Oscar Gladman’s Post

2024 - The year of Parcel Consolidation ... or will we continue to see diversification? With an overwhelming amount of capacity and long list of carriers, what problems are solved for shippers? 📌 Favorable rates (*for now) 📌 No capacity concerns What challenges are created by this environment? 📌 Carrier profitability suffers ➡ service degrades 📌 Delivery Density suffers ➡ Impacts carrier profit and service 📌 Uncertainty ➡ Will my new regional exist 1-2 years from now? 📌 Complexity ➡ Need the right people and technology So while it's really nice to have alternate options to FDX, UPS, USPS, what are the long term benefits of diversification?

The USPS has always been a curious entity to me. From my perspective, it seems to be hamstrung - not helped- by the federal government. I think you can make the same argument for Amtrak. Both organizations have a service mandate and struggle to match strategy with demand. Should these organizations pair back service to reduce costs? Can they realistically self-correct? What about a move to privatization? Or is the status quo OK? Unsure? Try mailing something to Atlanta and see if it arrives within 30 days.....then revisit these questions.

A USPS rate change doesn't have to cost you more if you're utilizing PitneyShip to secure all the savings with the USPS you possibly can. It makes very little sense to keep using 1940's era green cards in today's electronic world, simply stated. Take advantage of the many discounts the USPS offers when you #shipsmarter. It's smooth sailing with savings. Let Pitney Bowes help you navigate postal rate changes. Check out the infographic: https://lnkd.in/gRFB_fTb #mail #certifiedmail #USPS #pbemp

Learn how USPS workers, like Vern Weisensel, tackle the difficulties of delivering mail in snowy and icy conditions, including the use of grippers to provide better traction and navigating through low visibility situations caused by ice on the roads.

https://lnkd.in/gKT9KTsH A day that I predicted years ago has finally arrived, and it's only the beginning. Not content with assessing surcharges on rural deliveries, UPS and FedEx just yesterday added urban delivery charges to their portfolio of zip code based accessorial fees. Rural, super-rural, remote, and now urban. Next up? Super-urban! You laugh now (or maybe you're crying). The urban fees are meant to offset tolls incurred within city limits. But those are not the only costs that the carriers must pay. Parking tickets are a very common one (I know, because I was responsible for ensuring that they were paid in my very early UPS career). Those tickets must be paid for somehow, my friends. So the gamut of fees will run from super-urban to remote. Surely it must stop there, right? (You clearly don't give UPS and FedEx nearly enough credit). Eventually you'll see a "Delivery Fee" which will cover not only the current and future zip-based surcharges, but will be applied to EVERY package, but at differing rates like the current surcharges do now. The "zone & weight" charges that we normally think of as the shipping cost will be referred to as either "Line Haul" or "Middle Mile" (or something more clever so that it's not as painful). This will open the door to a "Pickup Fee". But wait, we already pay a pickup fee, don't we? You're paying a weekly service charge which theoretically covers a lot of territory. I'm talking about a per-package fee that will apply unless you tender your shipments to one of their depots or assigned common pickup facility. These are coming. You heard it here first.

One moment it’s on, the next it’s off. Regardless, disruption is coming to how shippers work with USPS. At Better Trucks, we think you deserve stability and consistency from your carrier. As USPS navigates its challenges, we remain steadfast in our commitment to providing high-quality last-mile delivery services with no surprises. ✊🏼 🚚 Read More ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e5GPQpzC #BetterTrucks #USPS #Carrier #LastMile #IndustryNews

In October 2023, the Postal Service implemented its Local Transportation Optimization initiative in the Richmond, VA, area. The goal is to reduce the overall number of transportation trips to and from select post offices and increase the amount of mail transported on each trip. Our auditors evaluated the impacts associated with the new initiative, finding USPS and the public do not fully know the initiative’s operational, service, and customer impacts. This is due in part because the Postal Service implemented the initiative while also rolling out its first regional processing and distribution center in Richmond. As a result, the OIG and USPS cannot currently identify the initiative’s specific service and cost impacts. Here are the details: https://bit.ly/3UhLiqv #USPSOIG #USPS #Richmond

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"Parcel shipping expense is now a C-suite concern, a welcome development for all of us who stressed its importance for years. Efforts to decrease parcel shipping spend are also stronger than ever..." shares by our own CEO Josh Dunham in the latest issue of PARCEL media. Read on to learn the 5 ways Josh believes parcel spending can be optimized: https://hubs.la/Q02Ly1Kk0 #Reveel #parcelspendmanagement

The United States Postal Service is shifting its delivery network into a higher gear. With greater #flexibility, #affordability and #reliability than ever before, you can ship confidently knowing that USPS is built for how you business. https://lnkd.in/g6H6ZjCM #USPS #business #businessplanning #businessstrategy #service #affordability