The USPS Office of Inspector General’s Pushing the Envelope weekly blog takes a look at the top postal sector stories in 2015 and how the events shaped the industry
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When the introduction of an €8.50 (US$9) minimum wage for German workers in January 2015 meant private postal provider Logistic Mail Factory (LMF) faced increased running costs that potentially threatened the future of the business, it looked to Pitney Bowes to optimize its mail sorting process.
Claire Borsenberger, senior researcher, and Emmanuel Vivet, deputy director, international affairs, Le Groupe La Poste, examine the big data market and the role posts can play in providing secure services for customers
Freek Smoes, innovation and concept development, Prime Competence, explores the growing potential of the Internet of Things in the postal sector and how it may lead to a paradigm shift in postal operators’ capabilities
Paul Taylor, head of sales and marketing UK, Spring Global Delivery Solutions, speaks to Postal Technology International about the company’s recent rebranding exercise and what it means for the future of the group.
In his white paper, ‘Competition and cooperation in the cross-border e-commerce ecosystem’, Tom Forbes draws similarities between Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution and how postal operators have adapted thus far to the rise in e-commerce and challenges of cross-border deliveries.
French postal operator Le Groupe La Poste examines how cross-border e-commerce operates in Europe and if the domestic vs external market figures tell the whole story.
Claire Borsenberger, researcher for Le Groupe La Poste, and Emmanuel Vivet, deputy director, international affairs, Le Groupe La Poste, examine what is really meant by the term “free delivery” and what motivates companies to offer such a service
Post-Expo 2015 conference speaker Dr Judit Burucs, director of strategy and risk management, Magyar Posta, provides a brief insight into some of the key elements involved in modernizing the Hungarian postal service.
Helen Norman, editor for Postal Technology International, talks to professor Kristian J Sund, chairman for the Postal Research Network, about the ideas behind the group and what it hopes to achieve.