Blog | Products & Services

Forever and Ever

December 19, 2016 Products & Services 1 Comment

Do you have a stockpile of Forever Stamps in a drawer? Isn't it great to know you can use those stamps any time, and they'll be good no matter how much the postage rate may have changed? You can put them on this year's holiday cards, even if you bought the stamps 3 years ago.

 

Pages

Recent Poll

Thinking about the last time you bought something you saw in an ad, were you spurred by:

Recent Comments

  • Total Eclipse of the Stamp
    it reminds me of my mom she
    8 hours 54 min ago
    it reminds me of my mom she recently passed away and I know she watches me from upthere somewhere she magnanimous like the solar system her name was luz which means light in Spanish . I miss her...
  • Total Eclipse of the Stamp
    My first impression would be
    9 hours 31 min ago
    My first impression would be through two customers at CVS in Foster City, of the USO and C. Crane company. They were talking with me about the solar eclipse, but "you would have to be in Oregon...

Monthly Archive

Latest Blog Posts

Total Eclipse of the Stamp

Eclipse Stamp Image

Amateur astronomers are excited about the total solar eclipse set to appear (or disappear?) on August 21. This is the first time in 99 years a total solar eclipse will cross the entire United States. 

Capitalizing on the public’s excitement, the U.S. Postal Service...

Read More

Rethinking Assumptions

With $72 billion in revenue and 154 billion pieces of mail moved in a year, the U.S. Postal Service deals in the billions. That’s why you sometimes hear people joke that “a few million here and a few million there and pretty soon you are talking about real money” with the USPS.

But even...

Read More

Riding Out Fuel Fluctuations

How prepared is the U.S. Postal Service for a sudden increase in the price of diesel fuel? When diesel climbed by $2.03 a gallon from March 2009 to March 2012, the USPS’s fuel tab soared by $341 million.

It’s what happens when you operate one of the biggest vehicle fleets in the country:...

Read More

Latest Audit Asks

Is USPS efficiently and cost effectively consolidating mail between Chicago and San Francisco NDCs?

Mail Cargo Tractor Trailer Bed

The Postal Service has 21 network distribution centers (NDCs), which consolidate mail processing and dispatch to increase operational efficiency. At 19 NDCs, there are also consolidation deconsolidation facilities (CDFs). When the combined contents of one to three trailers exceed 100 percent of...

Read More

Is the Postal Service effectively using continuous improvement processes to make improvements?

The U.S. Postal Service uses continuous improvement methodologies based on collaborative team efforts to improve performance as well as systematically remove defects. The methodologies include the A3 process, Kaizen, and the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control (DMAIC). 

We have...

Read More

How accurate is the Revenue, Pieces and Weight (RPW) sampling data?

The Adjustment Revenue, Pieces, and Weights (ARPW) system combines data from multiple sources to produce the Postal Service's official revenue, pieces, and weight (RPW) report for domestic and international mail categories, as well as fees by type of service.

The RPW report is published...

Read More

Twitter Feed

New #USPS eclipse stamp raises questions about #newtech the traditional #stamp community Read the #OIGBlog https://t.co/zJiqPfM3c6
May 22
What can #USPS do to maximize trailer capacity and reduce transportation costs? #AuditAsks wants to know https://t.co/sD82elCNJL
May 22
@Tony_Gupine Hi, the best way for us to solve this is to file a complaint with the OIG Hotline: https://t.co/9vaPJlFmfL
May 19
In the latest #AuditAsks, the #OIG wants to hear whether the #USPS's use of the Kaizen process is effective: https://t.co/k8zCpM4u8H
May 19
@RestorHer Hi, the best way for us to solve this is to file a complaint with the OIG Hotline: https://t.co/9vaPJlFmfL
May 18