Tag: North America

Pitney Bowes clients say Intelligent Mail Barcode gets top priority

Posted by | Apr 8, 2008 | |

By May 2009, the Intelligent Mail initiative is expected to become a critical element for USPS automation discounts. The Intelligent Mail Barcode will be required on all letters and flats in order to earn maximum postal discounts. As of May 2010, its predecessor, the POSTNET Barcode, is expected to no longer qualify for automation prices. Considerable discounts for the Intelligent Mail Barcode will likely encourage prompt migration to the new standard.

At a recent Pitney Bowes customer conference held in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, high volume mailers indicated that Intelligent Mail Barcode implementation is at the top of the list for 2008 strategic planning.

Today, commercial mail envelopes contain a number of sections from which automated mail machines electronically read information. The new Intelligent Mail Barcode will combine all these encryptions into one barcode representing 31 digits. Each barcode can uniquely identify each mail piece while it is traveling through the mailstream.

The simplified and unified barcode will help speed delivery, leverage customer intelligence, continue to help deliver lower postal rates and will create efficiencies in presorting mail.

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UPS Lowers 1Q 2008 Guidance

Posted by | Apr 8, 2008 | |

UPS today announced it had lowered its first quarter earnings expectations to USD 0.86 or USD 0.87 per diluted share from a previously anticipated range of USD 0.94-to-0.98.

At UPS’s investor conference on March 12, Chief Financial Officer Kurt Kuehn stated that UPS’s earnings guidance for the quarter would be difficult to achieve if lower volume trends experienced in February continued through March. The U.S. economy has continued to weaken, causing a reduction in domestic package volume and a shift away from premium products. Significantly increased fuel costs in the quarter also contributed to the lower-than-expected results.

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U.S. Postal Service introduces recycling by mail

Posted by | Apr 8, 2008 | |

The U.S. Postal service has piloted a program that accepts small electronics and inkjet cartridges from individuals who want to “recycle” them by mail.

Postage-free envelopes are available at 1,500 pilot centers located in California, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia and Baltimore, Md for people to send in old cell phones, personal data assistants, MP3 players, digital cameras, iPods, inkjet cartridges and other small electronic items.

The Postal Service is testing the program in several states and, if successful, may launch the program on a national scale.

Clover Technologies Group, a company that recycles and remarkets inkjet cartridges, laser cartridges and small electronics, has offered to foot the bill. It then remanufactures or remarkets the mailed items. In cases where the items can’t be remade, the component parts are reused or broken down further and the materials recycled.

The USPS says it awarded the contract to Clover because of its “zero waste to landfill” policy.

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U.S. Postal Service again honoured as ‘Most Trusted’

Posted by | Apr 7, 2008 | |

The premier privacy trust study in America has named the U.S. Postal Service the “Most Trusted Government Agency” for the fourth year in a row.

The survey asked 9,000 Americans, selected at random, to rank 74 federal agencies based on the agency’s ability to handle and protect personal information. Questions ranged from factors creating trust in the agency and the levels of confidence consumers have in the agency to protect their information, including information provided on websites, to limiting the amount of information collected.

The survey shows that those agencies with the most public interaction — and demonstrate a healthy respect for maintaining public trust — have always scored well over the years, Dr. Ponemon said.

Survey respondents also listed worries they had about how the federal government uses their personal information. News items continue to influence consumers’ attitudes toward trust. Both Customs and Border Protection and the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration are among the five least trusted agencies in a year when political debate surrounding immigration policies made headlines, he said.

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