Logistics
International Postal Update Canada Post proposes lawsuit settlement while suffering substantial losses in Q2 2013. Canada Post offered $5.05 million (US$4.9 million) to settle a class-action lawsuit filed in 2006 by Lee Valley Tools on behalf of businesses that argue that the national post . . .
International Postal Update Royal Mail profits surge while union threatens to boycott private mail. Ahead of the government's planned sell-off of Royal Mail, the U.K. postal service reported that its pre-tax profits in the year to the end of March increased ...
Competitive Defense Contracting: When It Makes Sense (and When It Doesn’t) Competition has become the mantra of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) acquisition corps. The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics, Mr. Frank Kendall has gone on record saying “I think that nothing, nothing, works better than competition to drive cost down.”
International Postal Update The Universal Postal Union’s (UPU) two main deliberative bodies, the Postal Operations Council and the Council of Administration, met in Berne this month to begin action...
A Quick Reference On The U.S. Postal Service Created in 1789 as the Department of the Post Office, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) commenced operations as an “independent establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States” in 1971. USPS has a legal mandate...
Toward A 21st Century Defense Logistics Enterprise Historically the focus of the defense acquisition and sustainment system has swung pendulum-like between two policy objectives. At one end of the arc, the goal is effectiveness: insuring that the military gets the best equipment and support available as rapidly as possible even if this means choosing a more costly alternative.
Don Soifer interviewed on “The Takeaway”, Public Radio International on the future of the Postal Service Lexington’s Don Soifer interviewed on Public Radio International’s “The Takeaway” morning news program, broadcast on 70 stations across the United States. He discusses...
Is the Postal Service Eyeing Your Piggy Bank? During the 2000 election, Saturday Night Live had a field day with Al Gore’s suggestion that Social Security and Medicare be put into an “ironclad lockbox.” Congress would not be able to use...
Postal Trendwatch Q1 FY 2012: Monopoly Service to Worsen, Competitive Service to Improve? The United States Postal Service (USPS) suffered a net loss of $3.3 billion in the first quarter of FY 2012 -- approximately $3 billion more than it lost in the same period last year. USPS attributes much of this loss ...
Improving on Success: Expanding the Use of Prime Contractors for Soldier Clothing and Equipment The individual soldier is the U.S. Army’s most important and frequently deployed asset. As such it is imperative that the soldier be provided the best clothing and individual equipment. The right clothing is a combat multiplier because it allows U.S. soldiers to operate under conditions that the enemy cannot.