USPS ends quarter with strong service performance

GaryPageau

The U.S. Postal Service reported service delivery performance scores through the end of fiscal fourth-quarter showing the strongest quarterly performance of the year for all First-Class, Marketing and Periodical mail categories.

Quarter-to-date service performance data for July 1 through Sept. 30 included:

  • First-Class Mail: Delivered 88.0 percent of First-Class Mail on time against the USPS service standard, an improvement of 0.6 percentage points from the third quarter.
  • Marketing Mail: Delivered 92.6 percent of Marketing Mail on time against the USPS service standard, an improvement of 1.5 percentage points from the third quarter.
  • Periodicals: Delivered 82.1 percent of Periodicals on time against the USPS service standard, an improvement of 2.8 percentage points from the third quarter.

Reported fourth-quarter scores are preliminary. Final scores will be published towards the end of October.

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Gary Pageau is principal of InfoCircle LLC, continuing his marketing communications career. InfoCircle LLC is a marketing and communications consulting firm, specializing in business-to-business markets. For nearly 25 years, he was with PMA International, serving most recently as Publisher, Content Development and Strategic Initiatives. His primary responsibilities included overseeing the Association’s editorial department, marketing research unit, education and corporate relations department.