The USPS Office of Inspector General recently released a report
called What’s Driving Postal Transportation
Costs? One of the report’s authors, USPS OIG senior economist
Jennifer Bradley, explains some of the report’s findings:
Background to the report, including the decline in letters and
the growth in input costs
The period covered by the report and the potential impact of
events such as the GFC and elections
The areas that warrant further study
Separating transport costs from last mile delivery costs
Fixed costs in transporting mail and parcels
Air transport costs, service standards, and shifting volume
from air to surface
Growth in parcels and the impact on transportation costs
Route optimisation and reducing transport costs
About the Podcast
The Postal Hub is the podcast for the global postal, parcels, delivery and express sectors.