The Postal Journal seeks submissions that will aid postal market participants and stakeholders in their understanding of the evolution of the North American postal market as part of the 21st century economic and communication infrastructure. In particular we seek submissions that clarify the impact of government policy initiatives and market forces and how they challenge established relationships between service providers and their employees and customers.
Topics
Given the breadth of the issues facing the industry, no subject is off topic, Currently, we seek items focused on the following topics:
- Public policy and industry economics the regulatory and legislative actions that determine postal industry policy; includes both the legal and economic research that influences government policy
- The future of the document, digital, print, and mobile market research and innovative ideas on how documents are sent now and into the future
- Parcel delivery and fulfillment news and market research on parcel delivery and competition among market participants
- Human capital management labor relations, labor contract law, compensation and benefit and the management of a people intensive business
- Sustainability the environmental impact of the industry
- Technology information systems and other technologies affecting the industry and the integration of print, digital, and mobile communications modes.
- Retail Access changes driving how customers that buy small quantities are served and the services offered in retail facilities
- Supply Chain Management the physical distribution, information system, production methods used to move documents from concept to delivery and parcels from order to delivery
Format
Items of under 4,000 words will be reformatted as an article in the Journal. Longer items will be posted on the Postal Journal with an article summarizing the longer work. Presentations are acceptable in both pdf and PowerPoint formats
The Postal Journal can accept items in nearly all versions of Microsoft Office and Open Office formats. Pictures should be sent as separate files. Graphs and specially formatted tables should be sent as PowerPoint or Excel files or as pictures.
Presentations can be sent in ether presentation format or as a pdf file.
How to submit:
Send all submissions to arobinson@postalfoundation.org
