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.

Monday, August 31, 2009

Management Approaches to Restructuring

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The Postal Service is in the midst of a major restructuring of the smallest of its operating networks, the one that handles sortation and t...
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Friday, August 28, 2009

Packstation vendor

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For those that are interested, the Packstation's vendor is a KEBA AG, a European company (either Austiran or German). From press relea...

Marketing the Packstation

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Deutsche Post did not just have to fund the purchase and installation of pakstations and train employees how to place parcels in them for...

Dominos

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Given the challenges that everyone in the courier, express, and postal industry face, we all need to smile and laugh a bit to keep our sani...

Should the Postal Service Close All Post Offices?

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Note: This blog post contains my first attempt to include pictures and videos. If you are having trouble viewing the videos they are all o...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Advertising Delivery: A Governmental Function?

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In his thought provoking piece, APWU President William Burris summarized the challenge facing the Postal Service and its employees succinct...
Friday, August 21, 2009

Postal Service and the Federal Budget

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More than anything else, the greatest political obstacle to a new business model for the Postal Service is the Federal budget deficit. Eve...
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Alan Robinson
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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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