If you haven’t notice, on July 9, 2023, the US Postal Service switched First Class Package Service and other services to Ground Advantage. Here is the notice from USPS: The United States Postal Service (USPS) has announced its plans to replace its existing First-Class Package Service category with a new offering called USPS Ground Advantage. This move comes as part of the USPS's ongoing efforts to improve its package delivery services and [...]
Below is the announcement from UPS, regarding the rate increase becoming effective as below: The following changes will take effect on December 26, 2021: • The rates for UPS® Ground, UPS Air, and International will increase an average net 5.9%. • UPS Air Freight rates within and between the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico will increase an average net 5.2%. Effective January 9, 2022: • Remote Area Surcharge will now apply to deliveries to [...]
Other noteworthy news at Fulfillment Express, Inc. was the appointment in 2020 of Joshua J. Farrell as president of the company. Josh has been with the company since 2005 and has worked hard to grow into his new position. Josh started his career at Fulfillment Express, Inc. as a Customer Service agent, then was promoted to Customer Service Manger. His next assignment was as Client Service Executive and then Director [...]
Dieter H. Ammann We're Back! Lots has happened since our last posts, we moved to larger facilities in Montebello, California and off-course Covid-19 happened. For 3PL's the world has gone crazy, with people staying home and purchasing more and more on-line than ever, we are beyond busy. As part of being busier than ever, we need even more space, but California Real Estate has increased so much, that [...]
Even though his year, the 4th of July falls on a Saturday, some companies are closed the 3rd or the 6th of July. Fulfillment Express, Inc. is working today (Friday) and Monday July 6th. This deprives our employees of a paid holiday, but the show must go on and orders have to be shipped. We will compensate our employees for their diligence and dedication of working both days and continuing [...]
Fulfillment Express, Inc. is still open for business! On March 19, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (C.I.S.A.) released the Memorandum on Identification of Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers During Covid-19 Response. It stipulates that workers in the Transportation and Logistics industries are considered essential and explicitly lists “Postal and shipping workers, to include private companies.” California Governor Newsom on the same day verified and cited the exact C.I.S.A Memorandum to be followed [...]
The United States Postal Service is closely monitoring the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) situation and continues to follow strategies and measures recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and public health departments. The CDC has information available on its website at https://www.coronavirus.gov that provides the latest information about COVID-19. We are sharing the CDC’s guidance to our employees via stand-up talks, employee news articles, messages on bulletin boards, videos [...]
There is a great deal of concern surrounding COVID-19, currently. Many businesses are closing or imposing limits on the number of customers allowed at any given time, in order to help slow the spread of the virus. Several of you have inquired as to the plans of Fulfillment Express during this time, as you depend upon us for the continued shipping of your products. As such, we thought that we [...]
Understanding the Pre-arrival Review System If you ever have to export your product(s) to Canada, read the article below, or you can just have us do it for you! The Pre-arrival Review System (PARS) allows customs brokers to submit release information (provided by the importer and carrier) to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) for review and processing before the goods arrive in Canada. This speeds up the release or [...]