US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT JUlY 3, 2023
July 3, 2023   Dave Lewis
	FIRST-CLASS FLATS REMAIN WHERE THE ACTION IS, PERFORMANCE WISE First-Class flats performance remains well above its YTD numbers but is showing a downward trend that bears watching.  84.2% was delivered on time, and those pieces that were late... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT JUNE 26, 2023
June 26, 2023   Dave Lewis
	GERALLY SOLID PERFORMANCE ACROSS TYPES TRACKED The Postal Service is making this traffic reporter position a little duller the past few weeks with generally good service.  First-Class flats were off a little with just under 90% delivered on time,... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT JUNE 19, 2023
June 19, 2023   Dave Lewis
	ANOTHER ACROSS-THE-BOARD GOOD WEEK – WITH NOTES Service was excellent across all categories, with the possible exception of First-Class letters, with a still respectable 90.4% on time.  Other categories all beat their YTD on-time averages – including... Continue Reading 🠢
Informed Delivery – The ROI Story You Need to Tell Your Customers
June 13, 2023   Dave Lewis
	Just like you, we’re all atingle about the Informed Delivery promotion coming in August. Everybody loves postage discounts! But surely there must be some other value to Informed Delivery. There must be more than a discount. There is… much... Continue Reading 🠢
Preparing for the Informed Delivery Promotion – Risks and Rewards
June 13, 2023   Dave Lewis
	Summer is approaching with two critical postal events just over the horizon – a semi-annual postage rate increase and the Informed Delivery promotion. Rates increase about 6% on average on July 9, 2023. Three weeks later, on August 1, the Postal... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT JUNE 12, 2023
June 12, 2023   Dave Lewis
	SOLID PERFORMANCE ACROSS ALL CATEGORIES Is this a trend?  We hope so!  All the letter and flat categories we measure were well over YTD averages for on-time percentage.  We double checked those pesky First-Class flats and volume and... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT JUNE 5, 2023
June 5, 2023   Dave Lewis
	ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE WEEK, WITH AVERAGES NEAR OR ABOVE PMG GOALS (WITH A NOTE) For the second week all categories of mail performed very well, including those dreaded First-Class flats.  We always like to dig into anomalous results, good or bad,... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT MAY 29, 2023
May 30, 2023   Dave Lewis
	HOLIDAY SPECIAL!  SERVICE GREAT IN ALL CATEGORIES Wow, what a week the Postal Service had!  Service performance well over 90% in every category we measure.  Maybe the employees saw those videos at the National Postal Forum and said,... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT MAY 15, 2023
May 15, 2023   Dave Lewis
	FIRST-CLASS FLATS… Everything but First-Class Flates did OK. In addition to a lot of FC flats failing to be on time, we are also noticing a steadily increasing number of delivery dates – it is taking longer to deliver flats. We have seen... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT MAY 8, 2023
May 9, 2023   Dave Lewis
	JUST DON’T MAIL FLATS, AND YOUR SERVICE WILL BE OK I’ll avoid too much commentary and let flats performance speak for itself.  I checked the data – nice sample size, well-dispersed.  Terrible performance.  You can read... Continue Reading 🠢