The Postal Service announced a revised plan for deploying its Flats Sequencing System, redirecting 19 of the machines to new locations where the technology will better contribute to improved service and reduced costs.
"We analyzed our needs, taking into account recent declines in flat mail volume, and revised our original FSS deployment site plan," says FSS Executive Director Rosa Fulton. "We wanted to make sure the deployment reflects current processing needs and delivers the maximum benefits to both the Postal Service and mailers."
The FSS automatically sorts flat mail in the order that letter carriers deliver their routes. This reduces the amount of time carriers spend manually sorting mail and increases time available to deliver mail, and this will help USPS contain costs associated with the addition of nearly 1.8 million new delivery addresses each year.
Flat volume declined by 7.2 billion pieces from FY 2007 to the end of FY 2008, and that trend continues, according to Fulton. Flat volume is expected to decline another 6.5 billion pieces by the end of FY 2009.
Originally, 100 FSS machines were to be deployed in 32 locations. The new plan has 42 locations. The revised list of locations is available on RIBBS at http://ribbs.usps.gov/index.cfm?page=flat.
"This new technology will deliver high-impact efficiency and improve mail processing," says Fulton, "and make sure our customers get even more value from the mail."
"We analyzed our needs, taking into account recent declines in flat mail volume, and revised our original FSS deployment site plan," says FSS Executive Director Rosa Fulton. "We wanted to make sure the deployment reflects current processing needs and delivers the maximum benefits to both the Postal Service and mailers."
The FSS automatically sorts flat mail in the order that letter carriers deliver their routes. This reduces the amount of time carriers spend manually sorting mail and increases time available to deliver mail, and this will help USPS contain costs associated with the addition of nearly 1.8 million new delivery addresses each year.
Flat volume declined by 7.2 billion pieces from FY 2007 to the end of FY 2008, and that trend continues, according to Fulton. Flat volume is expected to decline another 6.5 billion pieces by the end of FY 2009.
Originally, 100 FSS machines were to be deployed in 32 locations. The new plan has 42 locations. The revised list of locations is available on RIBBS at http://ribbs.usps.gov/index.cfm?page=flat.
"This new technology will deliver high-impact efficiency and improve mail processing," says Fulton, "and make sure our customers get even more value from the mail."
