This holiday season it’s a buyer’s market and online retailers are pulling out the stops to woo customers, most notably with free shipping. Free shipping is a perennial holiday perk, yes, but this year some retailers have waived a minimum order to get free delivery.
It’s okay to be immature if you’re a young sapling on your way to becoming a giant oak. But it’s not good when talking about an organization’s ethics program.
This Veterans Day falls on the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, when the armistice was enacted on the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918.
Ceremonies and occasions to mark the centennial anniversary are planned nationwide, including a tolling of bells across the country at 11:00 a.m. local time on November 11.
In some urban and suburban areas, grocery delivery vehicles are a regular sight. Indeed, many urban dwellers get regular offers for an annual $100-subscription to a same-day delivery service.
Same-day delivery sure seems popular given the buzz. But same-day delivery of merchandise and...
Read More
The Intelligent Mail Barcode (IMb) allows the U.S. Postal Service to track mail in real time from acceptance to delivery without the need for seeding and sampling of pieces.
The IMb is an information-rich barcode applied to mail pieces for automation discounts, free address corrections,...
Read More
Less controversial than the Football Bowl Series college football rankings. More fun than most social media clickbait lists. It’s the annual top 10 stories from the postal and delivery world.
As we do at this time every year, here is our countdown of what we think are the top postal-...
Read More
In 2017, the Postal Service implemented a new integrated Human Resources (HR) system, HERO, to evolve HR activities and align processes across the employee lifecycle. HERO provides a centralized and comprehensive HR system that helps to ensure efficiency, reporting analysis, and mobility....
Read More
When it comes to postal products that don’t cover their costs, the Postal Service finds itself in a no-win situation. The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) requires the Postal Service to make sure all products cover 100 percent of their direct costs. Products that fall below costs...
Read More