United States Postal ServiceŪ

Quarterly Performance for Presort First-Class MailŪ
Service Variance
Mailpieces Delivered Between 04/01/2014 and 06/30/2014

 Quarter III
FY2014

Overview


For Presort First-Class MailŪ, the service performance measurement system of the Postal Service™ uses documented arrival time at a designated postal facility to start the measurement clock, and an Intelligent MailŪ barcode (IMb™) scan by an external, third-party reporter to stop-the-clock. Mail piece tracking from IMb™ in-process scans is used in conjunction with the external data to extrapolate results for the population of Presort First-Class MailŪ using Full-Service Intelligent MailŪ. Data collected by the Postal Service™ are provided to an independent, external contractor to calculate service measurement and compile the necessary reports. The system used for this reporting is called the Intelligent MailŪ Accuracy and Performance System (iMAPS).

The external contractor determines service performance based on the elapsed time between the start-the-clock event recorded by the Postal Service™ and the stop-the-clock event recorded by anonymous households and small businesses that report delivery information directly to the contractor. The service measure consists of two parts: (1) how long mail pieces take to get through processing, and (2) how long mail takes from the last processing scan to delivery. The second portion is used as a delivery factor differential to determine the percent of all Presort First-Class MailŪ delivered on the last processing date versus the percent delivered after the last processing date. Service performance is measured by comparing the transit time to USPSŪ service standards to determine the percent of mail delivered on time.

The Service Performance Measurement (SPM) application of the Full-Service Seamless Acceptance and Service Performance system (SASP) serves as the data source for iMAPS. SPM captures data from all Full-Service Intelligent MailŪ and applies business rules for service measurement before sending data to iMAPS.

The service performance measures for Single-Piece First-Class MailŪ flats (using data from EXFC) serve as proxies for estimating the service performance for Presort First-Class™ flats. The following service performance results combine the results for letter performance calculated by the iMAPS program with the proxy data for flats to measure service performance for all Presort First-Class MailŪ.

Presort First-Class™ Parcels were categorized as a competitive product as of October 3, 2011, and are no longer included in the Presort First-Class MailŪ scores.

Performance Highlights


National Overnight performance in FY14 Quarter 3 was 97.4 percent on time, 0.1 points lower compared to the same period last year. National Two-Day performance was 97.0 percent on time, 0.5 points lower than the same period last year. National Three-To-Five-Day performance was 93.4 percent on time, 2.7 points lower compared to the same period last year. Nationally, at least 99.7 percent of mail across all service standards was delivered within the service standard plus three days. Southern Area led the nation in Overnight service with a score of 98.0. For the fourth consecutive quarter, Pacific Area led the nation in Two-Day service performance with a score of 97.9 and Capital Metro Area had the highest Three-To-Five-Day score with 94.6 percent on time.

At the district level Dakotas had the highest Overnight service performance at 99.1 percent on time, and 52 districts had a score at or above the performance target of 96.80 percent on time. For Two-Day service, Caribbean and Seattle had the highest performance at 98.9 percent on time, and 59 districts met or exceeded the performance target of 96.50. Greater Indiana had the highest Three-To-Five-Day performance at 96.9 percent on time.
 

 

District Overnight Two-Day Three-To-Five-Day
Percent Within +1-Day Percent Within +2-Days Percent Within +3-Days Percent Within +1-Day Percent Within +2-Days Percent Within +3-Days Percent Within +1-Day Percent Within +2-Days Percent Within +3-Days
Capital Metro Area 99.5 99.7 99.8 99.4 99.7 99.9 98.5 99.4 99.7
Atlanta 99.4 99.7 99.8 99.4 99.7 99.9 98.5 99.4 99.7
Baltimore 99.0 99.6 99.8 98.9 99.6 99.8 98.0 99.3 99.7
Capital 99.3 99.7 99.8 99.1 99.6 99.8 98.6 99.4 99.7
Greater South Carolina 99.6 99.9 99.9 99.5 99.8 99.9 98.6 99.5 99.8
Greensboro 99.7 99.9 99.9 99.5 99.8 99.9 98.5 99.5 99.8
Mid-Carolinas 99.4 99.7 99.9 99.5 99.8 99.9 98.5 99.4 99.7
Northern Virginia 99.6 99.8 99.8 99.2 99.6 99.8 98.8 99.5 99.7
Richmond 99.5 99.7 99.8 99.4 99.7 99.9 98.5 99.4 99.7
Eastern Area 99.4 99.7 99.9 99.1 99.7 99.8 98.2 99.3 99.7
Appalachian 99.6 99.8 99.9 99.2 99.6 99.8 98.6 99.5 99.8
Central Pennsylvania 99.3 99.7 99.9 99.1 99.6 99.8 98.5 99.5 99.8
Kentuckiana 99.5 99.7 99.8 99.2 99.6 99.8 98.3 99.4 99.7
Northern Ohio 99.5 99.7 99.9 99.3 99.7 99.9 98.8 99.6 99.8
Ohio Valley 99.3 99.7 99.8 99.0 99.6 99.8 97.7 99.1 99.6
Philadelphia Metro 99.6 99.7 99.9 99.0 99.6 99.8 97.8 99.1 99.7
South Jersey 99.6 99.8 99.9 99.3 99.7 99.8 98.2 99.3 99.7
Tennessee 99.5 99.8 99.9 99.3 99.7 99.8 98.4 99.3 99.7
Western New York 99.4 99.8 99.9 99.3 99.8 99.9 97.8 99.3 99.7
Western Pennsylvania 99.4 99.8 99.9 99.1 99.7 99.9 98.5 99.5 99.8
Great Lakes Area 99.5 99.8 99.9 99.1 99.7 99.8 98.2 99.3 99.7
Central Illinois 98.9 99.5 99.6 98.8 99.5 99.7 96.7 98.7 99.3
Chicago 99.3 99.7 99.8 99.2 99.7 99.8 97.9 99.1 99.6
Detroit 99.4 99.8 99.9 99.2 99.8 99.9 98.6 99.5 99.8
Gateway 99.2 99.7 99.9 98.9 99.6 99.8 98.3 99.4 99.7
Greater Indiana 99.6 99.8 99.9 99.3 99.7 99.9 99.1 99.7 99.8
Greater Michigan 99.6 99.8 99.9 99.1 99.6 99.8 98.1 99.3 99.7
Lakeland 99.6 99.9 99.9 99.2 99.7 99.9 98.2 99.3 99.8
Northeast Area 99.3 99.7 99.8 99.2 99.6 99.8 98.4 99.3 99.7
Albany 99.6 99.9 99.9 99.3 99.7 99.8 98.3 99.3 99.7
Caribbean 99.0 99.6 99.8 99.6 99.8 99.9 95.1 97.3 98.7
Connecticut Valley 99.2 99.7 99.8 99.2 99.7 99.8 98.3 99.3 99.7
Greater Boston 99.2 99.6 99.8 99.4 99.7 99.8 98.3 99.4 99.7
Long Island 99.6 99.9 99.9 99.3 99.7 99.8 98.6 99.5 99.8
New York 99.1 99.6 99.8 98.9 99.5 99.7 98.3 99.3 99.7
Northern New England 99.8 99.9 100.0 99.5 99.8 99.9 98.4 99.3 99.8
Northern New Jersey 99.3 99.7 99.8 99.0 99.5 99.7 98.6 99.4 99.7
Triboro 99.0 99.4 99.6 99.0 99.4 99.6 98.1 99.1 99.5
Westchester 99.2 99.5 99.8 99.0 99.6 99.7 98.3 99.2 99.6
Pacific Area 99.5 99.8 99.9 99.5 99.8 99.8 98.0 99.2 99.6
Bay-Valley 99.4 99.7 99.8 99.3 99.6 99.7 97.6 99.0 99.4
Honolulu 99.5 99.8 99.9 N/A N/A N/A 98.0 98.9 99.3
Los Angeles 99.4 99.7 99.8 99.5 99.8 99.9 97.7 98.8 99.4
Sacramento 99.5 99.8 99.9 99.4 99.7 99.8 97.7 99.1 99.7
San Diego 99.4 99.7 99.8 99.4 99.7 99.8 98.1 99.3 99.6
San Francisco 99.5 99.8 99.9 99.4 99.8 99.9 98.5 99.4 99.7
Santa Ana 99.4 99.8 99.9 99.5 99.8 99.9 98.3 99.4 99.7
Sierra Coastal 99.6 99.8 99.9 99.5 99.9 99.9 98.3 99.4 99.7
Southern Area 99.5 99.8 99.9 99.4 99.7 99.9 98.4 99.4 99.7
Alabama 99.7 99.9 99.9 99.5 99.8 99.9 98.9 99.6 99.8
Arkansas 99.5 99.8 99.9 99.1 99.7 99.9 98.3 99.4 99.7
Dallas 99.6 99.8 99.9 99.5 99.8 99.9 98.8 99.6 99.8
Fort Worth 99.5 99.8 99.9 99.3 99.7 99.8 98.2 99.3 99.6
Gulf Atlantic 99.3 99.7 99.8 99.2 99.7 99.8 97.8 99.0 99.5
Houston 99.4 99.7 99.8 99.4 99.7 99.9 98.2 99.4 99.7
Louisiana 99.7 99.9 99.9 99.6 99.8 99.9 98.7 99.4 99.7
Mississippi 99.4 99.7 99.8 99.0 99.6 99.8 98.2 99.1 99.6
Oklahoma 99.5 99.8 99.9 99.4 99.8 99.9 98.5 99.4 99.7
Rio Grande 99.6 99.9 99.9 99.3 99.8 99.9 98.4 99.5 99.8
South Florida 99.6 99.9 99.9 99.4 99.8 99.9 98.3 99.4 99.8
Suncoast 99.6 99.8 99.9 99.4 99.8 99.9 97.7 99.2 99.7
Western Area 99.5 99.8 99.9 99.4 99.8 99.9 98.2 99.4 99.7
Alaska 99.3 99.8 99.9 99.8 99.9 100.0 95.2 96.8 97.6
Arizona 99.7 99.9 100.0 99.4 99.8 99.9 98.7 99.5 99.7
Central Plains 99.5 99.8 99.9 99.4 99.8 99.9 98.8 99.6 99.8
Colorado/Wyoming 99.2 99.7 99.8 99.3 99.7 99.7 98.7 99.4 99.7
Dakotas 99.7 99.9 99.9 99.6 99.8 99.9 97.8 99.1 99.6
Hawkeye 99.7 99.9 99.9 99.1 99.7 99.8 97.7 99.4 99.8
Mid-America 99.4 99.8 99.9 99.1 99.7 99.9 98.1 99.4 99.8
Nevada-Sierra 99.8 99.9 100.0 99.6 99.8 99.9 98.5 99.3 99.7
Northland 99.2 99.7 99.9 99.3 99.7 99.9 98.1 99.3 99.7
Portland 99.8 99.9 100.0 99.7 99.9 99.9 98.8 99.5 99.8
Salt Lake City 99.4 99.8 99.9 99.5 99.8 99.9 96.8 98.7 99.5
Seattle 99.6 99.8 99.9 99.7 99.9 99.9 98.5 99.4 99.7
Nation FY2014 Q3 99.5 99.8 99.9 99.3 99.7 99.8 98.3 99.3 99.7

Nation FY2013 Q3 (SPLY) 99.5 99.8 99.9 99.4 99.8 99.9 99.0 99.6 99.8

Nation FY2009 Annual 98.7 99.3 99.4 97.2 98.6 99.2 93.3 96.7 98.3
Nation FY2010 Annual 98.9 99.6 99.8 98.3 99.3 99.6 96.8 98.4 99.0
Nation FY2011 Annual 98.6 99.5 99.7 98.0 99.4 99.7 97.8 99.1 99.6
Nation FY2012 Annual 99.5 99.8 99.9 99.1 99.7 99.8 98.9 99.6 99.8
Nation FY2013 Annual 99.6 99.8 99.9 99.4 99.8 99.9 98.9 99.6 99.8
Nation FY2014 Q1 99.4 99.8 99.9 99.0 99.7 99.8 97.1 98.9 99.5
Nation FY2014 Q2 99.3 99.7 99.8 98.8 99.5 99.8 96.7 98.7 99.4