USPS OIG Report: Mail Operations at the Raleigh P&DC

Background The Postal Service considers mail to be delayed when it is not processed in time to meet the established delivery day. Delayed mail can adversely affect Postal Service customers and harm the organization’s brand. To track mail conditions at processing facilities, the Postal Service launched the Mail Condition Visualization (MCV) system in January 2019….

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Have New Service Standards Impacted First-Class Mailers?

Project Title: Timeliness of First Class Mail Flats Start Date: June 16, 2015 Estimated Report Release Date: December 2015 In 2011, based on dramatically declining mail volumes and the subsequent excess capacity in its mail processing network, the Postal Service announced plans to revise its service standards, which would enable it to streamline its mail…

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Delivery Dichotomy – Phase II Network Consolidation’s Impact on Delivery of Mail

(September 5, 2014) Since the Postal Service announced their plan to move forward with Phase II of Network Consolidation, I’ve been asked by a number of people how it will impact the delivery of mail (Market Dominant Products). The answer, according to the USPS: First Class Mail will lose overnight delivery (with a few exceptions)…

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