Tag: USA

U.S. Postal Service Scores 95 Percent Sixth Quarter in a Row

Posted by | May 12, 2004 | |

The U.S. Postal Service scored 95 percent in overnight on-time delivery for the sixth consecutive quarter. The assessment, which is measured independently by IBM Consulting Services, was announced today during the agency’s Board of Governors meeting in Dallas. This Quarter II measurement – Jan. 1 through Mar. 31 – also cites scores of 91 percent for two-day and 88 percent for three-day delivery, according to U.S. Postal Service Vice President and Consumer Advocate Francia Smith. Residential Customer Satisfaction scores are steady at 93 percent. However, an improvement in the number of customers who rate the service as “excellent” is noted in IBM’s report.

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UPS to help companies manage unwanted electronics

Posted by | May 11, 2004 | |

UPS Supply Chain Solutions have announced a new service that helps companies properly manage the disposition of used and obsolete electronic goods and components.

Through its new Asset Recovery and Recycling Management service, UPS Supply Chain Solutions oversees the final disposition of these electronics through repair, recycling or disposal in an environmentally safe manner, all while controlling logistics-related activities. The new service tackles the growing problem of how to manage used and obsolete electronic goods, such as computers, cell phones, printers as well as their electronic components.

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Deutsche Post Global Mail to acquire US mail companies SmartMail and QuikPak

Posted by | May 11, 2004 | |

Deutsche Post Global Mail USA, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post World Net, today announced it has reached agreements to acquire the US mail service providers SmartMail Services and QuikPak Inc. SmartMail is the leading provider of transport and sorting services for flat mail. QuikPak is the market leader in catalog fulfillment. With this merger, Global Mail will be offering customers in the USA unprecedented mail services within the country as well as throughout the world. While SmartMail and QuikPak are high-performing providers in their respective domestic business segments, Global Mail is the leading service provider for cross-border mail solutions.

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SmartMail Services signs merger agreement with Deutsche Post Global Mail USA

Posted by | May 11, 2004 | |

SmartMail Services®, the leading nationwide expeditor of flat-sized mail and lightweight parcels, has reached an agreement to be acquired by Deutsche Post Global Mail USA (DPGM), a leader in international mail services. The deal extends the existing relationship between the two companies and will offer U.S. direct mailers and merchants a single source for domestic and international shipping needs. “The Deutsche Post Global Mail acquisition is exciting for the company and our customers,” said Jim Martell, CEO of SmartMail Services, “Our relationship with Global Mail started as a partnership, so it is a very natural step that we should join forces to better serve our customers.”

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DigiStamp-USPS fight over E-Postmark heats up

Posted by | May 10, 2004 | |

DigiStamp has asked the Postal Rates Commission (PRC) to hold hearings as to whether, as it claims, the US Postal Service’s Electronic Postmark service is anticompetitive and illegal and should therefore be discontinued.

DigiStamp CEO Rick Borgers is also planning to stir things up by reaching out other companies on the whole issue of the post competing against private industry.

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