Very solid performance – Improved a lot in every category
When we see a week this good, I dig into the stats to make sure they are valid. Did we have enough mail to measure? Were the dates set right? We did, and they were. It was a very good week for USPS. We seem to see a bad week pop in after every really good week, so we’ll reserve judgement, but if every week looked like this, we’d have to find something new to complain about.
First-Class letters were delivered on time 96.89% of the time using current standards (89.83% against last year’s standards, which is about as good as it’s been, regardless of standards.) First-Class flats continued to improve, delivered on time 93.98% of the time by the October standards. By the prior standards they were delivered on time 87.19% of the time. Let’s hope we’re easing into our new normal as COVID-19 absenteeism and bad weather wane.
Marketing Mail Letters kept on keeping on with 97.27% of letters delivered on time. Marketing Mail Flats were delivered on time 93.27% of the time. Both were improvements over the prior week.
Average Intra-SCF delivery time was 1.88 days for Marketing Mail letters, 1.88 days for Marketing Mail flats. First time they have both been the same, and the best times we’ve seen since we started reporting.
Slowest SCFs for Intra-SCF letters, delivery week of 2/21: (10,000 pieces minimum)
- Tulsa, OK: 3.37 days
- Bangor, ME: 2.60 days
- Lexington, KY: 2.59 days
The fastest:
- San Diego, CA: 1.27 days
- Ft Wayne, IN: 1.28 days
- South Bend, IN: 1.38 days
A letter-size piece from California to Maryland, on average, took:
· First-Class: 4.68 days
· Marketing Mail: 6.40 days
Great performance overall. Of course, these are averages – there are still a few Thanksgiving cards being delivered somewhere I imagine. But core performance is as solid as we have seen.
MAP OF THE WEEK
Here’s something new. This map the average number of days it takes a First-Class flat to be delivered, regardless of induction point, in the past 2 weeks. It is better for comparison than absolute measure. The darker the color, the slower the mail.
