Prepare for Postal Rate Increase

As the postal rate increases take effect this month, Leo Raymond, director of postal affairs for the Mailing & Fulfillment Service Association, provides some insights for in-plants in the next issue of IPG.

The increases, he notes, are a sign that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has finally acknowledged that different mail shapes have different processing costs, enable different levels of processing efficiency and so deserve to be charged different postage rates.