New Management Instruction, Piece Count Recording System

Effective immediately, Management Instruction PO–610-2007-1, Piece Count Recording System, replaces Management Instruction PO-610-2000-1. All previous instructions on Piece Count Recording Systems are now obsolete.

This management instruction updates the policy and procedures for recording and reporting daily mail volumes within Post Offices™ and station and branch operations.

Key highlights include the following:

• Guidelines for staging mail at carrier cases within a Post Office.
• Volume recording and management using the Deliv­ery Operations Information System (DOIS).
• Procedures for measuring mail volume of less than a foot in inches or measuring mail volume by the piece.
• Clarification for recording Irregular Parcels and Pieces/Small Parcels and Rolls (IPP/SPRs) in DOIS.
• Clarification for recording parcels and Priority Mail^® packages in DOIS.

No changes were made to any PS forms or reports used to measure and record mail volumes. Additionally, Man­agement Instruction PO-610-2002-3, Function 4 Standard­ized Customer Service Workload Reporting System, remains fully in effect.

— Delivery Operations,
Delivery and Retail, 9-27-07