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FAST Expanded Access Appointments
Written by USPS Cap Metro Area
Friday, 04 May 2012 10:43
The Postal Service is an around-the-clock organization, constantly working to keep your mail flowing to your customers.
Starting May 21, 2012 the Capital Metro Area of the U.S. Postal Service is offering expanded access to its Facility Access Shipment Tracking (FAST) appointment system to give you greater flexibility in scheduling your drop shipments.
The expanded hours are expected to smooth the arrivals over the course of the day and will minimize / eliminate the delays by decreasing the wait time to unload. It is also expected to reduce the amount of mail volume arriving at, or near, the same time and will align more effectively with the processing capacities within our plants.
For additional information please click here.
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Concerning US Senate Action
Written by Randall Anderson, Marketing Manager, Greensboro District USPS
Wednesday, 25 April 2012 06:11
April 24, 2012
To Our Valued Business Customers,
Today, the U.S. Senate began debate on its bill 1789, known as the 21st Century Postal Reform Act, and which you may have heard about recently in the news. The bill has many provisions and amendments and is still under discussion.
To help keep you informed about the process, the Postal Service is sharing with you information that was given to the bill’s four Senate sponsors earlier today. Senators Joseph Lieberman, Susan Collins, Tom Carper and Scott Brown today requested details on what a potential mail processing and distribution network would look like, if modeled under proposed service standards contained in the bill, which would maintain overnight service for intra-SCF volume.
In response, the Postal Service has therefore provided a modeled network scenario. The model provided is the best estimate available on which processing plants and facilities would be needed, based solely on the proposed legislation. It is possible that further refinements to the model will be necessary.
Details about the modeled network request may be appearing in the news media. The Postal Service therefore wishes to clarify that information provided to the Senate does not represent a new Postal Service proposal, and should not be interpreted as a new Network Rationalization plan. The facilities on this list could be subject to change based on a House version of the legislation and the subsequent committee process.
Debate on the Senate bill is continuing through today, and the legislation is not final. In addition, the legislation being considered would not become final in its present form, even if approved by the Senate today, action would still be required in the House of Representatives, and a bill would have to be signed by the President.
The Postal Service will provide more information as it becomes available.
Sincerely,
Randall Anderson
Marketing Manager
USPS Greensboro District
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EDDM: Is It a Success?
Written by Charles Greer
Wednesday, 11 April 2012 07:42
It has been one year since the roll out of the Every Door Direct Mail program by the USPS and it is time to evaluate the program. EDDM targets an estimated seventy-seven percent of all businesses in the United States---those that do not currently use the USPS to market or advertise their goods or services.
"The most compelling message about Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM) is that it allows businesses to reach every home, every address, every time," said Chief Marketing/Sales Officer of USPS, Paul Vogel. "By targeting every home, businesses are better able to find the customers who matter the most -- the ones right in their neighborhood."
Locally we have seen many small businesses use EDDM to open their doors to new customers. Carolina Postal Credit Union is a perfect example of an established business using EDDM as a tool to reach additional customers but the owners of such businesses as Northeast Beauty Salon and Unique Florist in Greensboro and China Rose a restaurant in Kernersville used EDDM to help get their businesses started.
Local printers can gain from EDDM as well. By seeking new customers EDDM allows any small business the ability to deliver messages to their customers for 67% off the cost of a stamp. Eliminated is the need for a mailing list and the tedium of addressing postcards. As the small businesses grow then the opportunity to sell more printing and eventually grow the new company's marketing campaign can be a huge winner for those in our industry.
The USPS has determined there is a market for EDDM and with a recent aggressive multimedia marketing campaign, including national TV advertising to promote the service, it is projected EDDM will become a one billion dollar postal product by 2016.
Is EDDM a success? All indications are it definitely is!
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POSTAL SERVICE COMMUNICATES TEST RESULTS OF MAIL PROCESSING STUDIES
Written by Charles Greer
Thursday, 01 March 2012 08:56
An update from Consumer & Industry Affairs Vice President Susan M. LaChance
Last September, the Postal Service proposed changes relating to service standards and network operations, and made a commitment to you, our PCC members and customers, to maintain open communications on these proposed changes.
In keeping with that commitment, the results of the Area Mail Processing (AMP) facility studies announced last September are now available at http://usps.com/ourfuturenetwork.
This website provides information on the decision made in each study, including whether each facility will be closed or consolidated, remain open, or have its study placed on hold. For those facilities facing a change, the name of the “gaining site”— the facility where mail processing operations will be relocated — also is included.
Read more...
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January 22nd Price Change Review
Written by Charles Greer
Tuesday, 07 February 2012 12:12
On January 22, 2012 the latest price changes went into effect with the primary focus refining the the cost structure to align more with the core of the USPS for now and in the future.
The presentation used by Beth Carty, Mailing Standards Specialist with the Greensboro P&DC at the January GTPCC meeting can be accessed by clicking here.
These prices are now in effect of course but for illustrative purposes it may be beneficial for you to review the presentation to familiarize yourself with what the USPS considers its stronger products and where its focus may lie in the months ahead.
Determining the direction of the USPS in regards to infrastructure changes to be implemented later will be key to positioning your company not only with transactional mail but with standard mail and as a user of special services. The PCC is the location to stay on top of the changing landscape of the USPS.
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