How to courier a letter or package

This page explains the process of sending items by courier for the department.

Permission to courier

To eliminate unnecessary charges and to allow the manager to reconcile their operating cost centre budgets, staff must have permission to courier packages.

	* Are the account numbers used in the next step the same or different?

	* Is there a reason not to use the same courier for U of M shipping as for WRHA?

	* Why would we have a list of couriers - are some better than others for certain things?

You will need to provide an account number, you can access this number from the Department Head's Administrative Assistant, or Natasha Passante or the Business Administrator.
Contact the courier service T-Force Final Mile. You can access their phone number from Department Head's Administrative Assistant, or Natasha Passante or the Business Administrator.

	* the phone number is also at the link provided; is there a reason to even suggest three people you could contact for it? And if it wasn't at the link, wouldn't we just put it here?

You will need to contact a courier service, such as Sierra Courier. You can access their phone number from Department Head's Administrative Assistant, Natasha Passante or the Business Administrator.
You will need to provide an account number, you can access this number from the Department Head's Administrative Assistant, Natasha Passante or the Business Administrator.

On a post-it note, write the courier service name and pick-up, along with the order number received in the previous step and place it on the letter or package.

	I have sent packages to the Business Administrator's desk in the past because couriers have difficulty delivering to the secure area where my desk is. Do we want to mention that here, have a different suggestions, or not say at all?