Posts Tagged ‘Delivery’
Making “Sorry We Missed You” a Thing of the Past
Posted by RARC host | Filed under Ideas Worth Exploring
UPS and FedEx frequently attempt residential deliveries when customers are not home. After a series of failed delivery attempts, these companies return the packages to their local distribution centers, forcing customers to travel to these remote locations to collect their packages.
What if the Postal Service offered residential customers a service allowing them to use their [...]
Tags: Delivery, last mile strategy, Parcels
Too Costly to Keep On Truckin?
Posted by Facilities Host | Filed under Mail Processing & Transportation
The U.S. Postal Service’s current fleet of more than 219,000 vehicles includes approximately 146,000 delivery vehicles, most of which are long-life vehicles (LLVs). The first LLVs were produced in 1987, and they average about 10 miles per gallon. The vehicles are right-hand drive to accommodate drivers delivering numerous mailpieces to curbside mailboxes. These iconic right-hand [...]
Tags: Delivery, fleet, LLV, maintenance, postal service, repairs, trucks, vehicles
The Great Debate
Posted by RARC host | Filed under OIG
The debate about the Postal Service’s future is heating up and Pushing the Envelope is interested in your views. Last week the Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security held a hearing on the Future of the Postal Service. The week before there was a hearing in the House [...]
Tags: Delivery, financial crisis, pension, postal service, retiree health benefits, revenue, Saturday Delivery
Does the Postal Service Need to Re-examine Its Delivery Service Standards?
Posted by RARC Host sb | Filed under Delivery & Collection
Public policy debates about solving the Postal Service’s financial crisis have largely focused on reducing costs by cutting service such as Saturday delivery, transitioning from brick and mortar post offices to alternative retail sales channels, or limiting other functions performed by the Postal Service. There has been less talk about the costs of meeting delivery [...]
Tags: Delivery, financial crisis, Saturday Delivery, service, standard, Transportation
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