tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post7119093382387735379..comments2024-03-27T22:06:35.339-10:00Comments on Dead Tree Edition: Increased Efficiency Led to Higher Periodicals and Catalog Costs, Goldway SaysD. Eadward Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01300353143826844617noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-54258583295942012662012-01-11T16:33:01.198-10:002012-01-11T16:33:01.198-10:00If you check Ms. Goldway's background you will...If you check Ms. Goldway's background you will see that she should does not have the credentials or experience to be chairman of the Postal Regulatory Commission.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-90584004900139238202010-09-18T00:04:52.221-10:002010-09-18T00:04:52.221-10:00Automated and manual input stations on older flat ...Automated and manual input stations on older flat sorters have been disabled nationwide. I will hazard a guess this was done to show a need and justification for a new POS FSS that doesn't live up to to the USPS's expectations. The USPS has to justify the cost of the new machine, so its no wonder we are manually sorting flat mail in offices to show a desperate "need" for HarbingerPreCognizanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06097471161745794033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-74176792112886404952010-03-27T20:07:26.130-10:002010-03-27T20:07:26.130-10:00Drymailman is exactly right. Phase 2 maint trainin...Drymailman is exactly right. Phase 2 maint training lasts 6 weeks, but you never see the machine run.<br />Then you talk to maint personnel where the fss are installed, and guess what, they don't work. What a POS. <br />If it wasn't for mismanagement there'd be no management at allAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-14234101505713048682010-03-19T22:48:31.143-10:002010-03-19T22:48:31.143-10:00"The real "automation refugees" are..."The real "automation refugees" are those working on (defending) Northrop Grumman's $1.5 billion malfunctioning piece of junk."<br /><br />Normally, I would not pay attention to this except a few weeks ago, maintnance personell were instructed to disable input stations on an automated flat sorter. Like taking the tires off of a car, useless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-43997718671565055462010-03-19T11:00:05.677-10:002010-03-19T11:00:05.677-10:00The real "automation refugees" are those...The real "automation refugees" are those working on (defending) Northrop Grumman's $1.5 billion malfunctioning piece of junk. This is, as the GAO would say, a 'make work' assignment. I'm guessing most of the $1.5 billion went to campaign contributions and into the pockets of the corrupt contractors. We already have walk-sequenced flats. Did I mention that the USPS dryMAILmanhttp://www.youtube.com/user/dryMAILmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-89968578521981982772010-03-19T07:47:48.268-10:002010-03-19T07:47:48.268-10:00It costs more money to handle flats than it does l...It costs more money to handle flats than it does letters because there are less people handling the letters than flats. So, why shouldn't flats pay more of the cost to process them? The last person to handle flats are the carriers. They have to mannually case them before they deliver them. The Postal Service is developing machines that will do that for the carrier like they did letters. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-67203962721606189222010-03-19T03:53:46.131-10:002010-03-19T03:53:46.131-10:00What a bunch of hooey. There needs to be a clear a...What a bunch of hooey. There needs to be a clear and public accounting of how they determine periodical "costs." Their math seems really fuzzy.muckrakernoreply@blogger.com