Will we see you in the registration line at the National Postal Forum? We sure hope so. MailSmart Logistics will be sponsoring a Daily Prize Drawing in the Exhibit Hall and our own Debbie Sylvester will be there for the whole event. The forum will be held in beautiful Anaheim, California and has an impressive[...]
As you spend your days dealing with challenges such as complex customer demands, tight deadlines and equipment breakdowns, it’s easy to lose sight of the importance of keeping your labor costs down. However, in today’s extremely price-sensitive market, outsourcing some of the work that is eating up your employee’s time can have a substantial impact[...]
Have you ever stopped to think about how much of your staff’s time and effort goes into sorting and bundling mail to maximize postal savings? How about the time they spend keeping up with ever-changing USPS bulk mail regulations? Clearly, having good postal presort software makes the job easier. In fact, it’s hard to imagine[...]
Isn’t your day busy enough without the necessity of negotiating a new commingling rate for every mailing? MailSmart Logistics uses its buying power from commingling 270 million pieces of mail a year to negotiate the lowest-possible commingling rates for our customers. Based upon your expected mail volume, we’ll lock in one postage rate good for[...]
Has this ever happened to you? Your customer calls with a serious concern – they’re not seeing the returns they expected from their latest mailing so they’re wondering if there was a problem with how it was mailed. You do your best to assure your customer that everything was handled perfectly on your end, but[...]
First class mail is typically delivered in the U.S. within 1-4 days. If you are shipping at least 200 pieces and the mailing is not extremely time-sensitive, you can ship standard class (often referred to as “bulk mail”) instead. Bulk mail rates will be 38% – 55% less than first class if your company is[...]
The USPS has made some adjustments to the rates and the new date for rates to change is May 31; pending approval from the Postal Regulatory Commission, of course. Here’s the update from the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers – April 16, 2015: The Postal Service today announced that, in response to concerns raised by the[...]
Mailers are getting a break at least for a few weeks, as the USPS has decided to delay all rate changes originally scheduled to take effect on April 26th. Although rates for First Class, Special Services and Competitive Products have been approved, the USPS must propose new pricing for Standard Mail, Periodicals and Package Services[...]
Return Mail Tracking Puts You In Control You work hard to get your creative just right, your lists selections to resonate and identify with the copy you so painstakingly wrote and the printing and mailshop details to coordinate so that it all comes to life. Your package drops and then…you wait…not sure of what’s really[...]
The USPS rate proposal was again remanded by the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) which means the USPS will have to make adjustments to their proposal and resubmit. The PRC found that the postal service did not adequately address numerous issues cited in Order No. 2378 dated March 6, 2015, some of which include: • Unequal[...]