I’ve been opening the post over the last few days. If you’re in the higher echelons of management and don’t ever open the post I advise you to get your hands dirty once in a while. It can be an enlightening experience.
Aside from the usual junk mail which we just cross “Return To Sender” and repost. I’m surprised at the amount of post that could easily be sent via a digital mechanism. SMS or email are the obvious channels.
We’ve received a few purchase orders and a surprising amount of remittance advices covering payments we received electronically, typically BACS. Now correct me if I’m wrong but second class stamp costs 32p, an envelope about 1.5p, plus a sheet of cheap paper, and some print ink.
Why would you move to electronic payments but still incur these costs?
Why would you not move the remittances to an electronic means and remove all the cost?
Then there is the environmental argument. How many trees would we save if we eliminated unnecessary post, and the reduction in waste?
All this has been said before, but obviously not loud enough.
A slight tangent but my dentist has recently started contacting all patients via SMS. Not only does that save them money on postage, admin etc, it must also be hugely cost effective in terms of missed appointments.
They send out reminders the day before an appointment and another on the actual morning, leaving no excuse for no shows.
Cost effective, efficient and great for forgetful types like myself.