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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"Postal Service"”.
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What is the Value of the Postal Service?
The United States Postal Service (USPS or Postal Service) has a storied history that predates the constitution and founding of America. Through war, economic boom and bust, the industrial revolution, and technological innovation, the USPS has evolved its operations and remains a beacon for …
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Assessing customer service in the Malawian public postal service
Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Management Sciences: Marketing, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2015.
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Quantitative methods for testing pricing strategies at the United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service (USPS) faces intense competitive pressure in the shipping business. At the same time, shipping is becoming an increasingly critical segment of revenue and profitability for USPS. USPS' existing retail sales data can be analyzed for opportunities to improve …
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A SPECIAL FACILITY LOCATION PROBLEM APPLICABLE TO THE POSTAL SERVICE NETWORK OPTIMAL DESIGN
… which is applicable to the design problem of a postal service network. The cost objective of this problem includes a nonlinear concave component. In addition, there is a workload balancing requirement among all facilities for which an appropriate trade-off should be handled. We introduce the …
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System dynamic framework for analyzing organizational stress : United States Postal Service case study
Stress, both individual and organizational, appears to be an increasing problem in any society, and more so in organizations. It already is taking a significant toll on corporate and national levels. Slow recovering economy and pressures on bottom lines, especially for financially constrained …
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Assessing organizational change: quality of work life interventions in the United States Postal Service
Because of the changing nature of our society, it is agreed by scholars and practitioners that both private and public organizations face many uncertainties. Diverse solutions have been advanced to remedy these organizational maladies. One of the most popular solutions, theoretical and applied, has …
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Employee retention in the Federal Government : a case study of the United States Postal Service
… will impact the efficiency and quality of the services provided by the Federal Government - the issue of employee retention. Specifically, this thesis focuses on the voluntary turnover of top performing talent. Regardless of one's beliefs regarding the size the Federal Government or what role …
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A study of multi position letter sorting machine operation in the United States Postal Service
Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1982
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The Postal Service Pension System and alternative methods for providing long-term financial welfare to retirees
The United States Postal Service continues to face difficult financial conditions, due primarily to electronic diversion of mail volume. The largest component of the Postal Service's cost structure is labor, with retirement benefits representing a significant portion of those costs. This thesis …
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Development strategies for the United States Postal Service terminal annex and the Los Angeles union passenger terminal
Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 1986
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The interaction of work environment and technology in the budget branch of the United States Postal Service
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1984.
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A study of labor-management relations : the United States Postal Service and the American Postal Workers Union
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1995.
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U.S. Postal Service response to logistics disruptions resulting from terrorism : its effectiveness and relevance to other organizations
… This had broad and immediate impact on the U.S. Postal Service, which has long depended on such flights to carry mail, particularly expedited services such as Priority and Express Mail. In fact, the USPS normally utilizes over 15,000 commercial flights daily to transport approximately one quarter …
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A franchising of retail operations : the case of the United States Postal Service building a retail network for the 21st century
… customer preferences on the United States Postal Service's retail network and offers a process for wider adoption of its current retail partnership program. The Contract Postal Unit (CPU) program represents 10 percent of the Postal Service's current outlets. This is a form of franchising. …
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Deploying the right technology : a framework for digital strategy and selection at the United States Postal Service to shape the future of work
… to deploy transformational technology to improve services for the American public. An important issue has surfaced in the evolution of technology and the increasing speed of innovation where companies no longer need to find technologies to solve their problems, rather they need to select the right …
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Postgång på växlande villkor : det svenska postväsendets organisation under stormaktstiden
This dissertation investigates the Swedish postal service, focusing on its organization from approximately 1600 to 1720. The purpose of the study is to explain why the Swedish state, at different points of time, chose one form of postal organization over another. The principle question of the …
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From Military Express to Free Delivery: the Postal History of Des Moines, Iowa
The problem. The role of postal history on the urban frontier has not been adequately explored by urban historians. The inauguration of postal service in fledging Midwestern towns served to not only unite separated family and friends, to legitimize place names, and to introduce politics into …
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Evaluate innovative strategies leveraging existing USPS capabilities and resources to advance as a vital 21st century service organization
by providing universal delivery service. The Second Machine Age has ushered in a new digital economy, which is transforming the way the world communicates and conducts business. Consequently, USPS faces unprecedented challenges, including nearly a decade of declining mail volume and inflexible …
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Implementing the Intelligent Mail Barcode in the N-Tiered Service Library of a Print Mail Enterprise
… the PostNet barcode for the United States Postal Service. This barcode enables a sender of a mailpiece to track the mailpiece through the entire mail stream, as well as track any remit mail returned to the sender. This thesis explains how the Intelligent Mail Barcode was implemented in the …
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Tradicinio pašto perspektyvos ir raidos tendencijos: Lietuvos pašto atvejis /
Postal sector as a part of communications industry is undergoing rapid changes nowadays, both becoming more modern and striving to retain its traditional values of reliability and respectability. PLC Lithuania Post was selected as a representational model of the provider of ordinary post services …
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