Tag: USPS

US Postal Service says gains package market share

Posted by | Feb 2, 2005 | |

The US Postal Service said on Wednesday it has gained a little market share in package shipments during the last three months even as the volume of standard letters continues to decline. A spokesman for the Postal Service, which delivers mail to 142 million homes and offices, said package shipments have risen “in the high single digits” compared with a year earlier, with the lion’s share of the increase coming from two-to-three day priority shipments and from residential shippers using Internet auction service eBay Inc.’s online postage.
“It’s three things all coming together: access, making it easy to do business with us; price stability; and the good service,” said Jerry McKiernan, manager of media relations for the Postal Service. “When those three things are in combination, that’s a winning formula.”

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USPS Governors Elect Leaders

Posted by | Jan 11, 2005 | |

The Governors of the US Postal Service today elected James C. Miller III of Virginia to be chairman and Alan C. Kessler of Pennsylvania to be vice chairman for 2005. Governor Miller, a former Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, was appointed a Governor in April 2003. He has broad government, private sector and academic experience and serves as Chairman of The CapAnalysis Group, an economic, financial and regulatory consulting firm associated with the international law firm Howrey Simon Arnold & White. Governor Kessler is a Philadelphia attorney and partner in the firm of Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen, LLP, with substantial experience in the defense of class-action litigation, including securities, antitrust, toxic tort and civil rights cases. He was appointed a Governor in November 2000 and serves as Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee.

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2004 Annual Wage & Operations Survey

Posted by | Jan 6, 2005 | |

Survey of mail centre managers – operational element, includes effects of internet, downsizing, technolgoy advancements, merging of print-mail.
This is part 2 of the report, part 1 focuses on wage issues.
P:LibraryPostalMSM US Annual Wage & Operations Survey 2 04.pdf
Part 1 is saved in P:LibraryPostalMSM US Annual Wage & Operations Survey 1 04.pdf

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US Postal Service mailing kiosks now in every state

Posted by | Dec 30, 2004 | |

The Postal Service’s version of an ATM for Postal Service customers, the Automated Postal Center (APC), is now available in all 50 states. APCs provide a quick, easy and convenient way for customers to weigh, calculate and apply exact postage, and ship Express Mail and Priority Mail items, packages and First-Class letters right at the kiosks. They also provide easy access to postal products and services the same way ATMs provide access to banking services.

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US Postal Service scores big in customers’ delivery comparisons

Posted by | Dec 30, 2004 | |

The US Postal Service – no stranger to measuring itself for performance success and customer satisfaction – took the lead in four informal parcel delivery tests conducted by postal customers this holiday mailing season. The “New York Times,” “Grand Rapids Press” (MI), KSLTV (UT) and KTVI (MO), within days of one another, conducted mailing comparisons among the US Postal Service, DHL, FedEx and United Parcel Service, measuring delivery time, quality and cost, shipping identical items ranging from coffee mugs and holiday ornaments to pecans within each test and using comparable classes of mail.

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