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From Cincinnati, Ohio, in Memphis, Tennessee, several communities in the country bombed the US postal service (USPS) withComplaints about delivery delays In the last month only. Although staff shortages and winter weather problems have affected the timetable, the changes made by the USPS last year have certainly not contributed either. In October 2021, the agency introducedNew service standards This slowed the timing for a certain mail of 30%. But now, USPS has a good news: they brought another major update of deliveries in the hope of accelerating the calendar. Read it to find out how the agency also changes its process.

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On March 23, the USPS announced that he hadstarted to deploy further A new delivery service. According to the agency, it now offers USPS Connect local in five new states: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. "This is a new remarkable delivery option,"Tortoise John Says when you kick off for USPS Connect Local.

According to the postal service, the service is supposed to offer local businesses a delivery of the next day or delivery the same day to local customers. In some places, USPs will even offer Sunday delivery of companies. "We teamed up with some of yourPreferred local stores To have essential elements at your door, "the agency indicates on its website.

Local connect is only part of aFour Party Delivery Program That the postal agency announced this year called USPS Connect. In parallel with the local option, the postal service has also developed USPS Connect National National, USPS Connect National and USPS Connect Returns. According to a press release of February 22, the entire USPS CONNECT program is supposed to serve as "delivery solutions" to help businesses comply with the growing demand for fast delivery and practical returns.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"USPS CONNECT provides companies of all sizes what they ask - an affordable way to meet the demand of fast delivery consumers",LOUIS DEJOY, Postmaster General and CEO of the USPS, said in a declaration. "An essential point in our delivery plan for America, it positions us to make our network capacity more fully to increase the volume and income so that we can continue to serve the American people with mail delivery and Affordable and reliable package. "

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USPS CONNECT Regional, Connect National and Connect Returns are all available now for businesses and organizations, but the local USPS CONNECT service is not available everywhere. According to the postal service, thispart of the initiative is being deployed in phases. He initially started as a test in the Texas markets on January 20th and was then extended to more than 800 sites in Texas in February.

Now, the customers of six different states now have access to USPS Connect local, but many of the other states will have to wait for months for their luck. According to the agency, the service should not achieve its total goal of more than 3,400 locations until September 30th. With the current calendar, it seems that states like Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana and Oregon will be part of the DERU to receive access to USPS Connect Local in the fall of 2022.

The postal service has worked against an influx of mail recently, with Tortorice indicating that the volume of the parcels of the country had increased by 37% between 2019 and 2020. This should increase even more over time, with approximately double from here. 2026. During a press briefing,Steve MonteithThe Chief of Clients and Marketing USPS, said that "it's no secrets for anyone that the growth of the client package exploded in 2020."

The postal service stated that itsShipping and package volume increased to 7.3 billion euros this year. Then, in 2021, it increased by 7.6 billion. But at the time of Monteith and Tortorice said that the new USPS Connect program is intended to help position the Agency to better benefit from this increased demand through continuing network improvements, new equipment, new pricing and Improved operational accuracy.

"Even if we saw a bit a tail on [in the growth of the client package], it is still much higher than we saw in 2019," Monith said. "We expect this to continue to grow. One of the things that the consumer required is a faster delivery, a lot of concentration and attention on this two-day delivery. With USPS CONNECT, this is our approach to help Shippers meet their consumer needs. USPS CONNECT relies on our unparalleled last mile delivery network to provide solutions to shippers and their customers. "

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