When receiving mail into the company you need to first sort through the mail into categories of personal/confidential, urgent/non-urgent and first/second class or special or recorded delivery. When going through mail you need to open
only mail that is not private, remove contents, to save confusion as to delivery date stamp it to say when it came, check and attach enclosures and get to the relevant people and then sort through to relevant departments.
It is important to get mail to the recipient in a timely manner in order to ensure that requests for information about the business are dealt with quickly so as not to lose customs, also that orders for products are received and can be sent out in a timely manner, payments can be delay with promptly and invoices can be sent out and paid, important documents are processed and sent to the correct person, products i.e. parts, materials and equipment are delivered and received appropriately.
As well as incoming mail outgoing mail is as important to ensure it is collected, sorted and picked up in a timely manner. It is important that purchase orders are dealt with and payments are made to suppliers in order for the business to run smoothly and not lose customers or money through non-payment or delivery of goods/services, dealing with important documents and ending them through the post in a timely manner to ensure time constraints are met is also important as may not get to the person in time, therefore appointments may be missed and time wasted on all areas.