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Postal Facts
Universal Access. Universal Service
160 million delivery addresses
– @ 1.8 million new addresses added each year
38,000 Postal retail outlets
– 7 million customers daily
40,000 commercial retail units and ATMs
326,000 street mail collection boxes
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: Postal Facts (updated Oct 2002) and USPS NewsLink
Universal Access. Universal Service
$66.5 billion annual operating budget
752,949 career employees
– 235,985 veterans, and
– 47,937 employees with disabilities
Over $978 million invested in capital improvements (2002)
Handle more than 200 billion pieces of mail a year
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: Postal Facts (updated Oct 2002) and USPS NewsLink
Mail is Big Business
$900 billion mailing industry
– Employs nine million people
– Accounts for 8% GDP
USPS leases 26,594 facilities at cost of $818.9M a year
– Providing tax revenue to communities
Nearly $2B in employee salaries and benefits every two weeks
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: Postal Facts (updated Oct 2002) and USPS NewsLink
Mail is Big Business 3 of USPS 6 product lines would qualify as Fortune 500
companies:
– Correspondence &Transactions is a $36.4B business
– Business Advertising is $15.8B business
– Expedited Delivery is $5.6B business
– Publications Delivery is $2.1B business
– Standard Package Delivery is $2.0B business
– International Mail is $1.4B business
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: Postal Facts (updated Oct 2002) and USPS NewsLink
Gateway to the Household
USPS handles over 40% of world’s card and letter volume
Deliver more than 200 billion pieces of mail annually – @ 2,300 pieces a day to @ 500 addresses per letter carrier
Transport by airplane, truck, railroad, boat and mule (to bottom of Grand Canyon)
– Transport and delivery fleet of 215,530 vehicles and 1.15 billion miles a year
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: Postal Facts (updated Oct 2002) and USPS NewsLink
Trusted Public Servant 95% EXFC On-time delivery score (Qtr 2 FY 03)
93% households surveyed had positive perception (2002)
– 2 out 3 ratings “Very Good” or “Excellent”
17% Nation’s population moves every year resulting in 44M address changes
– Over 3B pieces forwarded each year at no extra charge
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: Postal Facts (updated Oct 2002) and USPS NewsLink
Trusted Public Servant
Leader in making cleaner, safer world
– 7 White House “Closing the Circle” awards for environmental achievement (total 37 awards)
– More than 30,000 alternative fuel vehicles
– More than $200M products with recycled content
With ADVO to reunite families in “Have You Seen Me” direct mail card
– 124 missing children recovered
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: Postal Facts (updated Oct 2002) and USPS NewsLink
www.usps.com averages 7 million visitors a month– Track delivery
– Calculate rates
– Change address
– Mailing and shipping information
The Postal Store offers stamp fulfillment and products via Internet
– $34.6M in sales (through AP7 FY03)
Online AccessPOSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: Postal Facts (updated Oct 2002) and USPS NewsLink
Postage TechnologyManagement
Corporate Topics
Current Topics
Legislative action on retirement funding
– April 23, 2003 President signs CSRS legislation
– Avoids overpaying CSRS obligation by $78B
– Reducing Postal Service’s schedule of payment to CSRS by over $2.5B per year
– Studies conducted by OPM and GAO showed USPS on schedule to overpay its CSRS obligation if change was not made
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Current Topics
Legislative action on retirement funding
– Passage seen as first step toward legislative reform
– Allows USPS to continue to pay down debt
– Allows holding current postage rates steady through 2006
– Stable rates give businesses economic incentive to expand their use of mail
– Helps drive mail volume growth
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Current Topics Success in Managing the Business
– Overnight Service Performance for QTR 2 hit 95%
– First time in any quarter, any year
– 2002 operating expenses below expense level of previous year
– First time in 31 years
– Ended year $2.5B below plan
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Current Topics Success in Managing the Business
– Productivity increased for third consecutive year in 2002
– Decreased debt to Treasury by $200M in 2002
– First time in 5 years ended year with debt obligation below previous year’s
– Plan this year for additional debt reduction of at least $800 million
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Current Topics Innovations
– Expanded partnership with FedEx to include more flights to more cities
– New efficiencies to flats processing and distribution– Increased customer access; e.g. Hallmark Gold
Crown stores partnership– Planet Codes help use CONFIRM to track mailings– Negotiated Service Agreements; e.g. CapitalOne
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Current Topics
Volume trends continue to concern
– Lost volume in each of the last two years
– Since 2000, steady decline in Priority Mail and Express Mail
– Last year, First-Class mail volume down 1.3B pieces from previous year
– Only projected volume growth in Standard Mail
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Current Topics
Global Competition
– Germany’s Deutsche Post seeking to expand share of U.S. cargo market through DHL
– DHL has reached agreement to acquire ground delivery business of Airborne Express for @ $1B
– FedEx and UPS joined to ask U.S. Dept of Transportation to investigate planned acquisition of Airborne
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Current Topics
Creation of Presidential Commission
– 12/11/02 President announced creation of nine member bipartisan Commission on U.S. Postal Service
– To “identify the operational, structural and financial challenges facing the Postal Service; examine potential solutions; and recommend legislative and administrative steps to ensure the long term viability of postal service in the United States”
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Current Topics
Creation of Presidential Commission
– PMG responds “valuable new perspective to the challenging and complex issue of postal reform”
– Commission is consistent and complimentary to USPS Transformation Plan
– This is NOT a move to privatization
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Current Topics Commission Public Meetings
– January 8, 2003, Washington, D.C.– Oral and Written Statements:
– Peter Fisher, Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, United States Dept of Treasury
– Honorable John E. “Jack” Potter, Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Postal Service
– Richard E. Strasser, Jr., Chief Financial Officer and Exec VP of U.S. Postal Service
– February 20, 2003, Washington, D.C.– Panel One: Unique Attributes of the USPS Business Model
– Panelists: Gus Baffa, James I. Campbell, Jr., Michael Crew, and Robert H. Cohen
– Panel Two: Overview of the Price-Setting Process
– Panelists: George A. Omas, Richard Strasser, John Estes, and Murray Comarow
– Panel Three: The Price-Setting Process from the Customers’ Perspective
– Panelists: H. Robert Weintzen, Hamilton Davison, Bob McLean, Mary Rouvelas, James R. Cregan
– Panel Four: Pricing Discounts
– Panelists: Ian D. Volner, William Burrus, William H. Young
– Panel Five: Pricing from the Competitors’ Perspective
– Panelists: Michael Eskew,
– Panel Six: Pricing in Other Regulated Industries
– Panelists: Professor David Sappington
– Panel Seven: Corporate Governance
– Panelists: S. David Fineman, Charles M. Elson
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Current Topics Commission Public Meetings
– March 18, Austin Texas– Panel One: The Application of Technology to the Operations of the Postal Service – Status
Reports and Plan for the Future
– Panelists: Thomas Day and Robert Otto
– Panel Two: The Suppliers of Technology to the Postal Service
– Panelists: Judith F. Marks and Herbert Stumpf
– Panel Three: Putting the Customer First: Making the Customer the Focus of New Technology Applications
– Panelists: Norman Lorentz
– Panel Four: The Electronic Diversion of First-Class Mail: Its Impact on the Postal Service’s Business Model and the Prognosis for the Future
– Panelists: Greg Schmid, the Honorable John Nolan and Nicholas Barranca
– Panel Five: Making the Mail Process More Intelligent
– Panelists: Michael Moynihan and Maynard Benjamin
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Current Topics Commission Public Meetings
– April 4, 2003 Los Angeles, CA– Panel One: The Postal Service Perspective – Overview of Outsourcing, Purchasing
and Worksharing
– Panelists: Patrick Donahoe, Anita Bizzotto and Keith Strange
– Panel Two: Outsourcing – Transportation
– Panelists: David Rebholz, Richard Corrado, and Robert Matheson
– Panel Three: Worksharing
– Panelists: John Campanelli and Sudhir Aggarwal
– Panel Four: Retail – Existing Relationships and Potential Opportunities
– Panelists: Steve LeNoir and Ken McBride
– Panel Five: The Postal Service as a Competitor with the Private Sector
– Panelists: Gary Pruitt, Brian Spindel and Ken McEldowney
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Current Topics Commission Public Meetings
– April 29, 2003 Chicago, Il– Anthony J. Vegliante, VP for Labor Relations, U.S. Postal Service– Robert Dufek, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and counsel to U.S. Postal Service– John Hegarty, President National Postal Mail Handlers Union– William Young, President, National Association of Letter Carriers– William Burrus, President, American Postal Workers Union– Gus Baffa, President, National Rural Letter Carriers Association– George R. Fleischli– Stephen B. Goldberg– John C. Wells– Wally Olihovik, National President, National Association of Postmasters of the United
States– Professor Michael Wachter, University of Pennsylvania Law School– William Tayman, Manager of Corporate Financial Planning U.S. Postal Service
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Current Topics
Mailing Industry Task Force– Preparation and Entry Standardization – operations and process
standardization initiatives
– Network Optimization – “right-sizing” opportunities, modeling to analyze costs, capacities and volume flows
– Enhanced Payment Systems – web based, scaleable technology platform
– PostalOne! Launch
– Competitive Pricing Strategy
– Negotiated Service Agreements
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Current Topics Mailing Industry Task Force
– Address Quality – improving how Postal Service uses database to forward mail and capture address correction
– Postal Automated Redirection System (PARS)
– Internet Change of Address Program
– Move Update Requirements
– Intelligent Mail– OneCode Vision
– CONFIRM launch
– Consumer Gateway Services – enhance ease of use, increase access and leverage Postal assets
– Self service platform kiosks
– Online Shipping tool
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Current Topics
Intelligent Mail
– Organizational change to create Intelligent Mail and Address Quality office
– New standards for coding, reading and mailer participation regarding information on mail
– Envelopes, packages, sacks, pallets and customer forms
– CONFIRM for track and trace as important first step
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Current Topics
Intelligent Mail– CONFIRM
– Tracking and reporting service for letter mail
– Uses combination of POSTNET and PLANET Codes
– Provides advance delivery information to customers about
– Incoming hard-copy reply mail (Origin Confirm)
– Outbound mail going to customers (Destination Confirm)
– Available for First-Class, Standard letter-size, flat mail and Periodicals
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
The Need for Change
1971 2002 %Change
81 139 72%Delivery Points (Millions)
87 203 133%Volume (Billions)
731 854 17%Employees (Thousands)
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
1971 – 2002 Comparisons
CPI vs. First-Class Postage Rates
First-Class Postage
CPI
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
Cu
mu
lati
ve %
Ch
ang
e
May718¢
Mar7410¢
Dec7513¢
May7815¢
Mar8118¢
Nov8120¢
Feb8522¢
Apr8825¢
Feb9129¢
Jan9532¢
Jan9933¢
Jan0134¢
Jun0237¢
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
753776788798792
Summary Statistics
Delivery Points
B
B
BB
B
M
M
M
M
M
K K K KK
Career Complement
203
207208
202
197
139
138
136
134133
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Mail Volume
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
1999
Rate Increase: 3%
Growth in Revenue Per Delivery Point
FY
15%
1.9%
3.0%
1.7%
0.5%
-0.7%1998 2000 2001 2002
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Revenue Composition - FY 2002
First-Class55%
Other 11%
Standard 24%
Package Services 3%
Priority 7%
(Mostly Advertising)
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Expense Composition - FY 2002
Compensation/Benefits 79%
Transportation 8%
Other 13%
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
57%
Volume Variable$38.4B
43%
"Fixed" $29B
57%
$38B$38B
FY 2001 ExpensesPOSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
“Fixed”vs Volume-Variable Costs FY01
Volume-Variable Costs Include: - Transportation
− Mail Distribution Work Hours− Mail Containers− Fuel− Retail Transactions− Delivery Carrier Prep in Office
“Fixed” Costs include: - 38,000 Post Office, Station, and Branch Operations
− Del. Rte. Coverage - 240,000 Delivery Rts.− 215,000 Vehicles− Retirement Costs− Overhead
43%
"Fixed" $29B
FY 2001 ExpensesFY 2001 Expenses
57%
Volume-Variable $38B
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
First-Class Mail
Volume RevenueContribution to“Fixed” Costs
Major Contribution to “Fixed” Costs
First-Class50%
Other50%
First-Class54%
Other46%
First-Class66%
Other34%
FY 2001
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
First-Class Single Piece Letters(B
illio
ns
Pie
ces
)
49.3
50.9
52.4
54.353.8
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
First-Class Mail-Sector Analysis
Household to Nonhousehold
Household toHousehold
Nonhousehold to Household
Nonhousehold to Nonhousehold
19872001
Source: Household Diary Study
9% 7%13% 15%
37%
26%
41%
52%
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Standard Mail Volume 1987 and 2001
90B
60BB
B
B
B
45
75
15
15
1987 2001
To Households To Nonhouseholds
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Standard Mail Volume
FY
Bil
lio
ns
of
Pie
ces
82.5
85.7
87.2
89.990.1
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Financial Effect
Standard Mail
or Priority Mail
or Express Mail
or Parcel Post
7.1 B
313 M
50 M
1.5 B
8%
26%
70%
465%
Volume Increase % Growth
From $1 Billion of First-Class Mail RevenueVolume Necessary to Replace Contribution
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Postage TechnologyManagement
Organization Objectives
Marketing – The Vision
Creating and ensuring value for the customer and
the USPS. The customer sees and feels the
difference. USPS uses customer information
appropriately, balancing it with operational
requirements.
Take Action to Create Unique Value for our Customers and USPS
Understand the Customer
Translate that Understanding
Translating critical customer requirements into
meaningful business terms, standards, and
performance measures that can be used for
decision making.
Understand the customer from the customer’s
perspective. What is their business? How do they
use USPS services? What are their business
requirements?
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: CMO Presentation January 2003
Product Development – Package Strategy
Cross-Functional V.P. Group to Lead in Developing Package Strategy Focus on:
Convenience (Access)
Price
Information
Short-Term Strategy
Long-Term-Strategy
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: Product Development Presentation January 2003
PTM – Purpose and Mission
Provide oversight of manufacture, distribution and use of postage printing products
Regulate vendors, monitor use of products, and enable extended benefits to Postal Service
Assure revenue protection and cost effective alternative access to postage
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
PTM – Program Goals Further centralization of data management activities Continue migration to more secure metering
technology– Providing expanded access– Introduction of shipping solutions
Continue activities:– Generate new revenues– Avoid costs– Provide opportunity to take costs out of system
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Postage TechnologyManagement
Charts
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
METER POPULATIONS
-
500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
IBI Meters 8,304 23,019 43,874
PC Postage 9,874 364,131 376,600 386,052 390,762
Digital CMRS 9,559 129,574 249,470 457,566 616,389 597,463 666,623 788,596 833,418
CMRS 592,031 631,196 658,281 853,631 833,985 866,516 992,511 887,018 848,384 783,069 741,557
Manual 820,568 831,496 829,314 565,269 524,464 334,143 177,413 116,786 67,604 13,599 8,998
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Q2, 2003
Source: MATS database FY03 AP6
Revenue Share
Rev
enu
e Customer Meters$20.2 Billion
PVI Meters$4.4 Billion
Stamps$11.1 Billion
Permit$26.7 Billion
Other$3.7 Billion
Customer Meters$20 Billion
PVI Meters$3.1 Billion
Stamps$10.9 Billion
Permit$11.9 Billion
Other$8.2 Billion
1995 Data 2002 Data
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Metered
Other
Stamps
Permit
Profile in the Mail Stream
ODIS Quarterly Statistics Report Summary of Changes in Mail Class and Postage Evidencing Method; FY03 Qtr I data
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
All Mail Classes
19%
26%
53%
2%
Package Services
1%25%
73%
1%
First Class Mail
31%
42%
25%2%
Standard A
2% 6%
91%
1%
Priority Mail
7%
74%
17% 2%
Small Business Revenue
0
50000000
100000000
150000000
200000000
250000000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
FY01
FY02
FY03
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: MATS database FY03 AP8
800000
850000
900000
950000
1000000
1050000
1100000
1150000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
FY01
FY02
FY03
Small Business PopulationPOSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: MATS database FY03 AP8
Commercial Meter Revenue
1150000000
1200000000
1250000000
1300000000
1350000000
1400000000
1450000000
1500000000
1550000000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
FY01
FY02
FY03
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: MATS database FY03 AP8
Commercial Meter Population
0
100000
200000
300000
400000
500000
600000
700000
800000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
FY01
FY02
FY03
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: MATS database FY03 AP8
PC Postage Revenue
0
2000000
4000000
6000000
8000000
10000000
12000000
14000000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
FY01
FY02
FY03
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: MATS database FY03 AP8
Note: Beginning AP 7 Click-N-Ship and Hallmark Meter Revenues Extracted
PC Postage Population
0
100000
200000
300000
400000
500000
600000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
FY01
FY02
FY03
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: MATS database FY03 AP78
PTM MetricsPOSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: MATS/Transaction Log database FY03 AP8
FY2003 SPLY FY2003 SPLYCommercial Meter Revenue 1,457,170,903 1,435,162,353 1.5% 11,451,763,039 11,321,166,463 1.2%Small Business Meter Revenue 215,439,375 183,689,272 17.3% 1,619,002,312 1,402,362,996 15.4%PC Postage Revenue 12,438,720 8,442,602 47.3% 89,730,431 56,908,780 57.7% Total Revenue 1,685,048,998 1,627,294,227 3.5% 13,160,495,782 12,780,438,239 3.0%
PC Postage Revenue by Class: First Class 32.9% 49.5% -33.5% 33.6% 48.2% -30.3% Priority 44.2% 43.0% 2.8% 45.7% 43.3% 5.5% Express 1.5% 2.9% -48.3% 1.9% 2.6% -26.9% Standard B 6.9% 4.6% 50.0% 8.3% 5.3% 56.6% Other (Primarily International) 14.5% 0.0% 10.6% 0.6% 1666.7%
100.0% 100.0% 100.1% 100.0%
Commercial Meter Population 533,528 594,169 -10.2%Small Business Meter Population 1,092,181 1,013,522 7.8%PC Postage Population *** 371,846 382,423 -2.8%
1,997,555 1,990,114
*** Subject to change when all withdrawn customer data is reported.
AP08 Percentage Change
YTD Percentage Change
Postage TechnologyManagement
Stats and Metrics
FY 03 Corporate Goals
Priority Surf., w/in 2 Days
Priority Air, w/in 2 Days
Express Mail
First-Class Overnight
First-Class 2-Day
First-Class 3-Day
OSHA Inj. & Ill. Rate
VOE Survey Score
Total Revenue ($000)
TFP
94%
86%
94%
93%
87%
87%
7.72
N/A
16,652
0%
TARGET94.7%
86.8%
94.5%
94.1%
90.9%
89.9%
6.05
N/A in PQ I
16,341
3.2%
YTD0.7%
0.8%
0.5%
1.1%
3.9%
1.9%
(1.67)
N/A
(311.6)
3.2%
VARIANCE TOTARGET
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
N/A
NO
YES
METTARGET
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: Product Development Presentation January 2003
FY 03 AP7 - Financial Highlights POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: Financial and Operating Statement AP 07 PFY 03
Year-to-Date (September 7, 2002 - March 21, 2003)
Actual Budget SPLY*
5,416.5 $ 5,645.0 $ - 228.5 ][$ - 4.0 ][ 5,183.8 $ 4.5 Total Revenue 5,376.1 5,443.6 - 67.5 - 1.2 5,274.7 1.9 Total Expense
40.4 $ 201.4 $ - 161.0 ][$ - ( - 90.9 )$ - Net Income/(Loss)
Var. to Budget % Budget
Accounting Period 7
% SPLY
Year-to-Date (September 7, 2002 - March 21, 2003)
Actual Budget
Total Revenue 38,190.6 $ 39,009.9 $ - 819.3 ][$ - 2.1 ][ 36,182.1 $ 5.6 Total Expense 36,505.0 37,638.9 - 1,133.9 - 3.0 36,163.3 0.9 Net Income/(Loss) 1,685.6 $ 1,371.0 $ 314.6 $ - 18.8 $ -
% SPLY Var. to Budget % Budget SPLY *
FY03 Q II Corporate Report POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: FY 03 Quarter II Financial Conditions and Results
Income Statement
Quarter 2, FY 2003
(Unaudited)
Quarter Ending Year-To-Date($ in Millions) February 21,
2003February 22,
2002February 21,
2003February 22,
2002
Operating Revenue 16,427$ 15,606$ 32,756$ 30,992$
Operating Expenses:Compensation and Benefits 12,151 12,076 24,125 23,726$ Transportation 1,287 1,358 2,415 2,493$ Other 1,895 1,939 3,657 3,765$
Total Operating Expenses 15,333 15,373 30,197 29,984$
Income From Operations 1,094 233 2,559 1,008$
Interest and Investment Income 12 7 23 15$ Interest on Deferrred Retirement (371) (379) (743) (757)$ Interest Expense on Borrowing (90) (78) (185) (160)$
Net Income (Loss) 645$ (217)$ 1,655$ 106$
Based on Postal Fiscal Year
FY 03 AP7 - Mail Volume/Revenue POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: Financial and Operating Statement AP 07 PFY 03
CATEGORY AP 07 AP 07 AP 07 AP 07FY 2003 FY 2002 % SPLY FY 2003 FY 2002
FIRST-CLASS VOLUME 7,759,310 7,989,513 - 2.9 55,068,036 56,336,390 - 2.3 REVENUE 2,902,591 $ 2,823,709 $ 2.8 20,629,480 $ 19,732,992 $ 4.5 REV/PC. 0.3741 0.3534 5.8 0.3746 0.3503 7.0
PRIORITY-MAIL VOLUME 69,112 81,414 - 15.1 488,757 570,649 - 14.4 REVENUE 352,651 $ 366,912 $ - 3.9 2,594,498 $ 2,670,863 $ - 2.9 REV/PC. 5.1026 4.5067 13.2 5.3084 4.6804 13.4
EXPRESS MAIL VOLUME 4,536 5,177 - 12.4 30,283 33,447 - 9.5 REVENUE 71,204 $ 74,436 $ - 4.3 484,878 $ 489,568 $ - 1.0 REV/PC. 15.6975 14.3782 9.2 16.0116 14.6371 9.4
PERIODICALS VOLUME 775,647 786,190 - 1.3 5,114,438 5,325,424 - 4.0 REVENUE 187,047 $ 173,253 $ 8.0 1,238,193 $ 1,179,155 $ 5.0 REV/PC. 0.2411 0.2204 9.4 0.2421 0.2214 9.3
STANDARD MAIL VOLUME 7,056,501 6,925,080 1.9 49,931,573 47,748,122 4.6 REVENUE 1,356,981 $ 1,247,514 $ 8.8 9,512,218 $ 8,564,841 $ 11.1 REV/PC. 0.1923 0.1801 6.7 0.1905 0.1794 6.2
PACKAGE SERVICES VOLUME 87,553 76,859 13.9 629,562 591,960 6.4 REVENUE 173,049 $ 147,333 $ 17.5 1,290,386 $ 1,177,818 $ 9.6 REV/PC. 1.9765 1.9169 3.1 2.0497 1.9897 3.0
INTERNATIONAL VOLUME 79,235 74,326 6.6 529,113 533,988 - 0.9 REVENUE 115,979 $ 129,119 $ - 10.2 902,891 $ 919,431 $ - 1.8 REV/PC. 1.4637 1.7372 - 15.7 1.7064 1.7218 - 0.9
ALL OTHER VOLUME 38,662 36,075 7.2 260,804 275,072 - 5.2 REVENUE 148 $ 177 $ - 752 $ 741 $ 1.5
ALL MAIL VOLUME 15,870,558 15,974,633 - 0.7 112,052,567 111,415,052 0.6 REVENUE 5,159,649 $ 4,962,453 $ 4.0 36,653,297 $ 34,735,410 $ 5.5 REV/PC. 0.3251 0.3106 4.7 0.3271 0.3118 4.9
NOTE: Totals may not sum due to rounding.
NOTE: "This data reflects PRELIMINARY estimates of revenue, pieces and weight by mail class and are subject to change. Limits on available data and statistical variations due to sampling warrant that AP estimates be used with caution.
MAIL VOLUME - MAIL REVENUE
(Data in Thousands)
YEAR-TO-DATE
% SPLY
CURRENT PERIOD
FY 03 AP7 - Revenue by Source (millions) POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: Financial and Operating Statement AP 07 PFY 03
REVENUE BY SOURCEAccounting Period 7, FY 2003
($ Millions)
Actual SPLY* % SPLY Actual SPLY* % SPLYOperating Revenue:
2,012.2 $ 1,961.8 $ 2.6 Metered Postage 14,092.1 $ 13,582.6 $ 3.8
892.2 873.2 2.2 Stamps and Stamped Paper 6,627.3 6,358.1 4.2
1,289.2 1,175.2 9.7 Permit Imprint 8,965.5 8,071.3 11.1
185.7 171.6 8.2 Periodicals & Standard 1,227.0 1,168.3 5.0
68.7 67.3 2.2 Official Mail 496.5 482.6 2.9
736.8 725.6 1.5 Presort First-Class & Package Svc./Permit Imprint 5,216.3 5,100.5 2.3
68.0 64.2 5.9 Box Rents 413.7 384.2 7.6
15.9 11.9 33.6 Money Order Fees 103.3 112.8 - 8.4
141.3 125.8 12.4 Other 1,004.4 877.2 14.5
5,410.0 $ 5,176.6 $ 4.5 Subtotal 38,146.1 $ 36,137.6 $ 5.6
Government Appropriation: 2.5 3.7 - 34.3 Revenue Forgone 17.2 26.2 - 34.3
5,412.5 $ 5,180.3 $ 4.5 Total Operating Revenue 38,163.3 $ 36,163.8 $ 5.5
4.0 3.5 14.3 Investment Income 27.3 18.3 49.0
5,416.5 $ 5,183.8 $ 4.5 Total Revenue 38,190.6 $ 36,182.1 $ 5.6
Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.
*SPLY data may differ from previous reports due to subsequent adjustments.
Current Period Year-to-Date
FY 03 AP7 - Revenue by Category (millions) POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: Financial and Operating Statement AP 07 PFY 03
Actual Budget % Budget Actual Budget % Budget AP YTDCommercial Revenue
2,259.7 $ 2,366.8 $ - 4.5 ][ Permit Revenue 15,760.6 $ 16,034.4 $ - 1.7 ][ (107.1) (273.8)
1,774.4 1,885.1 - 5.9 ][ Other Commercial Accounts Revenue 12,352.2 13,113.9 - 5.8 ][ (110.7) (761.7) 4,034.1 $ 4,251.9 $ - 5.1 ][ Total Commercial Revenue 28,112.8 $ 29,148.3 $ - 3.5 ][ (217.8) (1,035.5)
Retail Revenue 1,094.6 1,107.6 - 1.2 ][ Retail Postage Revenue 8,111.6 7,927.2 2.3 (13.0) 184.4
94.1 82.4 14.3 Retail Services Revenue 572.5 555.6 3.0 11.7 16.9
9.0 8.8 2.5 Retail Products Revenue 83.5 65.1 28.3 0.2 18.4
148.2 149.6 - 0.9 ][ Other Retail Channels Revenue 1,027.7 1,040.5 - 1.2 ][ (1.4) (12.8) 1,345.9 $ 1,348.4 $ - 0.1 ][ Total Retail Revenue 9,795.3 $ 9,588.4 $ 2.1 (2.5) 206.9
5,380.0 $ 5,600.3 $ - 3.9 ][ Total Commercial & Retail Revenue 37,908.1 $ 38,736.7 $ - 2.1 ][ (220.3) (828.6)
30.0 39.9 - 24.9 ][ Other Income 238.0 236.4 0.7 (9.9) 1.6
2.5 2.5 0.0 Revenue Forgone 17.2 17.2 0.0 - -
5,412.5 $ 5,642.7 $ - 4.1 ][ Total Operating Revenue 38,163.3 $ 38,990.3 $ - 2.1 ][ (230.2) (827.0)
4.0 2.3 71.9 Investment Income 27.3 19.6 39.3 1.7 7.7
5,416.5 $ 5,645.0 $ - 4.0 ][ Total Revenue 38,190.6 $ 39,009.9 $ - 2.1 ][ (228.5) (819.3)
[ ]=Unfavorable variance to budget Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.
Accounting Period 7, FY 2003
REVENUE BY CATEGORY
($ Millions)
Current Period Year-to-Date
FY03 Q II Corporate Report POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: FY 03 Quarter II Financial Conditions and Results
Volume Growth Quarter 2Compared to Same Quarter Last Year
6.9%
1.5%0.0%
2.7%
-1.6%
-15.1%
-1.2%
3.5%
0.7%
-7.0%
First-Class Priority Standard PackageServices
Total MailVolume
Actual percent growth Plan percent growth
FY03 Q II Corporate Report POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: FY 03 Quarter II Financial Conditions and Results
Work Hour Reductions Quarter 2, 2003Compared to Same Period Last Year
-26.6
-5.7
-10.9
-21.8
-31.1
-16.5
(35)
(30)
(25)
(20)
(15)
(10)
(5)
0
AP 01 02 03 (Q1
Total)
04 05 06 (Q2
Total)
Mil
lio
ns
of
Ho
urs
Product Revenue and Volume
Parcel Select: +3.5%
DBMC Parcels: -14.0%
DSCF Parcels: +20.0%
DDU Parcels: +51.6%
Express Mail: +3.8%
Priority Mail: -0.7%
YTD Revenue & Volume vs. SPLY
Revenue
-19.0%
+10.9%
+53.0%
-5.4%
-13.9%
+12.1%Volume
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: Product Development Presentation January 2003
Package Services Market
OVERNIGHT PACKAGE VOLUME GROWTH TRENDS – 1.3 B PIECES
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: Package Services Presentation January 2003
2.8% 3.1%
10.5%
4.1%
-6.9%-9.1%
4.6% 3.7%
10.4%8.2%
-5.2% -3.1%
CY97 CY98 CY99 CY00 CY01 CY02*
15%
10%
5.0%
0.0%
-5.0%
-10%
-15%
Express Total Overnight Market
Package Services Market
FY97 FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01 FY02*
2-3 DAY PACKAGE VOLUME GROWTH TRENDS - 1.9 B PIECES
*FY02 Overall Market (Projection)
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: Package Services Presentation January 2003
-12.5%-12.2%
9.9%
14.0%
-0.1%0.2%
-6.7%-7.9%
7.5%
13.8%
2.3%1.6%
20%
15%
10%
5.0%
0.0%
-5.0%
-10%
-15%
Priority Total 2/3 Day Market
CY97 CY98 CY99 CY00 CY01 CY02*
Package Services Market
FY97 FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01 FY02*
GROUND PACKAGE VOLUME GROWTH TRENDS - 5.0 BILLION PIECES
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: Package Services Presentation January 2003
-3.6%
1.9%
24.5%*
21.3%*
10.7%
5.0%2.4% 4.2%
-0.8%
3.9%0.5% 1.3%
-10.0%
-5.0%
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
Parcel Post Total Ground Market
CY97 CY98 CY99 CY00 CY01 CY02*
* - FY98 RPW Methodology Change Artificially Inflates CY97 & 98
2001 MARKET SHARE – PRODUCT MARKET & TIME-IN-TRANSIT(Data in thousands) *2001 Colography Data does not include 1st-Class parcels, Standard Parcels, Bound Printed Matter, or
Media/Library
2/3-DAYSERVICE
COMPETITOR
USPS
FedEx
UPS
Airborne
Other
Total
TOTALOVERNIGHT
SERVICEGROUND PARCEL
SERVICE
66,400
558,200
393,800
236,300
46,200
1,300,900
1,117,800
330,100
330,300
103,800
5,400
1,887,400
59%
17%
17%
6%
1%
354,600
569,600
3,920,800
5,600
161,100
5,011,700
1,538,800
1,457,900
4,644,900
345,700
212,700
8,200,000
7%
11%
78%
1%
3%
18%
18%
57%
4%
3%
5%
43%
30%
18%
4%
2/3-DAYSERVICE
COMPETITOR
USPS FedEx
UPS
Airborne
Other
Total
TOTAL1 DAY
SERVICE4+ DAY
SERVICE
304,500
725,000
1,580,500
240,700
49,300
2,900,000
969,500
619,500
1,799,000
105,000
7,000
3,500,000
28%
18%
51%
3%
0%
264,800
113,400
1,265,400
-
156,400
1,800,000
1,538,800
1,457,900
4,644,900
345,700
212,700
8,200,000
15%
6%
70%
0%
9%
18%
18%
57%
4%
3%
11%
25%
55%
8%
1%
Pro
duct
Mark
et
Tim
e-i
n-T
ran
sit
BACKGROUND
Package Services MarketPOSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Package Services Market
Revenue
(millions)
Volume
(millions)
Cont. per $
Cont. per Piece
Express 996 69 $0.60 $8.67
Priority 4,916 1,118 $0.34 $1.49
Parcel PostRetail
489 98 -$0.08 -$0.42
Parcel Select DBMC
514 170 $0.07 $0.22
Parcel SelectDSCF
9 4 $0.22 $0.50
Parcel SelectDDU
117 82 $0.45 $0.65PACKAGE PRODUCTS - MARGINS*FY 2001 Data
POSTAGE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Source: Package Services Presentation January 2003