Lawmaker urges PT Pos Indonesia to accelerate digital transformation

Doni Akbar, a member of Commission VI of the Indonesian House of Representatives, is pushing PT Pos Indonesia to expedite its digital transformation and integrate its services. He advises the state-owned postal company to strengthen its logistics and marketplace segments by optimizing the use of its national network and assets.

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PT Pos Indonesia has advantages in terms of facilities and infrastructure that are almost unmatched by other private businesses.

Akbar believes that PT Pos Indonesia's future success hinges on its strategy and governance capabilities. He stressed the need to consolidate its extensive physical network into an efficient digital logistics ecosystem capable of directly competing with the diverse private sector businesses. The lawmaker pointed out that PT Pos Indonesia possesses infrastructure and facilities that most private companies lack.

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PT Pos Indonesia's future success is highly dependent on strategy and governance capabilities in converting its massive physical network into a digital logistics ecosystem that can compete head-to-head with increasingly diverse private businesses.

However, Akbar cautioned that the company cannot solely rely on its long history or existing infrastructure. He called for significant improvements in governance to ensure that its digital transformation efforts move beyond mere rhetoric and become tangible reality. The goal, he stated, is for PT Pos Indonesia to effectively lower national logistics costs and compete robustly with private logistics firms.

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PT Pos Indonesia must not only rely on its long history or its infrastructure advantages. A major leap in governance is needed so that the digital transformation being planned does not just become a slogan and a plan.

He further suggested that PT Pos Indonesia's effectiveness can be measured by its speed in consolidating services for the public and its resilience as an independent corporation in a market that shows little mercy to slow-transforming state-owned enterprises.

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The effectiveness of PT Pos Indonesia can be measured by two main indicators: how quickly it can consolidate its services for the public, and how resiliently it stands as an independent corporation in a market that shows no mercy to state-owned enterprises that are slow to transform.