Postal Affairs with Bob Schimek. Your weekly industry news for Tuesday,...
This week Bob has the latest about: Intelligible Standard: When is a mail preparation change a CPI increase? LLVs (postal vehicles) being replaced with three new vehicles. Wildfires impact USPS...
View ArticleHave You Been Impacted by Mail Delays?
Since 2012, USPS has been aggressively consolidating postal processing facilities, cutting hours at retail stores, and optimizing mail delivery for packages. Most of the changes so far have been fairly...
View ArticlePostal Affairs with Bob Schimek. Your weekly industry news for Monday,...
This week Bob has the latest about: Intelligible Standard: When is a mail preparation change a CPI increase? Pope Francis visit impacts mail. High package volumes are backing up delivery in the south....
View ArticlePostal Affairs with Bob Schimek. Your weekly industry news for Monday,...
This week Bob has the latest about: iPost: “Improving Postal Operations Service & Transparency” bill introduced. FedEx raising rates 4.9%, can a Competitive Products rate increase be far behind?...
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Postal Affairs with Bob Schimek. Your weekly industry news for Monday,...
This week Bob has the latest about: iPost: “Improving Postal Operations Service & Transparency” bill introduced. 97,000 piece mailing notifies Philly residents of mail delays due to visit of Pope...
View ArticlePostal Affairs with Bob Schimek. Your weekly industry news for Monday,...
This week Bob has the latest about: Should First Class Parcels me moved to “Competitive Products”? USPS reports $375 million loss in August, but “only” $61 million controllable loss. Performance...
View ArticlePostal Affairs with Bob Schimek. Your weekly industry news for Monday,...
This week Bob has the latest about: The GAO examines USPS delivery performance. The PRC disagrees with the findings. Trailer leasing changes could save $264,000 in the Western Area alone. USPS fines...
View ArticleDo Away with UAA
What happens to UAA? If your piece is sent First-Class Mail, there’s a chance that a mis-addressed piece could still be delivered. If the recipient moved in the last 13 months the piece will be...
View ArticlePostal Affairs with Bob Schimek. Your weekly industry news for Monday,...
This week Bob has the latest about: The January rate increase averages +9.5%, but there are some BIG losers in there. UPS claims the USPS is not properly attributing their costs between products. The...
View ArticleIn the studio with Jessica Lowrance and Bob Schimek of PostCom
Jessica has been with PostCom for seven years and currently serves as the Executive Vice President. Previously, she worked directly for the USPS as a Pricing Strategy Manager and a Pricing Economist....
View ArticlePostal Affairs with Bob Schimek. Your weekly industry news for Monday,...
This week Bob has the latest about: $51.6 million in labor costs allocated to the “unused” 179 labor code. Just in time for winter, new Geometric Snowflake Forever Stamps issued. USPS victorious in...
View ArticlePostal Affairs with Bob Schimek. Your weekly industry news for Monday,...
This week Bob has the latest about: USPS announces current CASS cycle “N” valid until July 31, 2018. PRC technical conference held to discuss USPS statistical design plan. Envelope Manufacturers...
View ArticlePostal Affairs with Bob Schimek. Your weekly industry news for Monday,...
This week Bob has the latest about: Full Service invoicing is set to begin April 2016. And then there was one. The Board of Governor(s) is alive and holding elections. PRC Responds to GAO by looking...
View ArticleMuch More Than CPI Increase for Competitive Products
Unlike a price change for “market dominant” prices like First-Class Mail or Standard Mail, USPS is not required to limit increases to within the Consumer Price Index (CPI). So what’s changing? Let’s...
View ArticleUSPS to Implement Sweeping Regulatory Change with Projected $55 Million...
According to Bob Schimek, Senior Director of Postal Affairs for Satori Software, DPV for parcels is just around the corner. The USPS plans to implement this sweeping change in January 2016, leaving...
View ArticlePostal Affairs with Bob Schimek. Your weekly industry news for Monday,...
This week Bob has the latest about: USPS issues new requirement for parcels to pass DPV. Fiscal year 2015 is over for the USPS and they are $5.1 billion in the hole. One of the biggest USPS labor...
View ArticlePostal Affairs with Bob Schimek. Your weekly industry news for Monday,...
This week Bob has the latest about: USPS says no Market Dominant price increase for 2016. The Exigency Surchage is nearing the full amount designated by the PRC. Full Service Invoicing has been delayed...
View ArticlePostal Affairs with Bob Schimek. Your weekly industry news for Monday,...
This week Bob has the latest about: USPS has published it’s first draft of a new publication: “SMELF”. October numbers are out. Don’t hold your breath for Postal Reform. Seven pounds of marijuana;...
View ArticlePostal Affairs with Bob Schimek. Your weekly industry news for Monday,...
This week Bob has the latest about: The Board of Governors now has only one member. January Labeling List Data delayed. The OIG has been busy. The USPS mobile app has taken a step backward in...
View Article6 Ways to Save Postage in 2016
These discounts will be offered for extended periods next year, giving mailers more ways to save than ever before. And an extra bonus – barring congressional action, the exigent rate surcharge will be...
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