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Posted by Alpha on 02/13/06 21:40
<afn03488@afn.org> wrote in message
news:1139855755.752580.139980@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> PC Medic wrote:
>> Wrong...and I am quite aware of how the USPS works as my company
>> uses them (and UPS) to ship thousands of items daily.
>
> The fact that "your company" uses the USPS daily does not qualify
> YOU as an expert on the operations and machinations of the USPS.
> As to my own qualfications, I am a retired owner of a fullfillment
> house who lost only one appeal to Memphis. Since I was on the
> civilian side of the line, I will not go postal like the Royal
> Fuckwad who litters this newsgroup, but will simply suggest you
> seek out a qualified individual in your own mailroom to explain
> to you just how anal BMEU and revenue protection personnel can be.
>
>> 3 CD's in a single mailer would cause little IF any change in
>> rate and what ever slight change there was would certainly be
>> less costly than 3 seperate mailers (savings in both postage
>> and materials).
>
> That statement suggests Standard Mail is being used, not First
> Class Mail. Standard Mail incurs no penalty for increased weight
> until it exceeds 3.3 ounces. If you increase the weight of a
> Standard Mail letter from 3.30 ounces to 3.31 ounces, the cost
> of a thousand piece mailing at 5 digit automation rates without
> destination level discounts increases by only $0.32. If you
> increace the weight of First Class letter from 1.00 ounces to
> 1.01 ounces, the cost of a thousand piece mailing at 5 digit
> automation rates increases by $240.00. The savings of putting
> two DVDs in one envelope and mailing only 500 pieces would
> be $40.50, although probably closer to $30 due to loss of
> 5 digit level discounts. The figures for three DVDs in an
> envelope would be $133.19 and $122.20 respectively.
>
> It is much simpler to print the appropriately barcoded mailers
> for the day in title sequence, and have them filled with just
> one stop at each inventory location for everyone getting that
> title for the day and postal sorting the results on an internal
> barcode sorter than it is to assemble the contents of an
> individual three disk mailer for insertion. Balance your postage
> savings above against the speed and labor cost with attendant
> payroll taxes to accomplish it your way.
>
> I admit I don't know how NetFlix elected to implement their
> fulfillment, but I envision restocking as the major obstacle.
> I wonder what kind of equipment they have for sorting returns?
Somewhere there is a picture of a NetFlix facility on the web. Everything
is done by hand and filed into cubby holes just like old-time postal
services did.
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