Distribution Services

Our mail and shipping services include:

• Comprehensive daily pick-up, sorting, distribution and posting of all United States Postal Service and inter-office mail for all corporate operations.
• Management and completion of larger volume standard mail projects including envelope insertion, tabbing, mail-merge printing, labeling and barcoding functions.
• Shipping of all outgoing parcels, packages, cartons and bulk items for all corporate operations through the most cost- and time-effective carriers.
• Pickup of incoming mail from, and delivery of outgoing mail to, appropriate United States Postal Service facilities.
• Tracking and analysis of mailing costs to recommend the most cost-effective processes and procedures.
• Recording of costs incurred by individual departments and the reporting of same to the appropriate accounting department.
• Ensuring corporate compliance of all applicable United States Postal Service regulations.
  Securing of maximum United States Postal Service discounts for all mailing activity.
• The receipt and delivery of all incoming and outgoing parcels, packages, cartons and bulk items for all corporate operations and the pickup and return of all incorrectly received parcels, cartons and bulk items.
• Regularly scheduled pick-up and delivery of items for PCOM's healthcare centers.

Regularly scheduled pickup and delivery of mail to all PCOM departments occurs at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. each business day. Please make sure all mail complies with PCOM Distribution Services’ policy and procedure [PDF].

College departments with outgoing mail consisting of 200 or more pieces of the same item(s) are encouraged to consider standard (bulk) mail in order to realize savings of up to 60 percent in postage costs. Contact Distribution Services for additional information including the coordination of the processes associated with standard mail projects (printing, data merging, folding, inserting, addressing, tabbing, labeling, etc.). Please schedule all standard mail projects in advance as completion times may range from one day to two weeks depending upon the scope of the project.

Philadelphia campus Distribution Services manages arrangements for the pickup and delivery of time- and cost-sensitive documents and communications by courier. Email distributionservices@pcom.edu to schedule a courier pickup or delivery.

Our division provides for the purchase, retrieval and delivery of high-volume-use office supplies. Contact Distribution Services to obtain the appropriate requisition forms for various high-volume standardized printed products, office supplies and copier, fax and printer supplies. Completed forms must be approved and then faxed to Distribution Services at 215-871-6659. Items purchased are charged to the appropriate department cost center.

Distribution Services handles the storage and distribution of all Ricoh copier and digital printer supplies and toner and ink cartridges for a wide variety of inkjet and laser printers.

Our division recycles all of PCOM's used ink jet printer, laser printer and fax toner cartridges. Please recycle your empty PCOM ink cartridges by sending them by interoffice mail or bringing them to Distribution Services, Suite LL-034 in Evans Hall on the Philadelphia campus or Suite 1114 in the Old Peachtree building on the Georgia campus.

Our division documents the receipt, delivery and tagging of all capital acquisitions. College policy mandates all capital purchases will be assigned an asset control number and have an asset control tag affixed which identifies the property as being purchased and owned by PCOM. Details regarding Distribution Services’ policy and procedure for tagging capital purchases are available in the employee resources section of myPCOM.

As custodians of restricted information, PCOM has an obligation to ensure all information pertaining to administration, faculty, staff, students and patients remains strictly confidential and that all documents be properly disposed of in a manner that ensures confidentiality and minimizes liability and risk. Distribution Services provides for the secure pick-up, shredding and disposal of documents and appropriate documentation of the activity. Visit the employee resources section of myPCOM to review policy and procedure regarding records retention.

Email distributionservices@pcom.edu (Philadelphia campus) or gadistributionservices@pcom.edu (Georgia campus) to make arrangements for the pickup and shredding of confidential documents.

To obtain information about the purchase of fax machines, call Doris Williams-Powell at ext. 6672 or email dorisp@pcom.edu.

Distribution Services - Philadelphia
4170 City Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19131

Evans Hall, Suite 034 (Lower level)

Phone:  215-871-6683 | Fax: 215-871-6659
Email: distributionservices@pcom.edu

Doris Williams-Powell
Director
Email: dorisp@pcom.edu

Theresa Beauford
Mail Clerk
Email: theresabe@pcom.edu

Charlotte Pritchette
Senior Mail Clerk
Email: charlotp@pcom.edu

Michael Maher
Storeroom Clerk/Courier
Email: michaelmahe@pcom.edu

Harry Paschall
Senior Storeroom Clerk
Email: harrypa@pcom.edu

Shane McGilloway
Courier
Email: shanemc@pcom.edu

Distribution Services - Georgia
625 Old Peachtree Road,
Suwanee, GA 30024

Old Peach Tree Building, Suite 1114

Phone:  678-225-7572 | Fax: 678-225-7578
Email: gadistributionservices@pcom.edu

Marvin Russell
Distribution Services Clerk
Email: marvinru@pcom.edu
Phone: 770-682-2344 | Fax: 678-225-7578

Benjamin Burton
Distribution Services Clerk
Email: benjamibu@pcom.edu
Phone: 678-225-7572