Mailing Systems Technology - November/December 2008 - (Page 14) COST OF OPERATION OVERALLBY CLASS CLASS BY BY BUSINESS Government Transactional* Business Service Manufacturing Lettershop Educational 60¢ 61¢ 40¢ 56¢ 38¢ 50¢ BY VOLUME 55¢ <50,000 55¢ 42¢ 40¢ 48¢ 51¢ First Class 39¢ Standard 50,000 to 299,000 300,000 to 1+ million 999,999 (annual volumes) Cost per piece includes all operational costs to process all incoming and outgoing pieces. STAFFING NEEDS Staff Size † 4 8 13 23 107 500,000 to 999,999 Annual Volume † <50,000 50,000 to 299,999 300,000 to 499,999 1+ million Average full-time equivalent staff needed to operate mail facilities in 2008. BUDGETS POSTAGE < 50,000 50,000-299,999 300,000 - 499,999 500,000 - 999,999 1+ million , yes $314,800 $679,000 $2,082,500 $2,400,300 $38,267,500 + OPERATIONS $277,900 $364,800 $1,285,400 $1,849,000 $14,329,300 = 24% yes TOTAL $592,700 $1,043,800 $3,367,900 $4,249,300 $52,596,800 Average annual budgets by annual outgoing volume. PRESORT 42% 58% no OUTSOURCING LETTERSHOP 54% 76% no Only 24% of mail facilities outsource 29%, on average, of their volumes to lettershops. 29% 42% of mail operations outsource 54%, on average, of their volumes to presort service providers. *Transactional=Insurance, financial, utilities, health, communication 14 NOVEMBER-DECEMBER | WWW.MAILINGSYSTEMSTECHNOLOGY.COM http://www.MailingSystemsTechnology.com
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