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The USPS US Postal Service has already announced that as of 27 September in Texas, mail may be received with the special “same day or next day” service. This is an accelerated delivery program that has already been piloted and is now being expanded to different cities.
This new service program United States mail has been launched in order to improve a logistics and transportation problem that has caused prices to increase in this postal item.
Connect Local is the name of the new service , and for Texas it will be implemented in the south of the state, on 35 new sites.
In principle it was released, last 19 of July, in Dallas and Houston, is now being extended and will continue to do so in stages.
The new program whose promotion is “Same day” and “Next day” will allow companies and organizations to deposited directly at the shipping dock of the postal facilities. From this This way you will save time avoiding processing centers.
“It is part of a larger USPS Connect program that is being piloted in stages to help businesses meet growing consumer demand for fast local and regional delivery and returns, ”the USPS office said in a statement.
Also, with regard to rates, USPS promises to offer the special rates currently only available to high volume senders.
How Connect Local works
Businesses and other organizations must enroll in the USPS program, then when they go to To make a shipment with this program, a prepaid label must be printed and the delivery must be made between 5: 00 am and 7: 00 am so it can be delivered the same day.
For packages destined for “next day” delivery, logistics indicates that they must be received by USPS after 7:00: 00 am and until 30 minutes before the office closes.
For this Connect Local program, USPS clarifies that there are no restrictions on the weight and size of the package.
It should be noted that this service existed for individuals, without However, for small and medium-sized companies it was not available.
Due to increased activity and volume, during the pandemic, shipping costs will be shot almost by 400%. In this regard, the executive director of the logistics firm CH Robinson, Bon Biesterfeld, emphasizes that these costs are mainly worrying for retailers and Christmas buyers.
In Texas, there are already 200 postal centers available for this expedited delivery program, and other US cities that recently joined are: Texarkana, Atlanta, De Kalb, Hooks, Linden, Maud, Naples, New Boston, Omaha and Queen City.
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