Philpost Braved The Financial Storm in 2009

The year 2009 proved to be another challenging year for Philpost 6, and thankfully, it experienced no big shakers during the year. It’s not to say that the year passed by rather uneventfully, but at least there were no Franks, no Pepings, no Ondoys, nothing of the sort that would have created huge stumbling blocks on Philpost’s plans and programs.

Still, the global financial crisis continued to rock business of any kind, and that included the communications industry. Philpost 6 was not spared of the effects of the crisis, yet it was unrelenting in its resolve to meet the challenges head-on.

In order to lessen the impact of the crisis, we conducted intensive marketing campaigns of Philpost products and services, most particularly the PID, express pouch and Globe Autoloadmax. We also implemented the Proof of Delivery (POD) system and the rush ID fee. We purchased additional laminating machines so more post offices might be able to provide laminating services and accept rush ID.

We went down to the barangay levels and made personal visits to government offices and private companies for a more personalized service and to bring our products closer to the people.

We also reviewed our dispatch and delivery schemes and came out with programs that enhanced our delivery capability.

All these activities earned us 12 new clients. Our biggest new client, Avon Philippines, avails itself of our ordinary mail with POD service.

Looking Back ... Moving On

Looking Back … Moving On

Philpost 6 conducted a Strategic Planning Workshop and Assessment on February 19-20, 2009 at the City Corporate Inn, Iloilo City, to look back to the year that was and come out with plans and programs for the year 2009.

Looking Back
Looking back to the year 2008, Philpost 6, under the resourceful attitude and guidance of the region’s brightest minds and the strong leadership of Regional Director Lilia O. Barcelon, introduced and implemented several schemes to improve its dispatch capability (all classes of mails are dispatched within one day), hasten the processing and delivery of mails, increase its delivery efficiency, become more visible to the public and gain more customers in the process. 98% of the almost 11 million mails received by Philpost 6 were successfully delivered, while the remaining 2% were Returned To Sender (RTS).

One other thing Philpost 6 is proud to have accomplished in 2008 is the immediate delivery of all express mails, both international and express mails, in Iloilo City. All express mails received by the Office before 9:00 in the morning are delivered within that same day, while those received by the Office after 9:00 in the morning are delivered within 24 hours. This scheme will also be implemented in the other district offices soon.

Oh, Frank!
Looking back to 2008 will always bring memories of Frank, the typhoon that not only crippled the mail operations for a time but also left many postal employees homeless. Indeed, the wrath of Frank has made such a big impact, yet the faith of the people never wavered. Through the representation made by RD Barcelon, there was an outpouring of support, both financial and otherwise, from the Central Office, particularly from the Postmaster General himself, Hector RR Villanueva, the different Regional Offices and Sections, and private groups and individuals, and all these helped to immediately restore the postal operations.


Moving On
Philpost 6 knows that challenges are part and parcel of life ..of operating a business. Year in and year out, Philpost 6 has regarded these challenges not as an ordeal but rather as avenues for growth and stimuli for fresh ideas.

Yes, technological advancements which offer more convenient ways of communication, the global economic crisis, and a depleted work force, will remain to be a big challenge for Philpost this year, but Philpost hopes to use all these to its advantage by embarking on more intensive campaigns and investing in computers and programs to effectively meet the demands of time and technology.