A New Postal Network and Your Mail
September 26, 2022   Dave Lewis
	If you think changing a tire on a moving bus is tough, try doing it with a blindfold on.  This is kind of what the Postal Service is doing with their network right now.  The blindfolds are actually on the industry and postal employees. ... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT – SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
September 26, 2022   Dave Lewis
	GREAT WEEK AT THE RIGHT TIME!  SHAKE YOUR CARRIER’S HAND – OR BUMP ELBOWS, BETTER STILL It’s nice to see a great performance week at such an important time – it’s mailing season! We have seen weekly scan volume –... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT – SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
September 19, 2022   Dave Lewis
	MOSTLY A LITTLE SLOWER – VOLUME UP A LITTLE Ho, hum.  Another unexciting delivery week.  Flats continue to do OK, letters disappoint a little.  First-Class letters have shown a downward trend compared to the annual averages, but... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT – SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
September 12, 2022   Dave Lewis
	MEDIUM SLOW ON A HOLIDAY WEEK – BEFORE A RAIL STRIKE? We keep a little pile of salt grains nearby in case we need to take one with a week’s report.  We also suggest that you take this week’s report with a grain of salt because... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT – SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
September 6, 2022   Dave Lewis
	A LITTLE SLOWER IN MOST CATEGORIES  No mail delivery on Monday, but there was plenty last week.  Nothing dramatic in any category, but First-Class just looked the littlest bit slower.  Our concern is that mail volume we have observed... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT – AUGUST 29, 2022
August 29, 2022   Dave Lewis
	FLATS LOOK PRETTY GOOD.  LETTERS?  MEH. Summer continues to roll on, as summers will do.  No dramatic changes, except delivery continues to be a little slower than earlier in the summer.  Let’s hope this trend doesn’t... Continue Reading 🠢
They’re Back! The Reemergence of QR Codes
August 22, 2022   Dave Lewis
	The QR code never really got the respect it deserves.  A few years ago, it had poor public recognition, consumers needed a special app to scan it and it was, to be brutally honest, ugly.  In the last couple of years, though, there have been... Continue Reading 🠢
A Short Course on STIDs
August 22, 2022   Dave Lewis
	What makes the Intelligent Mail barcode (IMb) so intelligent?  It is the Service Type ID (STID), the three digits that bring an IMb to life.  The other elements of the IMb are just identifiers – the STID makes the barcode DO something.... Continue Reading 🠢
WEEKLY US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT – AUGUST 22, 2022
August 22, 2022   Dave Lewis
	Area results are more interesting than National We’re still sifting through the data on last week – we’re still getting accustomed to Postal Area data Nationally, it was a solid week.  Nothing too exciting, which is how we... Continue Reading 🠢
WEEKLY US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT – AUGUST 15, 2022
August 15, 2022   Dave Lewis
	NOW WITH AREA DETAILS! We’re easily excited at the SnailWorks Mail Traffic Center, but this week we have added delivery stats by the new Postal Areas, and we can hardly sit still.  Nationally there was not much to shout about –... Continue Reading 🠢