Due to unprecedented volume declines and a projected $238 billion shortfall during the next decade, the USPS has introduced a comprehensive delivery system. The USPS five-day delivery system will be a huge help for the company’s cost-cutting plan, increased productivity and more flexible Postal Services. This ingenious plan is to ensure that America continues to have a viable Postal Service and this five-day delivery plan is one of the most important changes in making the company compete more effectively against other delivery services and to better respond to ever-changing customer needs.
The Five-Day Delivery Plan works effectively as it delivers to street addresses within five days and 6 days of service at P.O boxes and Post Offices. There are some few delivery changes associated with new plan and that includes no regular Saturday mail delivery to street addresses, Monday through Fridays are the new schedule for street addresses priority mail, no scheduled mail collection from blue collection boxes or retail offices on Saturday, mails collected on retail counters will be processed on Mondays and street-addressed local firm holdout mail pickup are scheduled on Monday through Friday.
Delivery Confirmation
Known as the most efficient and cost-effective means of obtaining delivery information, the delivery confirmation service is the newest USPS feature that will take the postal services to the next level. The delivery confirmation is proven to be helpful for business owners who regularly use the postal service as it tracks down any packages and keep records of their delivery.
It consists of two options; the electronic service and the retail service. By using both options, mailers will receive important information such as the delivery status of Priority Mail service or package services which includes the zip code of delivery, date, time, and forwarding and return address. All mentioned information is accessible through internet or by using the electronic file transfer. There other services that can be included with delivery confirmation and that includes registered mail, insured mail, special handling and collect on delivery ( COD).