales of $925 million in US currency a year. SEPOMEX hopes to regain some of this business by bringing in more efficiency.
The USPS will use its own transformation experience in supporting SEPOMEX. Since embarking on a strategic transformation in 2002, the USPS has taken an average of $1 billion out of its cost base annually, while making productivity gains.
The two agencies will form a joint service improvement and business development team to pursue initiatives in international express mail service, air-mail parcels, and package services.
Another key component of the agreement is collaboration to develop enhanced security procedures for all mail products.
USPS has agreed to support SEPOMEX in developing its own postal inspection group. This action will include the selection and hiring of postal inspectors as well as investment in their training.
The recent list of BIG AXX Government failures include:
War & Defense, Immigration, Education, Healthcare, UN support, Drug Wars, ... the list is endless!
The only success has been eliminating individual rights and freedoms!
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True. The last thing the Congress, per se, did anything really POSITIVE AND MEANINGFUL for the American citizen was back in WW2. The scenario you describe well, took over after that. Government FOR AND BY THE GOVERNMENT.
There's a reason that they are nicknamed the "United Package Smashers."
Might as well start developing common systems. It will make it easier when the two contries are merged.
I take it you are speaking of rationing. Or were you thinking of the concentration camps?
I defy supporters of the project to show us where in the constitution the federal government of the United States is authorized to expend resources developing the postal infrastructure of another nation.
What is going on here? Follow the money. Big business has exported their factories and jobs to Mexico, now they are finding out that the infrastructure down there is not the high quality they were used to when they operated in the United States. Their solution is that they want United States taxpayers to help pick up the tab to improve the infrastructure in the countries they have left us for! It is classic “cost-shifting”, that is to say, theft. They want to socialize their costs while the privatize the profits.
Tax dollars are no longer being spent based on what is best for the citizens of this country, but on what is best for multinational corporations with influence in many countries by loyalty to none. Its why we need a big, interventionist military and foreign policy which occupies over 100 foreign countries to “defend our interests”. Its why our highway dollars are spent to make an end-run around U.S. ports instead of having to come through them. Its why it now becomes our government’s responsibility to improve Mexico’s postal system. Follow the money and it all becomes clear.
Subject: Recall
The US Postal Service has issued a recall of a stamp they created with a picture of now US Senator Hillary Clinton to honor her achievements while serving as the First Lady of our nation.
The problem was discovered when claims had been made that the stamp was not sticking to envelopes, and that mail which had been sent using the “Hillary” postage was not being delivered.
Senator Clinton demanded a full investigation into the allegations. A special Postal Service Investigation team was formed and after several months and many dollars spent, made the following findings:
The stamp was manufactured properly. There was nothing wrong with the adhesive. People were just spitting on the wrong side.
We could take the Pony Expess out of mothballs and that would be an improvement on Mexican mail.
Carolyn
Man, you know you postal service is bad when you bring in the USPS to make it better.
It’s too bad some illegal aliens from Mexico don’t sneak back into Mexico to do the job the Mexican mail company wont do.
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