In an effort to improve the drop shipment process, the Facility Access and Shipment Tracking (FAST) system is piloting mailer rating functionality that will offer, to the most efficient drop shipment customers, a greater opportunity to schedule appointments. On June 22, 2007, FAST will begin conducting the Mailer Rating Pilot.
Mailers who provide advance notification with detailed information and who arrive at facilities at the scheduled appointment date and time with accurate contents will have more access to appointments than mailers who do not.
The Postal Service™ pilot participants include:
- Cedar Rapids sectional center facility (SCF), Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
- Des Moines bulk mail center (BMC), Des Moines, Iowa.
- Industry processing and distribution center (PD&C), Industry, California.
- Queens SCF, Flushing, New York.
- New York P&DC, New York, New York.
All FAST schedulers making appointments at these facilities have been invited to telecons where additional information will be provided.
All customers should review the information in their profiles in PostalOne!® to ensure that their contact information is correct. E-mail invitations for the Mailer Rating telecons will be sent to the e-mail contacts provided in these profiles.
Mailer Rating applies to all Standard Mail® and Package Services drop shipment appointments. Pure Periodicals appointments are not rated.
Questions or concerns about the Mailer Rating Pilot should be directed to fast@usps.com.
— Global Systems Management,
Global Business, 6-21-07
