USPS: Postal fleet of trucks and trailers get new barcodes

January 23, 2023 The USPS Logistics team has installed new barcodes on nearly 95 percent of the Postal Service’s fleet of owned and leased trailers and box trucks. The new 99V barcodes use two-dimensional data matrices, which are also known as QR codes, and are replacing traditional barcodes. The barcodes, when scanned, provide a vehicle…

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Familiar White Postal Service Trucks Too Small For Increasing Amount Of Parcels Being Mailed

By Mike Colgan – January 19, 2015 SAN JOSE (KCBS)— Those familiar little white vehicles that mail carriers drive could soon be disappearing. They’ve been used for decades by the postal service, but according to a USPS spokesman, they no longer fit the bill because these days the postal service is delivering less mail and…

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OIG Audit Report: Surface Visibility – Transportation Operations – Suncoast District

Audit Report – NO-AR-14-004 – 05/05/2014 BACKGROUND: The U.S. Postal Service uses the Surface Visibility (SV) system to collect data to help plan, manage, and optimize the surface transportation network. Employees scan barcodes on trailers and containers to track mail volume throughout the surface transportation network. This gives managers information to manage resources, track mail…

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