Door-to-door deliveries for packages could become a thing of the past as the U.S. Postal Service looks for ways to cut costs — even as officials concede they don’t know if the cost etimates they are using are reliable USPS estimated that it costs The problem, however, is that the nation's mail service is using cost data The Postal Service has been trying to get businesses And investigators said the agency doesn’t want to make the switch mandatory. “Large-scale mandatory conversions have the potential to achieve large savings The congressional watchdog group said that “there is some evidence that USPS would face resistance from customers The Postal Service is considering funding a new study to update the 1994 data on delivery expenses. But a new study could cost between $100,000 and $750,000 — money Logistics and costs related to mail delivery are, unsurprisingly, the biggest expense that USPS bears, and reach about $30 billion annually, according to agency estimates. Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/13/package-delivery-could-be-casualty-postal-woes/#ixzz31hDjrfHi Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter |