Confronting A Disruptive Technology

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Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 03:01PM

Ms. Leong makes a strong argument for the USPS to make bold moves to remove itself from their current financial predicament.

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Source: Confronting A Disruptive Technology

by Joy Leong at Mailing Systems Technology on June 2, 2009

The Postal Service is currently facing an unprecedented financial crisis. If long-term societal changes are the primary cause of the Postal Service's distress, then deferring $2 billion of retiree health care payments and saving $2-3 billion by reducing delivery service are band-aids applied to a terminally ill patient. The Postal Service finds itself confronted with a "disruptive technology" that currently affect just a portion of its mail but could render its entire business model obsolete.

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