Delivering the Future: a Balanced Approach
Five-Day Delivery is Part of the Solution

Chapter 4 - How five-day delivery would work

What would stay the same

  • Post Offices will remain open on Saturdays and will accept outgoing mail.
  • P.O. Box-addressed mail will be delivered on Saturday.
  • Express Mail will be delivered seven days a week, and will continue to be collected from dedicated Express Mail boxes on Saturday.
  • Post Offices will remain open on Saturday.
  • Plants and distribution centers will continue to process incoming mail seven days a week to support street address delivery Monday through Friday, P.O. Box delivery Monday through Saturday, and Caller Service pickup Monday through Sunday.
  • Outgoing mail will continue to be transported Monday through Friday.
  • Transportation will generally continue as it currently does between plants on Saturday and Sunday.
  • Mail will be accepted on Saturday, with processing and start-the-clock activities starting on Monday.
  • Business mail entry units (BMEUs) will be open on Saturdays and/or Sundays. The start-the-clock day will generally be Monday, except that mail entered at a destination facility will have the option of a Saturday start-the-clock day.
  • Detached mail units will be open on Saturdays and/or Sundays will remain open. The start-the-clock day and mail makeup requirements will continue to be governed by customer/supplier agreements.
  • Incoming drop shipments will continue at facilities accepting this mail. The start-the-clock day will be the day the mail is entered. This mail will be processed as incoming mail on the entry day.
  • Destination delivery units (DDU) will generally accept drop shipments during the hours retail counters are open.