Canada Post Corporation Executive Summary
History and Description
Canada Post Corporation is the primary postal operator in Canada. It was found in 1867 as the post office department of the Canadian Government, which was named,
Royal Mail Canada. In the late 1960s, the Royal Mail Canada was renamed as
‘Canada Post’ but had not been separated from the government. On October 16, 1981,
Canada Post Corporation was established formally and became a crown corporation.
Its international services started in the early 1990s. (Canada Post Corporation, 2013)
Canada Post Corporation is in the industry of courier whose head quarter is established in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. With 71,000 full-time and part-time employees, it provides delivery, logistics and fulfillment services in domestic …show more content…
This strong retail network helps them capture new
revenue opportunities. Another strength Canada Post has is that it offers different services to its costumers across Canada. One service is their transaction mail; this would be bills, letters, invoices etc. “This is the company’s largest revenue generating line” (Marketline, 2012). A second service is the direct marketing, which is addressed and unaddressed ad mail and publications mail, such as magazines and newspaper.
The third and final service is parcels, which covers every address in Canada plus
international destinations. Canada Post offers many kind of parcel delivery depending on what the customer is looking for, such as urgent, non-urgent, air or ground delivery. Canada Post, like all businesses have their weaknesses. Canada Posts largest weakness is declining volume in overall revenue. This would be due to the continuing erosion of letter mail and the labor disruption. Many people are ‘going green’ which means they are no longer receiving transaction mail or sending transaction mail to try and save trees. This saves costs for the other business such as banks (for not having
Canada Post Corporation is the primary postal operator in Canada. It was found in 1867 as the post office department of the Canadian Government, which was named,
Royal Mail Canada. In the late 1960s, the Royal Mail Canada was renamed as
‘Canada Post’ but had not been separated from the government. On October 16, 1981,
Canada Post Corporation was established formally and became a crown corporation.
Its international services started in the early 1990s. (Canada Post Corporation, 2013)
Canada Post Corporation is in the industry of courier whose head quarter is established in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. With 71,000 full-time and part-time employees, it provides delivery, logistics and fulfillment services in domestic …show more content…
This strong retail network helps them capture new
revenue opportunities. Another strength Canada Post has is that it offers different services to its costumers across Canada. One service is their transaction mail; this would be bills, letters, invoices etc. “This is the company’s largest revenue generating line” (Marketline, 2012). A second service is the direct marketing, which is addressed and unaddressed ad mail and publications mail, such as magazines and newspaper.
The third and final service is parcels, which covers every address in Canada plus
international destinations. Canada Post offers many kind of parcel delivery depending on what the customer is looking for, such as urgent, non-urgent, air or ground delivery. Canada Post, like all businesses have their weaknesses. Canada Posts largest weakness is declining volume in overall revenue. This would be due to the continuing erosion of letter mail and the labor disruption. Many people are ‘going green’ which means they are no longer receiving transaction mail or sending transaction mail to try and save trees. This saves costs for the other business such as banks (for not having