United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service (USPS) provided efficient and reliable communications across the United States for more than two centuries. It has grown in both number of post offices and ways to deliver mail. Nonetheless, mail volume has substantially decreased as electronic mail and package delivery companies took business away from the USPS. Although the traditional mail system independently lasted throughout the years without any changes and still held some value, by restructuring the United States Postal Service to meet the needs of the changing world, it can thrive economically and increase mail volume as well. To begin with, the Postal Service continues to endure the hardships of the fast-changing world. Kevin Cullen, a Commercial-News writer, reveals that the Postal Service did not need to be revamped in order to flourish, because it “has been required to pay its own costs since 1970, and [had] made a profit until 2006” (Source…

only card I can expect to see in my mailbox is the credit card companies with their customer acquisition offers. The personal touch of handwritten cards ensures the purposes of the USPS (United States Postal Service) are still there but not used to its fullest extent or availability. “Personal touch — It’s nice to sometimes get a personally written letter in the mail. … It gives the message a more intimate feeling” (Source D). Hawkins, similarly to myself, understands and feels the…

The United States Postal Service's officials are neglecting their obligations established in Article One, Section 8 and 9 of the American Constitution, and established in the promulgated statute and tenor of the Private Express Statute. The aforementioned divulgatory laws mandate the United States Postal Service’s officials to deliver mail to all properties and residences’ addresses with acceptable authorized United States Postal Service’s receptacles. However, United States Postal Service…

The business that has a barrier to entry is the United States Postal Service or USPS. Sunk Cost and the Government regulations have created barriers are two to entry into the mail and postal market (Thomas & Maurice, 2010). While private companies have entered into the parcel market, to date no competitors have entered into the USPS mail and letter business. The federal government has made it against the law for anyone to use a mailbox other than the USPS. However, consumers bear the burden…

Over the years the world has been constantly changing without the Unites States Postal Service. The United States Postal Service has seen a large decline in mail volume and must change the technology they use in the changing world. Technology has changed over the past years through every country in the changing world. The decline of mail volume being sent has effected the United States Postal Service dramatically. USPS has "experienced a 13% drop" and "lost $13.8 billion" in mail volume…

of people use online forms of mail, but the United States Postal Service (USPS) is still used to send bill statements, letters, and packages. The USPS is in need of reconstruction because of how detrimental it is to the economy and the ecosystem. It causes such threats due to their The USPS can be restructured by reducing the amount of money spent of labor in the postal service, and by changing how they send citizens junk mail. Reducing the amount of labor by changing the lengths of time…

The United States Postal Service, or USPS, has been an essential service for the nation for centuries. It had dutifully carried postage from one border to the other. However, the service’s evolution has failed to coincide with the nation’s. The service remains true to its roots, but is failing to maintain or increase revenue. While cutting costs is both cheap and maintains the traditional postal office, the USPS risks becoming a relic if it does not modify itself to cater to a modern consumer…

In the case Dolan v. United States Postal Service, Barbara Dolan filed a suit against the United States Postal Service for injuries she incurred after tripping over some mail that was delivered on her porch by the United States Postal Service. The U.S. Government claimed that they had sovereign immunity in this case. The waivers of sovereign immunity for the Postal Service are as follows "claims against the United States, for money damages, accruing on and after January 1, 1945, for injury or…

output at the highest price the market will bear. The United States Postal Service is a natural monopoly, meaning they have large economies of scale that limit their costs of production and are large enough to efficiently supply the country with mail. Since a monopoly is the only seller of a good in the market, the demand curve is the market demand curve. Therefore a monopoly has a downward sloping demand curve, in contrast to the horizontal sloping demand curve of a firm in a competitive…

The United States Postal Service, formed in Philadelphia in 1775, is responsible for the transportation and delivery of the postal services to the American citizens. Its formation led to the appointment of Benjamin Franklin as the first General Postmaster of the USPS. Since its formation, the postal service has operated with the aim of satisfying the customers and uniting them despite the difference in their locality. This has been made possible thanks to technology that was engrained into its…