Background The Passive Adaptive Scanning System (PASS) is a [redacted] scanning system used in delivery units to scan packages and identify associated delivery routes. PASS enables clerks without route knowledge training to sort packages and provides both visual and audible indicators for routing information. PASS was also designed to provide greater package visibility through scanning…
The Troy, MI, Post Office has made dramatic improvements in scanning, a crucial service that is helping USPS grow its package delivery business. The office is averaging about 99.7 percent after adopting a process called “scan, clear and deliver.” The new approach focuses on making sure parcels that arrive before 9 a.m. are delivered that…
Mexican postal officials visited Dallas recently to learn how USPS technology has improved mail processing and delivery in the United States. The delegation came from Correos de México, which serves about 96 percent of the country’s population. Dallas District Manager Timothy Costello took the officials to the Carrollton, TX, Post Office, where they saw how…
Delivering Amazon parcels on Sunday is amazingly easy. No scheme knowledge is required. A clerk scans the parcels using a Passive Adaptive Scanning System or ring scanner. The computer calculates and prints out the most efficient delivery routes, giving explicit turn-by-turn directions. It’s a piece of cake. The long term plan of USPS is to…
Anyone have any opinion on these? Good, bad, ugly? Do they work well? Training requirements? Is it part of Surface Visibility? Thanks!
The Postal Service has deployed almost 2,500 new package processing units at facilities across the nation, part of an ongoing effort to boost the organization’s shipping business. The Passive Adaptive Scanning System (PASS) improves tracking at high-volume facilities. An additional 1,600 PASS units are slated to be deployed by mid-October, bringing the total number of…
