Logistics
Postal Trendwatch Q4 2011 – Quarterly Gain, Multibillion-Dollar Annual Loss First Class Mail has contributed half the revenue it generates to the U.S. Postal Service’s institutional overhead for each of the past three years. In 2010, Standard Mail contributed one-third of its overall ...
A Bailout in the Mail? The U.S. Postal Service has announced that it would raise stamp prices by a penny, to 45 cents, in January 2012. USPS is in dire need of cash. It lost approximately $5 billion in FY 2011 -- and would've lost $10.6 billion ...
Postal Trendwatch Q3 FY 2011: USPS Looks to Congress to Avert Bankruptcy Click here to view full report in printer friendly pdf. Executive Summary The U.S. Postal Service suffered a net loss of $3.1 billion in the third quarter of FY 2011 -- $398 million less than it lost in the same period last year. Operating reven ...
Considering The Postal Platform In The Digital Age Presentation, "Considering the Postal Platform in the Digital Age," made by Don Soifer, Executive Vice President of the Lexington Institute, at a policy roundtable hosted...
A Quick Refererence 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...
Post Office Must Change to Survive This month, the U.S. Postal Service will raise prices for many of its products and services. The agency also just proposed rules that would make it easier to close excess post offices. Both measures are meant to help...
Dressing For Success: Equipping The 21st Century Warfighter Quickly And Efficiently United States ground forces entered Iraq and Afghanistan poorly equipped to deal with the challenges of protracted dismounted operations. While “equipping the man” has long been a maxim for land forces, . . .
Postal TrendWatch Q1 2011 – USPS Improves Productivity As Cash Shortfall Nears The U.S. Postal Service suffered a net loss of $329 million in the first quarter of FY 2011 -- $32 million more than it lost in the same period last year. Operating revenue declined by $478 million relative to Q1 2010. Overall mail volume rose, but First Class Mail volume declined...
Postal TrendWatch Q4 2010: USPS $8.5-Billion Loss Defines Future Strategies In FY 2010, the U.S. Postal Service lost $8.5 billion -- more than its two previous annual losses combined. The Service has lost money in every quarter except one since the first quarter of 2008. Revenue for the year was down $1.04 billion...
Postal TrendWatch — Q3 2010 The U.S. Postal Service lost $3.5 billion in the third quarter of FY 2010. USPS says that it has lost money in 14 of the last 16 quarters. Operating revenue declined by $294 million, or 1.8 percent, relative to...