Direct Marketing Monitor International 2006
Direct Marketing Monitor International 2006
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Siemens awarded USD 217.5 million flats sequencing system subcontract from Northrop Grumman
Siemens announced that it has been awarded a USD 217.5 million fixed-price contract to provide key technologies of the Flats Sequencing Systems (FSS) contract from the Northrop Grumman Corporation.
Northrop Grumman was contracted by the U.S. Postal Service to provide 100 FSS to further automate its flats mail stream, which includes large envelopes, catalogs and magazines.
Siemens will provide the optical character recognition and video coding systems (OCR/VCS), the tray staging device (TSD), and the sorter built to Northrop Grumman Corporation’s design. Additionally, Siemens will provide extensive logistical services and support.
A pre-production version of the system will be fielded later this year. This version will be used by the U.S. Postal Service to develop system operational procedures. Installation of the first FSS production units at U.S. Postal Service facilities nationwide is expected to begin in 2008 with the remaining FSS installations scheduled for completion by 2010.
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World Mail Review May 2007
U.S. Postal Service, MBDC announce “Cradle to Cradle” SM Certification
Consumers now can send a very “green” message across town or around the world when sending Priority Mail and Express Mail packages and envelopes.
The U.S. Postal Service is the only mailing or shipping company in the nation to achieve “Cradle to Cradle” SM Certification at the Silver level from MBDC (McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry) for human and environmental health. Postal Service mailing and shipping supplies already had exceeded government requirements, including recycled content standards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Going beyond existing federal and state agency requirements was a goal in seeking certification.
Cradle to Cradle Certification is a scientifically based process that reviews specific criteria to assess the environmental attributes of materials used in products. MBDC examined 60 packaging items, breaking those items down to 250 component materials and then further analyzing 1,400 individual ingredients in those component materials before awarding the certification.
Read MoreFedEx and The Salvation Army stand ready to weather 2007 hurricane season
FedEx Corp. made a “just in time” delivery to The Salvation Army today in advance of the 2007 hurricane season.
The charitable donation included the largest Mobile Feeding Unit in The Salvation Army’s fleet of mobile canteen vehicles plus four others in cities across the country. In addition to the canteen units and emergency supplies, FedEx contributed a grant to train Salvation Army emergency response personnel in countries around the world.
The five mobile canteens will be based in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami and New York. Each vehicle is co-branded with the FedEx and Salvation Army logos and is equipped with the latest equipment and technology to assist disaster response personnel in reacting to emergencies that could include hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, fires or other scenarios.
The canteens can feed between 1,000 and 2,500 people per day and are outfitted with new GPS tracking devices that let commanders know their exact location at any given time. As part of the gift, FedEx also contributed 1,800 disaster clean-up kits that include mops, brooms, sponges, gloves and cleaning solution.
With a busy hurricane season predicted for south Florida in 2007, the Miami-based canteen will be particularly critical. More than twice the size of the other vehicles in use, this mobile canteen is now the largest in the Salvation Army’s fleet. It measures 30 feet by 8 feet and can carry a payload of 7,000 pounds.
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