Since graduating from college this past December and tumbling heals over head into the business world I have found my Blackberry has been a blessing more than a few times! I have begun to depend on my smart phone in a number of different situations and even when I don’t have the solution right at my fingertips I can find a way to get it! That is why it amazes me when I try to discuss the blackberry apps with my co-workers in the courier industry and many look at me with a blank face. “Apps?” They ask. Of course I am referring to applications, which can be found by visiting the Blackberry App World. There are roughly 100,000 applications available for the Blackberry and many have the ability to boost productivity in the courier world. Instead of sending anyone unfamiliar with the apps available to blackberry into a world in which 100,000 exist I thought I would provide the top 5 blackberry applications I find beneficial to those in the courier service industry.

1. “amAze” This application is one of many that are free to download and use. While many can’t fathom the idea of spending the money on a GPS Navigation system or even a monthly fee for GPS on their cell phone the truth of the matter is that everyone at some point in time will be lost. Those in the courier industry are known for the amount they spend traveling and someone who runs a Chicago Courier Service is not going to have the slightest idea of how to navigate through Los Angeles. Enter amAze; it is free, simple and quick. Not to mention it has features such as local search and built-in weather. And as an extra perk, a library of speed traps posted by other users.

2. “WorldMate Live” Another free application! After this winter it is safe to say that no one in any part of the country is immune to being affected by the snow. Sitting in a small airport in Des Moines, IA and every flight is cancelled into the next week? You will sigh with relief when you remember that you downloaded WorldMate Live. Available hotel rooms, flight tracking, itineraries, currency converting and the weather where you are heading or on a bad day..where you are staying, are all available in this application!

3. “Blurts Pro” The pro version will cost you $5.99 but there is a “Blurts” with less features that is free! This is one of my personal favorites and allows all of those Bluetooth users to put them to use while sitting in front of their computer. When a notification comes to your phone you won’t even have to take your eyes from the computer screen; instead the Bluetooth relays the information to your computer where you will have the opportunity to reply to SMS Texts from your computer, be notified of a new e-mail and also have the ability to answer or ignore incoming phone calls all with a few clicks of the mouse!

4. “Visual Voicemail” Free. Someone running a New York Courier Service probably receives several voicemails per hour and many of them are important and must be saved only to find later that that same voicemail has to be listened to again before moving on to the new one. Visual Voicemail allows you to scroll through voicemail messages much the way a person would scroll through text messages. The caller or number is identified and it makes it easy to pick and choose between the voicemails that need to be saved and those that can be deleted; plus it allows access to a specific voicemail in a hurry!

5. “Pandora” Free! While this one may not increase productivity per say it can provide you with an escape during an especially long tough day at work or a long flight. Pandora radio allows you to type in a favorite song or artist and it will create a station that plays only music that is similar to that song or artist. It can play through your blackberry speakers or you can just plug a regular pair of headphones into your blackberry to transform it into an MP3 player of sorts. I especially love this application because it gives me the opportunity to discover new artists and songs.

This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Blackberry applications that can make your life productive, easier and a little bit fun!

It is no surprise that the United States Postal Service finds itself in a growing amount of debt. The ability to write and publish this blog is in itself an example of the technology that is running the postal service into the ground. E-mail, newspapers, magazines, bank statements and bills are all available electronically causing the dramatic decrease of 213 billion pieces handled in 2006 to a projected 166 billion in 2010. Those in charge of the postal service’s sustainability have been working toward one goal: decrease the postal service’s growing debt. One of the solutions the postal service plans to propose to congress is cutting their Saturday delivery, service. Many find the Postal Services proposal to be something that they can accept and understand; but there are many more who find this unacceptable. Most can’t fathom the idea of waiting two consecutive days before receiving anything in the mail.

This leaves a large gap for a courier service like Naparex to fill. The majority of courier companies offer courier service 7 days/week including holidays and many operate 24 hours a day; businesses that are open on Saturday and in need of receiving their mail could be handing this work off to a courier company. There are a number of other services that depend on Saturday mail service; an example would be the popular online movie rental Netflix. Saturday delivery of rentals to their customers would seem a vital aspect to a business that provides what many would consider a “weekend activity”. With the competition Netflix faces they would probably find that the end of Saturday delivery wouldn’t be beneficial to their business and they may find that a courier service would be the best bet to get their rentals where they need to be on a Saturday!

One thing is for certain, the United States Postal Service needs to do something quickly or they will be in too deep to be dug out, but many question if this is the answer.

The courier industry is not immune to criminals creating scams. There have been a number of different scams brought to the attention of  same-day courier service Naparex; but the most common one in the United States belongs to criminals claiming to be a company called United Express Delivery. Naparex recently received a call from a gentleman in Nevada who was trying to find the source of a phone call from a courier company claiming to be a Las Vegas Courier Service.

Usually a targeted individual will receive a call on their cell phone from an operator claiming to work for United Express Delivery. They go on to say that a package needs to be delivered to the individual’s home and will require a signature. Sometimes the company will ask for missing details in the address they have; usually an apartment number or a suite number. They seem specifically interested in when the individual will be home, claiming that they need to know when to bring the package to obtain a signature. In reality these scam artists are phishing for personal information, detailed addresses and even time periods in which they know no one will be at the individual’s residence.

An even more upsetting aspect of this scam is that they set-up security questions with the individuals they are calling. Obviously security questions contain some sort of private information; sometimes the name of a pet which will give the scam artists notice of whether or not the residence will have a pet of some sort as an obstacle. Sometimes the security question will be even more personal; a father’s middle name for example. The bottom line is this is information that one would not want a scam artist to know about.

Though Naparex has no involvement in this scam we think it is important that individuals are aware of this scam and where they can find more information on the topic.

Steps an individual can take to prevent falling prey to this scam are as follows:
1. If you are not expecting a delivery of an item then be sure to ask the caller who the sender is. Verify this with the sender before giving out any information to the caller.
2. If you feel uneasy offering information regarding when you will be home to recieve the delivery offer to pick it up from the location instead.
3. There would be no reason a courier company calling to confirm a delivery would need to set up a security questions; if this is brought up you should be immediately suspicious.

Please visit this website to view the numbers frequented by this scam and individual’s personal experience with these phone calls.

If you feel as though you have been contacted by caller involved in this scam then you will want to report it here.

The current trends in the economy have been hard on everyone, but particularly hardest hit has been the Postal Service. In the last year alone, the Postal Service lost what amounts to billions of dollars. Of course, this has required the powers that be in the government and within the service to consider new ways to cut costs and to increase revenues.

The first and most commonly discussed method for decreasing the costs of maintaining the Postal Service has been that the service should potentially reduce mail delivery to only five days per week. Postmaster General John E. Potter feels that this reduction is going to be one of the best ways to help curb the spending that has put the service billions of dollars in debt.

Despite this being one of the principal strategies being considered for helping to right the financial ship of the Service, the voice of the American people suggests that people are more concerned about the potential of their local post office’s closing than they are about this potential reduction in service. While the Postal Service has acknowledged that concern, they have stated that these closures represent only a very small piece of the overall puzzle, and that no sites will likely close before January.

Other steps which are being discussed, and some of which will certainly be implemented, include restructuring of the Postal Service network. This will likely bring about a reduction of employees that are working for the Service, but will also include refitting the delivery fleet with newer, greener, vehicles that will be more fuel efficient and therefore cost much less to run. Hiring a courier service to deliver your time critical packages is not a bad idea given these circumstances.

 A large piece of the overall strategic picture has been the potential for Post Offices to sell and bring in revenue from things other than just stamps. Courier Services are begining to compliment and replace postal services.  In an interview, Potter did not disclose exactly what he thought the Postal Service should be selling, but it is clear from the numbers alone that extra revenue of some kind is going to need to be found in order to help balance the books.  Perhaps it’s same day courier services?

The changing face of how we communicate has also changed the postal service. Potter has made it clear that moving forward into the twentieth century, the public, lawmakers, and the workers within the Postal Service all have to accept that the service is going to change. The important thing is to discover what it must transform into in order to continue providing an important service to the entire country.

Contact by Naparex in desperation to move a tractor trailer of office equipment from a remote location in Canada to three separate locations in Alabama and Mississippi, Sitel Corporation breathed in relief as the shipment arrived early, in perfect condition and under budget.

With over 65,000 employees worldwide, Sitel is an organization that provides call center services to fortune 500 corporations.  When they have to move a site with 400+ computers, desks and a variety of office equipment from one location to another, Naparex is now their preferred carrier.

Whether they are shipping Internationally, such as Nicagara, the employees of Naparex did not say, ’sorry, we can not do that’.  We took the challenge to coordinate the entire delivery working with some of the best referenced agents around.

Whether you require Courier Service, logistics, distribution or warehousing services, Naparex is a company that is willing to extend and say yes.  Through our large network, experience and contacts, Naparex is a great choice for those difficult deliveries.

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