Tag: Domestic

Correos and Cartes Lleida sign first agreement to access the postal network

Posted by | Jul 31, 2007 | |

Correos and Cartes Lleida have signed the first agreement to access the public postal network. Confirmation of the agreement was announced on Tuesday 31st July. Cartes Lleida will start to operate with Correos from 1st January 2008.

At present, a number of postal operators are still in negotiations with Correos. The most significant of these, (by size and market share) is Unipost.
By law private operators can offer services to delivery items in a national level using the Correos infrastructure (sorting, transport and delivery services).

The law also specifies that the private operators can use the Correos network like a private client with respective payment to Correos for its services. A single private operator represents a minimum of 350,000 mails per year.

The government expects that private operator will transfer the discounts to final consumers.

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5000 postal workers wildcat in Glasgow

Posted by | Jul 31, 2007 | |

Thousands of Glasgow postal workers walked out of delivery offices today in a dramatic escalation of industrial action.

Strike-hit Royal Mail was plunged into deeper chaos after 13 workers who had refused to cross a picket line were sent home and union officials claim up to 5000 colleagues walked out in support of them.

Around 1100 staff at the Glasgow Mail Centre in Springburn were already on official strike today and the wildcat action added to the disruption.

The Communications Workers Union claims a deal was offered to bosses who would have averted the unofficial action but it was rejected

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GAO looks into USPS realignment plan

Posted by | Jul 30, 2007 | |

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that the United States Postal Service needs to improve the quality of public notices and engagement, and increase transparency in decision making.

Major changes within the mailing industry have brought on the need for the USPS to reduce costs and increase efficiency. In light of this, the GAO conducted the study. It found that the USPS has made some positive moves, developing several initiatives to achieve its overall goal of reducing costs while at the same time maintaining quality of service.

To address current trends and other major changes affecting its processing network, the USPS developed a Transformation Plan in 2002 that outlined its vision for the future. In the USPS’ Strategic Transformation Plan Update 2006-2010, the USPS stated its commitment to removing USD 1 billion from its cost base each year. These plans describe how the USPS intends to reduce costs and increase efficiency by making changes to its mail processing network.

The USPS has four major initiatives in progress, according to GAO. The first is area mail processing consolidations to increase efficiency and use of existing automation by consolidating mail processing operations into facilities with excess capacity. Next, the USPS wants to provide essential infrastructure for a more efficient processing network. Thirdly, the USPS wants to increase efficiency by automating the sorting of flat mail, such as large envelopes and catalogs. And finally, the USPS hopes to improve its transportation network flexibility and efficiency.

In response to GAO’s draft report, the USPS agreed with the GAO’s findings and recommendations and plans to take steps to improve its communication and transparency.

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Correos renovates equipment and vehicles fleet

Posted by | Jul 30, 2007 | |

Correos will invest EUR 1.5 million for the purchase of 2,000 trucks and 499 sorting machines. Correos expects to improve the mail sorting process and intern transport between the Correos postal offices and depots.

Correos will also acquire 4 vans with 3.5 Tn. of capacity. The investment of these vehicles is € 150,000.

These acquisitions represent € 1.7 million and are part of Correos’s equipment renovation plan for 2007.

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Charities fear reduced income due to postal strikes

Posted by | Jul 30, 2007 | |

Major UK charities fear that the UK-wide postal strikes could reduce fundraising revenue.

Response rates are set to suffer because of the strikes, with some smaller charities likely to experience the biggest problems with income over the two-week strike period.

“The postal strike has not only delayed the appeals we have sent out to donors, but it has postponed incoming funds from those who want to help us support disabled people,” said Karen Barnes, head of direct marketing and legacies at Scope.

However, Barnes stressed that the charity had taken steps to ensure that the services it provides were not affected.

Geraldine Cetin, marketing manager for acquisitions at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution said that in combination with the recent flooding across large areas of the UK, the strikes could prove most detrimental to smaller charities, which lack the contingency funds of larger organizations.

As well as delays to campaigns, charities are concerned about the strike’s potential impact on response rates and subsequent income.

“If donors receive two-week’ worth of mail in a couple of days, response rates will decrease,” said Andrew Jones, head of direct marketing at the Royal British Legion. “The strike could mean that we have significantly reduced direct mail income for two weeks.”

Jones also highlighted problems with response management at mailing and fulfillment houses and disruption to planned campaigns as further issues.

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