US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT JANUARY 13, 2025
January 14, 2025   Dave Lewis
	BACK TO REALITY.  THE POSTAL SERVICE UNDERPERFORMS IN EVERY CATEGORY. We had a fun little statistical bump in last week’s report due to the two holidays together.  So much for that. Performance was below the MTD averages in all categories... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT JANUARY 6, 2025
January 6, 2025   Dave Lewis
	THE POSTAL SERVICE GETS A STATISTICAL REPRIEVE Hey, look at that!  USPS performance made an amazing comeback.  Could DFA finally be delivering? Nah. This first report after the new year begins always looks very good, and this year is... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT DECEMBER 30, 2024
December 30, 2024   Dave Lewis
	PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR OWN ADJECTIVES Let’s start with the so-bad-it’s-funny one.  0.1% of First-Class flats in our sample were delivered on time.  99.9% were delivered late.  As we have said before, our customers don’t... Continue Reading 🠢
2025 USPS Promotions – Who Has to Do What?
December 23, 2024   Dave Lewis
	SnailWorks has been sharing all we can on next year’s critical USPS promotions. There are a lot of savings available, but it will require a strategic approach and early planning. These promotions also require the coordinated efforts of a cast of... Continue Reading 🠢
Using PARS to Evaluate List Quality
December 23, 2024   Dave Lewis
	I look at a lot of mail tracking jobs. It’s kind of my job. And anyone who tracks mail knows that you never get 100% of the pieces scanned. Pretty close sometimes – over 99% is not unusual – and sometimes not so close. But even if it... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT DECEMBER 23, 2024
December 23, 2024   Dave Lewis
	THE POSTAL SERVICE APPEARS TO HAVE GIVEN UP  Last week’s traffic report was terrible.  Forget it – this week is much worse.  Only 54.4% of First-Class letters were delivered on time.  This is, far and away, the worst... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT DECEMBER 16, 2024
December 16, 2024   Dave Lewis
	ONE OF THE WORST WEEKS SINCE WE STARTED MEASURING There’s no nice way to say it.  USPS delivery performance was terrible last week.  Taken as a whole, it is probably the worst week for service performance we’ve seen since we started... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT DECEMBER 9, 2024
December 9, 2024   Dave Lewis
	DELIVERY PERFORMANCE CONTINUES TO SLIP IN MOST CATEGORIES As we move into December, not unexpectedly, delivery performance continues to slip.  First class flats dropped from 80.3% on time to 27.3% on time, as mentioned in previous posts first... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT DECEMBER 2, 2024
December 2, 2024   Dave Lewis
	THINGS MAY GET INTERESTING FROM HERE A couple of things to keep in mind as you peruse last week’s delivery results:  The mail included here was delivered in November. Things typically get worse in December. While the percentage... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT NOVEMBER 25, 2024
November 25, 2024   Dave Lewis
	USPS PERFORMANCE DROPS BACK TO EXPECTED LEVELS Remember last week, when we said the Postal Service had an excellent week?  Remember how we said that maybe this year will be different…and better?  Remember that?  Forget it.   Last... Continue Reading 🠢