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Courier, Express, and Postal Observer Has Moved 23 Sep 2011 | 02:40 am
New Posts will be found in an easier to type url. http://cepobsever.com Nothing will change but WordPress is easier to edit and customize
The Proposed USPS Network: A Second Best Solution 17 Sep 2011 | 03:06 am
Yesterday the Postal Service presented its proposal to restructure its processing and transportation network. The proposal is a second best solution meaning that pricing, financial, labor contract ...
A Financially Self Sufficient Postal Service 14 Sep 2011 | 05:48 am
Three recent articles and blog posts illustrate why any postal reform measure has to go beyond fixing retiree obligations or restructuring operations to reduce costs. If the White House Postal refor...
Postal Service Plans to Cut More Post Offices 14 Sep 2011 | 01:21 am
In an interview with Kelly Holmes of My Print Resource, Deputy Postmaster Ron Stroman indicated the Postal Service's retail optimization initiative before the Postal Regulatory Commission was just the...
Postal Service Cannot Avoid Layoffs 14 Sep 2011 | 12:50 am
The Postal Service seeks to cuts its full time employees by 228,000 in the next two to three years. A review of attrition rates over the past three years indicates that layoffs are unavoidable. Even...
100 Years of New Yorker Covers Illustrates How America's Connection with the Postal Service Has Changed 13 Sep 2011 | 03:02 am
The New Yorker in its current issue has an article that shows covers with postal themes over the past 84 years. The covers show the gradual shift of the perception of mail and the Postal Service. L...
Flooding in Pennsylvania will Delay Shipping 9 Sep 2011 | 05:49 am
Flooding in eastern Pennsylvania will have a big impact on e-commerce shipping in much of the eastern United States. The area facing record level flooding is home to fulfillment centers of nearly ev...
Senator Coburn on the Postal Service: Free Management 8 Sep 2011 | 08:10 am
CNN interviews Senator Tom Coburn on the Postal Service. In his answers to John King's questions his focus is on freeing management to run the Postal Service with the same flexibility any other busi...
Comparing the Postal Service and Canada Post in Advertising 8 Sep 2011 | 06:33 am
Today, I received the following e-mail It shows how a company that sells envelopes, mailers, and folders is using the Postal Service's problems to sell its products. What is striking in the copy is...
Amazon Preparing For Postal Service Shutdown 7 Sep 2011 | 05:31 am
On September 2, 2011, The Daily reported that Amazon is now preparing to test a locker based system for parcel delivery in the Seattle, Washington. The lockers, to be placed in 7-11 gives Amazon an ...