TOTAL revenue made by the Philippine Postal Corporation (PhlPost) in 2017 increased by 50 percent to P217 million from only P145 million in 2016.
PHLPost Area 7 acting marketing specialist Rey Basilan said the increase they experienced for 2017 was brought about by their effort of upgrading their logistics.
"Our improvement really was on logistics. For example, the big portion of our government to government transaction is the Department of Health (DOH) who sends out medicine from Manila to the Davao Region. We're the ones distributing these," said Basilan.
About 30 percent of their overall transactions are composed of government to government transactions especially of documents. Their entire packages sent to recipients are 60 percent parcel and 40 percent letters. Even when there are already couriers which promise faster services, Basilan said they will compete especially with their cheaper rates and improved logistics services.
Their entire P217 million is revenue derived from mail services including the ordinary, registered, and air parcel; domestic and international express mail services; retail services including the Postal ID registration, and other collections such as government office payments like Philhealth.
This also includes their revenue for areas outside Davao Region but are included in PHLPost Area 7 such as Cotabato City and General Santos City.
With the modern technology and faster mode of communication and relaying messages, Basilan said they are still targeting to reach P240 million of revenue for this year. They plan to reach this target through intensive company visits and logistics promotion.
Basilan also wants to assure their clients that with their service upgrade also comes the guarantee that there are less to no instances of pilferage anymore. He added this is because their Central Office in Manila had already been equipped with CCTVs. As for the regional branches, as far as Davao Region, no complaints from the clients had been filed relating to pilferage of their parcels.
Meanwhile, Basilan said they target to remove the "snail mail" tag put side by side for parcels and letters sent through post mail.
He said PHLPost is currently upgrading their logistics in order to be able to provide faster services. They currently have the 24-hour policy wherein parcels and letters left for delivery in their office will immediately be distributed out to their respective recipients.
