With “Parcel Metro” service, DHL looks to be big fish in fast-growing delivery pond What DHL brings to the table is its technology and, perhaps more important, its global brand. The U.S. last-mile parcel market is both embryonic and hodge-podge-like, with startups like New York-based Deliv vying for share along with other eager pros and […]
U.S. GAO Report– U.S. Postal Service: Improved Management Procedures Needed for Parcel Select Contracts Here are excerpts from the report: The package delivery market is growing and changing rapidly. In 2013, U.S. businesses and consumers reportedly spent more than $68 billion to ship packages domestically using the three largest national package delivery providers in the […]
11-21-2014 – Western regional parcel carrier OnTrac today launched a delivery service in conjunction with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) that offers large-volume retailers a fourth major business-to-consumer option in a region covering 70 million consumers. The service, called “DirectPost,” allows OnTrac to collect parcels from retailers and inject them deep into the postal network, […]
Postal Bulletin – Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)(October 16, 2014 ) Effective November 8, 2014, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) section 508.7.0 to expand Hold For Pickup service to include Parcel Select Lightweight and Bound Printed […]
Innovation nation The Postal Service is using technology to adapt to the nation’s fast-changing mailing and shipping needs, CIO Jim Cochrane told congressional lawmakers May 22. “Technology now plays a foundational role in virtually every postal product and service,” Cochrane said in testimony before a House subcommittee that handles postal issues. USPS works with major […]