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Overnight delivery services are speedy, but [pronoun]_are costing us too much [noun]_. Here at Consolidated, we have seen our use of these services incresingly devour a [adjective]_portion of our shipping budget. Its seems [verb]_ it by FedEx. Although we have corporate rates with

FedEX, we are still spending too much on overnight deliveries.

To avoid future restrictions imposed by the CEO, I'm [verb]_ you to voluntarily reduce your use of these delivery services by 50 percent in the next two months.

Rather than face a ban on all [adjective]_ srvices, let's work together to reduce our costs. Here are some suggestions:

1. Ask yourself whether the recipient will [adverb]_ use the information immediately. If not, [verb]_ a cheaper method.

2. Send messages [preposition]_ fax or e-mail. A long-distance fax costs only about 35,cents, [conjunction]_local messages cost nothing. Email messages are equally inexpesive.

3. Use the FedEx of UPS account number [preposition]_ the recipient whenever possible.

4. Plan ahead so that [pronoun]_ can use FedEx or UPS griybd service.These ground [noun]_ take about three to five days.

Some overnight shipments, of course, [verb]_ critical. However, to retain our budget for those essential shipments, we must [verb]_ our overall use by one half before April 1. If you can think of [adjective]_ ways to reduce overnight shipments, please call me at Ext. 213. I appreciate your ideas and your [noun]_ in solving this problem.