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Automated Package Processing System [APPS] Update February 23, 2006

Automated Package Processing System [APPS] Update February 23, 2006. Agenda. System Description Deployment Status Bundle Processing Address Visibility Bundle Integrity APPS Singulator Design. APPS System Description. Dual Induction, 100 Output. Mail Characteristics.

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Automated Package Processing System [APPS] Update February 23, 2006

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  1. Automated Package Processing System [APPS] UpdateFebruary 23, 2006

  2. Agenda • System Description • Deployment Status • Bundle Processing • Address Visibility • Bundle Integrity • APPS Singulator Design

  3. APPS System Description Dual Induction, 100 Output

  4. Mail Characteristics APPS System Description Maximum weight = 25 lbs

  5. APPS Deployment Status • Phase I - 74 Machines, 62 sites • First Article Test completed May 2004 • Deployment from Aug 2004 to Aug 2006 – Currently have 55 machines in operation

  6. Bundle Processing Address Visibility Optical Character Recognition (OCR) • Reads both Optional Endorsement Line (OEL) and address block information to sort the mail • Current read rates for OEL bundles is around 80% • Read failures occur due to: • Address block obscured by opaque strapping material • Address block is obscured by opaque shrink wrap

  7. Image Capture Gray Scale Image – 5,807Kb OCR decodes Binary Image Binary Image – 201Kb

  8. APPS Images • Opaque Material • Address Block Location

  9. Clear Strapping

  10. APPS Image - Polywrap • Poly weld seam through address block • Image captured at semi-auto induct station • Piece was rejected by video coding operator

  11. Address Visibility Rule • DMM Change - Address visible and readable to the naked eye • Where the label WILL be covered • If practical - move the address to one of the four quadrants • Clear smooth strapping (recommend less than 70% haze – ASTM D1003) • Clear shrinkwrap (recommend less than 70% haze – ASTM D1003) Effective – April 30th, 2006

  12. Bundle Processing on APPS Bundle Integrity • Automatic Singulation • Bulk input to single bundle output • Designed for wide variation in frictional characteristics • Destacking produces tumbling

  13. Bundle Processing on APPS Bundle Integrity • Shrinkwrap no longer required on bundles on BMC pallets (Implemented in 2005) • Two straps on all non-shrinkwrapped bundles (Tentative effective date April 30) • Information sharing • Bundle Blitzes • The Perfect Bundle – Recommended quality test for bundles • Electronic Mail Improvement Report (E-MIR)

  14. Bundle Processing on APPS Bundle Integrity – USPS/Mailer Study • Define characteristics of bundles • Design an experiment to measure bundle performance on APPS • Greensboro P&DC test site • Preliminary meeting in early February • March 2006 data collection

  15. Bundle Processing on APPS Bundle Integrity • Singulator Design Study • Engineering task to evaluate destack module • Assess feasibility of reconfiguration to reduce tumbling • Findings in 6 months

  16. Questions? The Perfect Bundle A secure bundle with a fully visible address is a thing of beauty

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