® Flats Symposium 2008 USPS Engineering - Future Technology National Postal Forum ® Walt O’Tormey Vice President, Engineering USPS National Postal Forum 2008
Engineering Solutions Bulk Flats Processing Flats Postal Address Redirection System
Bulk Flats Processing (BFP) BULK FLATS PROCESSING & EQUIPMENT HAVE EVOLVED TOGETHER ManualMechanized
THE MAILING COMMUNITY & USPS ARE EXPLORING FUTURE BULK FLATS PROCESSING Bulk Flats Processing MTAC formed two subcommittees to review flat mail preparation MTAC 96 – Adopt “Auto-Ready” Pallets MTAC 115 – In Process “Auto-Ready” Pallet
AUTOMATED BFP - Low Footprint Auto-Ready: 1 BFP and 1 SAMP Serves 2 FSS SAMP: 1410 sq ft BFP 1125 sq ft MANUAL MECHANIZED
MULTI-ZONE BFP IN DEVELOPMENT De-palletize bundles Bundle Buffer/Sort Cut Straps Load ACTs Stack ACTs Make Dollies
FLATS PARS Flats Postal Address Redirection System
PARS for Flats Postal Address Redirection System for Flat Shaped Mail Corrects Addresses Not Current Corrects to the Finest Depth of Sort AFSM Machines Will Intercept Process Return to Sender Label and Print Current Address FSS Will Intercept
17% of population moves Resulting in 45 million change of address requests 5-6 billion undeliverable-as-addressed mailpieces Undeliverable-as-addressed (UAA) mail processing. Every year… Undelivered-As-Addressed
Forwarding Prior to FPARS NY LA MIAMI Recipient moved!
NY LA MIAMI Recipient moved, intercept & label FPARS Interception Solution
FPARS Schedule Prototype Test Boston – February 08 FPARS Contract Award – Tentative, Fall 08 Field Test – Next Year
United States Postal Service - Engineering Engineering Focus – Provide Customer Benefits Reduce Cycle Time – Service Control Total Process Costs Increase the Value of the Mail