ACS, a premier provider of business process and information technology outsourcing solutions, today announced an expansion of its full-function, multi-process business process outsourcing (BPO) capabilities for imaging and mailroom functions. ACS i-mail(SM) is an expanded offering of ACS’ world-class technology that will leverage process engineering skills and innovation for government and commercial clients worldwide.
Read MorePostmaster General John E. Potter reported today that Postal Service Transformation Plan initiatives continue this month with a planned June 27 Summit meeting to consider more rate-setting and flexible-pricing processes that will help maintain universal service at affordable rates. This will mark the second in a series of planned Transformation Plan Summit meetings designed to explore new and modern business models for the Postal Service.
The first meeting, a Ratemaking Summit jointly sponsored last month by the independent Postal Rate Commission and the U.S. Postal Service, drew more than 150 mailing industry representatives who shared their ideas about how the Postal Service of the future might best be able to respond to customer needs and meet the challenges of a changing delivery services marketplace.
The Board of Governors of the Postal Service today announced its support of a bipartisan legislative proposal for postal reform legislation sponsored by members of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Government Reform.
Board Chairman Robert F. Rider said, “We commend Chairman Dan Burton and Representatives Henry Waxman, John McHugh and Danny Davis for their effort to fashion a legislative proposal that goes a long way to address the needs of the Postal Service.”
In a March 2001 letter to the President and the Postal Service’s legislative leadership, the Governors stated that significant statutory reform would be necessary to continue to provide consistent and satisfactory levels of universal service to the American people.
The way Gregory Swienton talks about the changes he’s made at Ryder System Inc., the $5 billion provider of fleet management and logistics services, you’d think the company was a wheezing middle-aged chain smoker who’d been whipped into shape at a health spa. Arriving in June 1999 as chief operating officer, Swienton saw that it was ?fairly clear that we had some fundamental transformations to take on.” As chief executive since November 2000, his plan has been to take the company back to core competencies — truck fleet management and contract logistics.
Read MoreFedEx today announces a series of new service offerings to meet demand for high service shipping options. This launch is in conjunction with the official kickoff of the FedEx Freight operating company re-branding.
The service enhancements include expansion of FedEx Freight’s next-day reach, expedited shipping and money-back guarantee programs. The re-branding, announced last February, applies a common branding system to FedEx Freight’s two independent operating companies, formerly American Freightways and Viking Freight. With today’s re-branding roll out, thousands of tractors and trailers, new driver uniforms and building signs will begin to feature the purple and red FedEx Freight logo. FedEx Freight expects to complete the re-branding process within 36 months.
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