MTAC Highlights – January 2024
January 30, 2024   Dave Lewis
	We go so you don’t have to. Trust us, this is well worth it. That said, the January MTAC meeting at the Pink Palace in snowy Washington, DC, was chock full of important news. This is worth reading to the end. The meeting opened with a ninety-minute... Continue Reading 🠢
USPS Network Changes – Trying to Make Sense of it All
January 30, 2024   Dave Lewis
	OK, this is complicated, but you should read it anyway. I have honestly stayed away from saying too much on the network realignment because it is a topic best served by vagueness. Very little detailed information is released from the Postal Service. But... Continue Reading 🠢
Six Resolution Ideas for the New Year
January 30, 2024   Dave Lewis
	I love the fresh start of a new year. In the direct mail industry, the year-end mailings are done, all those holiday closures are over, and we’re finally back to work – it’s a great time to focus. I think it is a given that 2024 will... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT JANUARY 29, 2024
January 29, 2024   Dave Lewis
	A TERRIBLE WEEK FOR USPS SERVICE PERFORMANCE.  Every category we measure was worse in terms of on-time performance, and days in delivery.  First-Class letters declined to an on-time percentage of 74.9%.  The average days to deliver... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT JANUARY 22, 2024
January 22, 2024   Dave Lewis
	FIRST-CLASS LETTER SERVICE CONTINUES TO UNDERPERFORM I think of First-Class letters as the flagship product of the Postal Service, and they are just not doing well.  Only 77.8% were delivered on time last week, and the average First-Class letter... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT JANUARY 15, 2024
January 16, 2024   Dave Lewis
	SERVICE PERFORMANCE REMAINS MEDIOCRE BUT GETS A COOL NEW NAME I used to fear that I was revealing some deep dark secret of the Postal Service – that their service performance, at least in First-Class Mail, was steadily deteriorating. ... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT JANUARY 8, 2024
January 8, 2024   Dave Lewis
	JANUARY STARTS OFF, DARE WE SAY, KIND OF OK The holidays are over, and it looks like USPS is shaking off the peak-season blues and, pardon the expression, Delivering for America.   At least they did last week.  We saw some of the best... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT JANUARY 1, 2024
January 2, 2024   Dave Lewis
	DECEMBER SERVICE PERFORMANCE LIMPS OUT OF 2023 Well, the last week of the year showed better service performance than the week before it, so I guess that is a good thing, but it wasn’t good enough to save a dismal December.   83.7%... Continue Reading 🠢