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.

Sunday, February 28, 2010

USPS' December - Better But Still on the Precipice

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USPS finances marked steady improvement on a month-by-month basis in its first fiscal quarter.  These improvements allowed it to earn a smal...
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

USPS Presentation of Action Plan

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February 23, 2010 Contact: Sue Brennan 202.268.6363 sue.brennan@usps.gov usps.com/news Action Plan for the...
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Postal Service in Triage

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Anyone who has ever been in an emergency room has had to deal with a triage nurse.   The triage nurse's job is to conduct an initial ass...
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Time to Make Flat Rate Boxes More Convenient

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The Postal Service has created a strong marketing campaign around flat rate boxes.  But there is a better way to offer a flat rate service m...
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Monday, February 22, 2010

Analizing the Postal Service as a Cancer Survivor

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Many of the readers of this blog have known me for many years either through work I have done related to the postal industry or from present...
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Sunday, February 21, 2010

Is it Time to Choose Alternative Delivery?

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Mailers face greater uncertainty today than ever before about the future of the Postal Service.  Mailers face the real possibility that rate...
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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Potential 5-day Delivery Implementation Schedules

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A previous post, " Is 5-Day Delivery Inevitable? ", laid out a potential schedule for when the Postal Service could implement a sw...
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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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