San Diego Postal Newsletter March 2007 Vol. 1 Issue 1

Postal News Feature Article

The Pending Postal Rate Case

How to Meet this Challenge Head On

Shaped Base Pricing is a dramatic change in the way the USPS charges for delivery of your mail. Gone will be the weight-based system that presently does not distinguish between the size and shape of the mail piece. The new pricing structure takes into account .More >>

From the Corner Office

A Message from Gordon Glazer

CMDSM, CMDSS, MQC

President

San Diego Postal & Shipping Equipment

Exciting Changes in the Mailing Industry

From our perspective at San Diego Postal and Shipping Equipment, there are many exciting things taking place in our industry, there are two that come to mind currently.

This past week we participated in the PIA Print Week trade show held at the San Diego Convention Center. Our booth created a lot of interest and excitement particularly from print shops and graphic designers, for two distinct reasons.More >>

Breaking News…

PRC Issues Opinion on Postal Rate Increase Request

The independent Postal Regulatory Commission today recommended a U.S. Postal Service rate increase, which may be implemented as early as May. The Postal Service filed the request last May explaining it would otherwise lose $5.9 billion in 2008. The Commission found additional income necessary to satisfy the “breakeven” requirement that postal revenues match costs. More >>

Shaped Based Pricing

– Not a New Idea

Mail Center Managers have expressed concern regarding how to handle their mail under the new Shape Based Pricing (SBP) soon to be implemented by the USPS. Why the change? Seventy cents of every dollar spent by the USPS is on labor. The USPS must find ways to improve the efficiency of their operations by reducing the labor cost More >>

Industry Calendar of Events

National Postal Forum, Washington, DC

March 25-28, 2007

www.npf.org

Workshop: Gordon Glazer “What to Know as Your Mail Center Grows”

3/27/2007 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM More >>

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