Introduction This management alert presents the issues the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) identified during the Effectiveness of Package Verification Solutions audit (Project Number 25-130). Our objective is to provide immediate notification of these issues. Background The Postal Service uses two key systems to scan packages and verify that shippers paid the … Read more
Objective Our objective was to determine whether the U.S. Postal Service’s Expansion of Package Sorters capital investment achieved expected savings and performance metrics. As ecommerce continues to grow at a rapid pace, the package delivery market has created opportunities for the Postal Service to increase revenue. The Postal Service manually processes and sorts over 1.5 … Read more
At the Lehigh Valley P&DC we added a new auto-feed induction system to our APBS which includes a singulator. Currently, the parcels have to be properly faced and oriented so two clerks are working on the induction system platform (the nest) doing this work. The parcels come from the singulator to the clerks on opposite … Read more
The Postal Service relies on the Automated Package Processing System (APPS) and Automated Parcel and Bundle Sorter (APBS) to sort packages. But it is testing five new Small Package Sorting Systems (SPSS) machines that could provide additional processing support for the growing package volume. We will evaluate whether the performance, functionality, and deployment of the … Read more
Audit Report – NO-AR-14-010 – 09/05/2014 Background The U.S. Postal Service continues to aggressively cut costs. To that end, it is consolidating the mail processing network to align it with reduced mail volume and a smaller workforce. This report responds to a congressional request from Senator Carl Levin of Michigan to review the Postal Service’s … Read more