Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

The courier, express, and postal industry is the largest segment of the transportation marketplace worldwide. This blog will provide a personal perspective on the challenges faced by firms in the industry as they serve an increasingly competitive market.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer Has Moved

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New Posts will be found in an easier to type url.  http://cepobsever.com   Nothing will change but WordPress is easier to edit and customiz...
Friday, September 16, 2011

The Proposed USPS Network: A Second Best Solution

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Yesterday the Postal Service presented its proposal to restructure its processing and transportation network.   The proposal is a second bes...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

A Financially Self Sufficient Postal Service

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Three recent articles and blog posts illustrate why any postal reform measure has to go beyond fixing retiree obligations or restructuring o...
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Postal Service Plans to Cut More Post Offices

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In an interview with Kelly Holmes of My Print Resource, Deputy Postmaster Ron Stroman indicated the Postal Service's retail optimization...

Postal Service Cannot Avoid Layoffs

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The Postal Service seeks to cuts its full time employees by 228,000 in the next two to three years.  A review of attrition rates over the p...
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Monday, September 12, 2011

100 Years of New Yorker Covers Illustrates How America's Connection with the Postal Service Has Changed

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The New Yorker in its current issue has an article that shows covers with postal themes over the past 84 years.   The covers show the gradu...
Thursday, September 8, 2011

Flooding in Pennsylvania will Delay Shipping

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Flooding in eastern Pennsylvania will have a big impact on e-commerce shipping in much of the eastern United States.   The area facing recor...
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Alan Robinson
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Alan Robinson is the President of the Direct Communications Group and an associate of Analytic Business Services (AnaBus). He has over twenty years experience helping firms and government officials deal with the regulatory, policy, marketing, and management issues associated with changes in competition within transportation, parcel delivery and postal markets. He can be reached at alan.robinson@directcomgroup.com
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