Implementation Plan for U.S. Postal Services

This paper provides a descriptive study of the organization U.S. Postal Services and focuses on implementing a business plan. It includes a comprehensive mission statement, analysis of company strategies and missions, and the organizational structure.

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Introduction
The paper will provide a descriptive study of the organization U.S. Postal Services
and will be working on implementing a business plan. The essay will provide a
comprehensive mission statement on the products and services offered and the history of the
company. It will also analyze the company strategies, missions, as well as the organizational
structure which will also include the positive aspect of the strategy and new missions
implemented.

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Part 1
The United States Postal Service (USPS) which is popularly known as The Post
Office, or the U.S. Mail is an agency of the branch of United States Government. The main
work of the post office is to provide postal service in United States including its insular areas
as well as the associated states. The first general postman who was allocated in the year 1972
is Benjamin Franklin. USPS operates the largest civilian vehicle fleet in the whole world.
Regardless of geography, price and quality the USPS serves all the Americans. According to
Heath and Norman (2014),currently it has about 6, 44,124 active employees and also around
2, 11,264 vehicles. It has an exclusive access to letter boxes which have a “U.S. Mail” as well
as personal letter boxes in United States. It now has to face various challenges from the
private package delivery services such as United Parcel Services and FedEx. Services like
international mail, military mail, money orders, passports, and paying for merchandise are
offered to the customers.
The United States Postal service operated as a fundamental service will be provided to
the people of the country by the Government of the United States which will be authorized by
Constitution and created by an Act of Congress. The mission of the organization is to provide
a prompt, dependable, and efficient postal service to the citizens nevertheless where they live
(Powers, 2012)
The visions or the focus of the organizations are:
 Delivering values and experiences to the customers and ensuring that smart decisions
about the relevant information.
 Equipping, engaging, and empowering employees to do their best to meet the needs of
the customers.

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 Innovating a faster ways to deliver value to the American people so that the customers
can be provided with appropriate products and services.
 Investing more in the postal platform which includes the domestic, international, retail
and digital market, which will deliver an excellent, universal, and a secure service to
the customers and the communities.
The Short term goal of the company is to reduce the volume of the First-Class Mail as well as
few reductions in the Standard A Mail volume. According to Schmutz and Yorsz (2017), if
the impact of technology and the competition is more, it can have a financial advantage from
the government. The long term goals of the company are like to implement new technologies
and transport services so that it can beat its competitor companies which are ahead the track
The revenue growth has enabled the company to shift from a focus of radically cutting down
the fixed cost and stabilizing the core revenues, growing liquidity and increasing investments
in future platforms.

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