Re: [AISdiscuss] AIS Bulletins

[John I Jones <jijones@usjoneses.com>]

When the bulletins enter the post office "pipeline" they enter a system 
that spreads out like fingers on a hand, only with more branching. 
Choke points can occur many different places along those lines.

We did not have a universal late delivery problem. So assuming that the 
bulletins were all delivered to the post office at the same time. It 
would not appear that we had a problem at the head of the "pipeline".

It would seem to me that given the Post office stated policy on our 
type of publication, that their policy allows a non-uniform process in 
handling the bulletins. Because of this it may be that the problem with 
our delivery exists at multiple branches in the post office pipeline 
and not necessarily at the individual delivery office nor at a single 
point of failure.


John


On Mar 25, 2006, at 2:40 AM, CEMahan@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 3/24/2006 1:40:24 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> bfilardi@comcast.net writes:
>
> Clarence:  The same line of thought applies to our mailer as to  the 
> USPS!!!
> Why would our mailer's service suddenly deteriorate for the  Jan 
> issue???
> Bruce
>
>
>
> Let me explain my "line of thought."  AIS is procuring a service from  
> a
> contractor. It is up to the contractor to deliver that service. We do 
> not deal
> with the USPS. The contractor deals with USPS. We pay for the service. 
> If  that
> service is not performed satisfactorily, it is the responsibility of 
> the
> contractor to determine why and to correct it. That is point one.
>
> Point two is this: The USPS is a very large organization. If the 
> January
> Bulletin delivery problem were isolated to one or two geographic 
> areas, I could
> believe that USPS was the source of the problem. 'When the problem is
> geographically dispersed, it is not likely that USPS failed many 
> places at the  same
> time. Logic would indicate that the problem was probably nearer the 
> source,
> i.e. the mailer. Note, I am only talking logic. I certainly do not 
> know the
> actual cause--but it is the mailer's responsibility to find out what 
> the cause
> is. If the mailer cannot, I think we should change mailers. Clarence
>
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