USPS – MailPro Special Edition – March/April 2008
USPS – MailPro Special Edition – March/April 2008
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BCC Software to Launch Track N Trace MailDelivery Monitoring Service Option
BCC Software, a BÖWE BELL + HOWELL has set a release date of March 3 for Track
N Trace™, its newest offering. This service option will provide users with comprehensive information and unprecedented specificity regarding the delivery progress of their mailing jobs.
Track N Trace uses the new USPS Intelligent Mail barcode to supply BCC customers with maildelivery monitoring information as part of the USPS OneCode Confirm ™ program. When Track N Trace is activated via a proprietary interface built into BCC’s Mail Manager 2010 presorting and listmanagement software, each mailpiece in the designated job is tagged with a unique identification number stored in the IM™ barcode on the address label.
Those IDs are then logged when the mailpieces are scanned as they move from one postal facility to the next on the path to their eventual delivery destination.
OneCode Confirm sends that scan data to a secure BCC Web site that may be retrieved at any time by Track N Trace subscribers looking for uptodate delivery details for part or all of a job. The scan data, updated on BCC’s servers several times each day, may be accessed in the form of userspecified reports that can be downloaded into a variety of presentationfriendly formats.
Read MoreUSPS seeks to make sticky note classification permanent (U.S)
The U.S. Postal Service has asked the Postal Regulatory Commission to allow mailers to place repositionable [sticky] notes on their market-dominant mailing packages on a permanent basis.
Specifically, the USPS is seeking to make permanent several experimental classifications of standard and first class letters and flats as well as periodicals on which sticky notes are attached, according to PRC documents.
Nearly six years ago, the USPS began testing a program that letmailers enhance their mail pieces with specially designed Post-It notes.
The service, offered in conjunction with Post-It manufacturer 3M Co., allows mailers to attach a Post-In note on the left side of the front of a conventional size business envelope, or a large-size postcard being sent by first-class mail or standard mail. The piece was required to be compatible with USPS automated sorting equipment and presorted by ZIP+4 (Direct Newsline, April 3, 2002).
In the intervening time, the USPS extended this test to periodicals.
Last Spring the USPS Board of Governors voted to extend the deadline of this test until April 3, 2008.At that time, the PRC had recommended a one-year extension of this test, which calls for a provisional classification and a one-half-cent charge for placing notes on first class letters and a 1.5-cent charge for placing them on standard mail and periodicals.
Read MoreUPS reports revised results (U.S)
On Jan. 30, 2008, UPS reported an 8pct increase in adjusted diluted earnings per share to USD 4.17 for the full year of 2007. Following the release of this information, in completing the company’s financial statements for 2007, UPS identified a state income tax benefit of USD 65 million that was incorrectly recorded in the fourth quarter.
The tax benefit was related to UPS’s withdrawal from the Central States multi-employer pension plan. This error was discovered by the company during its regular internal review process prior to the filing of its Form 10-K for 2007. Correcting this error has reduced adjusted diluted earnings per share to USD 4.11 for the full year, a 6.5pct increase over the prior year.
The correction has no impact on revenue, operating profit (loss), income (loss) before taxes or segment results for the fourth quarter or the full year of 2007, nor does it impact cash flow or liquidity.
For the 4th quarter, UPS originally reported adjusted diluted earnings per share of USD 1.13. The revised adjusted diluted earnings per share are USD 1.07.
On an unadjusted basis, UPS previously reported a loss per diluted share of USD 2.46 for the quarter and a diluted profit per share of USD 0.42 for the full year. Those figures now are a loss of USD 2.52 per share and a profit of USD 0.36, respectively.
UPS’s previous estimates for 2008 earnings per share remain unchanged at USD 0.94-to-USD 0.98 for the first quarter and USD 4.30-to-USD 4.50 for the full year, as does the company’s estimated effective tax rate for 2008 of approximately 36pct .
FedEx wins awards for work environment
FedEx has again been named one of the ‘Best companies to work for’ in 2008 according to rankings released by the Great Places to Work Institute. In 10 of the past 11 years FedEx has been recognized as one of the “best companies” to work for as well being consistently ranked in Fortune’s ‘Global Most Admired Companies’. The Fortune award extends the list of global accolades FedEx has received.
In Asia Pacific, FedEx was named among the top 10 “Best Employers” in China, Korea, Japan in 2007 by Hewitt Associates. Australia made the list but was just outside the top ten. The American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and the South China Morning Post also recognized FedEx as a “Best Company for Women” at its Women of Influence Awards.
“This honour not only reflects the commitment of our employees in the U.S., but of all employees in the entire FedEx network,” said David L. Cunningham, Jr., president, FedEx Express Asia Pacific. “In Asia, we place our employees first and it is the investments in our employees that drives their dedication to make every FedEx experience outstanding for our customers and that is what differentiates us from the competition.
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