The Postal Service has provided a sneak peek at its 2015 promotion calendar, and there are a number of interactive technology-based specials that can be had for mailers that employ QR codes, Augmented Reality (AR), image recognition and other forms of mobile engagement in their mailing campaigns.
As you might expect, life has become a bit hectic for Megan Brennan, the postmaster general for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). In November, the lifelong USPS employee was named the first female to hold that position, a fact that would certainly have made Ben Franklin himself smile (though Ben would’ve probably wondered aloud why it took so long for a female to be named).
Not satisfied with alterations made to a rate change request submitted earlier, the PRC once again returned the request to the USPS.
Postal officials are taking a close look at the value of the U.S. Postal Service brand and how the agency can capitalize on it.
Postal regulators have given the green light to the USPS to alter postage prices, a plan that will take effect beginning April 26.
Contract talks began Thursday between the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and a reenergized union that seeks to broaden the field of play we
The U.S. Postal Service’s shift to a lower-paid workforce comes with a steep price. By the agency’s own admission, the hiring of more non-career employees has led to lower productivity, worse service, higher injury and turnover rates, and increased investment in new training programs.
The lower average pay rate was made possible by what some have called “eat your young” labor contracts—where current union members are well taken care of in exchange for concessions regarding future hires.
Atlanta-based DATAMATX is the first mail service provider to successfully qualify for Platinum Certification, the highest level of certification from USPS. This certification recognizes DATAMATX for consistently providing a comprehensive spectrum of fully automated mailing services for its customers, ensuring the most beneficial postal rates.
From Flats Sequencing to Network Rationalization, many of the U.S. Postal Service’s recent cost-cutting programs have not been living up to the agency’s projections, a multi-industry mailers group says.
The Postal Service, PostCom wrote, needs to be “more accountable to the industry in reporting how its strategies are reducing costs, how the cost reductions will support a more effective and efficient USPS, and how these reductions will benefit the overall mailing industry.”
“When additional costs are placed on mailers, and the Postal Service does not experience concurrent reductions in its costs, something is amiss.”
Reporting on the end of its first quarter of FY 2015, USPS saw a 4.3 percent increase in operating revenue compared to last year.
