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My goal is to share strategies of how these managers set up and run best in class mail operations for maximum efficiency and savings.

On May 31, 2015 the USPS has increased their rates on many of the most common mail classes. 

This article is designed to be a high level resource guide on different ways to save money around mail.

The good news is that the Office of Inspector General provided the statistics that I was unable to obtain through multiple Freedom of Information Act requests.

This is an update to an article I published in 2012 that I thought is more relevant today with the mandatory USPS IMPB Package Barcode requirement for Priority and Express Mail coming in January 2015 that can increase costs by 7-78%.

Incoming tracking systems can offer tremendous value to mail operations because they give complete accountability to your packages, overnights or additional items that need to be tracked.

Most of the news you read about the USPS is typically dire and paint a terrible picture for the future.  In reality, I am not sure this is true.

It can be very complicated to manage your mailing equipment agreements because there are so many different charges and often time avoidable fees can arise.

t used to be you had two options to process mail.  You either waited in line at the Post Office and kept inventories of stamps or you got a postage meter or PC Postage solution that might have hefty charges.

The best way to get postal discounts is to automate your mailings and apply barcodes.