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...
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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...
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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:...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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