tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563539329592161652.post284604943836275607..comments2024-03-21T10:12:22.611-04:00Comments on Courier, Express, and Postal Observer: Developing a Flat Mail Distribution NetworkAlan Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18015201735147037122noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563539329592161652.post-26868088098829135372010-12-10T08:38:07.528-05:002010-12-10T08:38:07.528-05:00A second alternative would be for the USPS to deli...A second alternative would be for the USPS to deliver all flat shaped mail to Quad Graphics, RR Donnelly or Pitney Bowes for sorting all flat shaped mail.Alan Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18015201735147037122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563539329592161652.post-45204894494787369932010-12-10T08:37:05.799-05:002010-12-10T08:37:05.799-05:00If the plan is to use FSS's near destination t...If the plan is to use FSS's near destination to handle the volume of flats from customers that generate flats in lower volumes then I wonder what happens when the carrier gets a set of carrier walk sequenced bundles from the USPS, Quad Graphics, RR Donnelley and maybe one or two additional printers. It seems like he/she would then have to carry as many bundles as there are firms sorting to walk sequence or somehow these bundles have to be merged via a sort scheme that just resorts mail that has already been walk sequencing. Unless the cost to the printer to sort in walk sequence is zero (including sorting multiple titles together) then the mailers are going seem to be stuck paying for a sort to walk sequence twice. It would seem more efficient, if the machines work to do it once by the Postal Service.Alan Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18015201735147037122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563539329592161652.post-26149188345092751752010-12-10T08:17:10.459-05:002010-12-10T08:17:10.459-05:00I think the author has the wrong idea here. I don...I think the author has the wrong idea here. I don't think there is a grand plan to deploy the FSSMs near printing plants. The Postal Service has forced printers to carrier route and line-of-travel bundled flats to gain a discount. There are also discounts for dropping these pallets at an existing Plant near the publications destination.<br /><br />The FSSMs are in high density areas were there is a concentration of carrier routes and those few customers that still generate some flat mailings. The machines are mainly for putting flats in order for carrier delivery and avoiding manual flat casing time. They do not exist to sort outgoing flat mail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563539329592161652.post-53956495808130550862010-12-09T20:55:28.960-05:002010-12-09T20:55:28.960-05:00The most obvious of the many problem with postal F...The most obvious of the many problem with postal FSS (key word 'postal') is that human beings can not safely carry and deliver it. Will anyone bother to ask upper-level postal management for a demonstration of how FSS is to be carried under stressful conditions? Of course not. They can't do it.dryMAILmanhttp://bit.ly/bbSTb6noreply@blogger.com