The United States Postal Service announced its 10-Year Plan to achieve financial sustainability and service excellence last week. We know how important the services USPS provides to your business and ours, so we are publishing this communication to keep you informed. Listed below are highlights of USPS’s plan. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ‘DELIVERING FOR AMERICA’ [...]
“The Postal Service delivered more than a billion packages during its peak holiday season, but Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said the agency fell far short of meeting its service targets, and left some customers waiting weeks for mail and packages.” As many of you are aware, USPS mail delivery continues to be a challenge. [...]
As one whose business is tied very closely to the United States Postal Service, PCI Group wants to keep you abreast of changing conditions with USPS mail delivery. As we prepare this communication, USPS continues to experience service delays. The causes can be attributed to three major factors, all related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Employee [...]
In our ongoing efforts to keep you informed of events that could impact your business as it relates to customer communications, we are alerting you to a recent update from The United States Postal Service who filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) requesting price changes to take effect Jan. 24, 2021. The proposed [...]
We found Megan to be a very knowledgeable and engaging speaker. As part of our value to our clients, it’s critical that we stay abreast of the latest postal regulations and updates. Attending events like this one, where we gain direct access to USPS and in this case, the Postmaster General are invaluable to taking [...]
As you may be aware, yesterday, President Trump ordered a review of the Postal Service, signing an executive order late Thursday April 12 that creates a task force to “conduct a thorough evaluation of the operations and finances of the USPS” As part of this order, the task force, being put together to be chaired [...]
On January 22nd, USPS made changes and increasing prices on several of their services. Those services that currently effect our postage will be seeing an increase of $0.004. Along with these increases the USPS will be making changes to the below services: COMBINE AADC & 3-DIGIT PRICE CATEGORIES Combine Automated Area Distribution Center (AADC) and 3- [...]
The Postal Service Governors decided today to delay the implementation of new market-dominant and competitive rates and classification changes until all of the proposed market-dominant changes are approved by the Postal Regulatory Commission ("PRC"). This decision was primarily motivated by a desire to eliminate potential adverse impacts on postal customers that might result from a [...]
In recent years the United States Postal Service (USPS) has made many changes to how they process and deliver your mail. In this newsletter we want to introduce you to "Move Update" and the importance of staying compliant. PCI is committed to providing our clients the information so you can understand the mailing process and [...]
The USPS has announced a postal rate increase effective April 17th, 2011. While the overall average increase across all mailing services is capped by law at 1.7% or below the rate of inflation (as measured by the Consumer Price Index), the actual percentage price increase will vary among products and services. What is puzzling about [...]
