OIG: Are Clerk and Mail Handler Costs Correctly Attributed to USPS Products?

Posted on September 21, 2016September 21, 2016 by 21cpw

Project Title: Cost Segment 3 – Clerks & Mail Handlers Start Date: Tuesday, September 6, 2016 Estimated Report Release Date: March 2017 We are conducting an audit to verify the accuracy of clerk and mail handler costs attributed to products and services. The Postal Service categorizes all costs as either attributable costs, which are directly…

USPS OIG Management Advisory: MODS Flat Mail Exceptions

Posted on October 23, 2015October 23, 2015 by 21cpw

Background The U.S. Postal Service initially deployed the Management Operating Data System (MODS) to collect data to evaluate plant efficiency. The Postal Service uses MODS data to assign labor costs to Postal Service products and to calculate productivities for plant operations. New employees are initially assigned a labor code that assigns workhours to a default…