Category: The Postal Industry

Disruption, FedEx, The Postal Industry, U S Postal Service, United Parcel Service - UPS, USPS

Waiting for the Third Shoe?

Many of my fellow 3PL and CEP cohort are anxiously aware of the current UPS / Teamsters negotiations on the UPS national contract (shoe #1.) and the FedEx / ALPA Pilots labor negotiations (shoe #2). But many of you may not know about ‘The Third Shoe’ in this year’s logistics sector cliff hanger – the US Postal Service’s current labor negotiations with its largest workforce segment, OVER 335,000 Letter Carriers delivering mail and packages to 12.7 million business addresses and 152.2 million residential addresses.

So, if even one of the trio shuts down for a few weeks, meaning the ‘brown boxes’ stopped getting delivered, and the ‘purple tails’ stopped flying, and the merry mailman stops ringing you bell this summer, who are you going to call?

NALC and the Postal Service open negotiations for sixteenth collective bargaining agreement | National Association of Letter Carriers AFL-CIO

Autonomous Vehicles, Last Mile, Research, The Postal Industry, Value Chains

the CEP Group Joins MDPI

 the CEP Group Joins MDPI

the CEP Group has joined MDPI, a pioneer in scholarly open access publishing based in Basel, Switzerland. MDPI fosters open scientific exchange across all disciplines through 209 diverse, peer-reviewed journals supported by over 35,500 academic editors.

The CEP Group will focus on logistics including last mile delivery models and returns, integrated supply chains, remote sensing, robotics, and vehicles, aircraft and vessels including autonomous guided vehicles (AGVs), and alternative fuels, and customer value chain analysis (CVA). We will provide the latest research and thought in these areas for our clients.

Announcements, The Postal Industry

the CEP Group Continues U.S. Federal Government System for Award Management (SAM) Support in CY 2021!

the CEP Group is pleased to announce our continued participation in the U.S. Federal Government’s System for Award Management (SAM) for CY 2021. SAM is the official website of the U.S. government that companies must actively register in to do business with the Federal Government. 

Our expertise in national postal operator (NPO) contracting spans four decades including work on US Postal Service Contract Postal Units (CPUs), USPS fleet purchasing for the national accounts program, multiple projects for www.usps.com including development and launch of the Post Office Locator, the re-engineering design contract for the USPS website, development of the affiliate marketing program for www.usps.com, and special reports for the USPS office of Inspector General, OIG.

Beyond the US Postal Service, the CEP Group principals have led extensive alliance projects for commercial integrators with national postal operators (NPOs) for co-branded products, integrated cross border and domestic first mile – last mile delivery networks, and global mail transportation networks

We are proud to continue our tradition of expert consultation, special projects, and custom research for the Courier, Express, and Postal sector worldwide

Air Cargo Marketplace, Amazon, Brazil, eCommerce, The Postal Industry

Brazilian Government and Airlines at Odds Over Aid Terms

This will rattle Brazil’s eCommerce market, ranked in the top 5, or 10 worldwide, depending on who is counting and how they measure. The CEP Group uses its 40+ years of eCommerce experience, both nationally and cross-border, XBeC, combined with Amazon’s focus. Note: this does not mean that Amazon is currently successful in a market, e.g., China, only that they recognize it is a priority.

Brazilian Government And Airlines At Odds Over Aid Terms

Announcements, The Postal Industry, U S Postal Service

the CEP Group Continues U.S. Federal Government System for Award Management (SAM) Support in CY 2020!

the CEP Group is pleased to announce our continued participation in the U.S. federal government’s System for Award Management (SAM) for CY 2020. Our expertise in government postal contracting spans four decades including work on US Postal Service Contract Postal Units (CPUs), http://www.usps.com re-engineering and affiliate partnerships, national postal operator (NPO) – commercial integrator network development worldwide, and the USPS OIG. We are proud to continue our tradition of expert consultation and project management service.