4-3.1 Verification Process

Exhibit 4-3.1

eInduction Program

1. Mailer prepares physical container for entry to a Postal Service processing facility or delivery unit. The container includes a container placard with a unique IMcb.
2. Mailer creates electronic documentation containing records for eInduction containers and uploads to PostalOne!. PostalOne! blocks upload and postage statement generation if the eDoc contains invalid or duplicate IMcbs. Once the mailer generates an electronic postage statement for the mailing, Postal Service Acceptance Employees check-in, verify, and accept mailing. Postal employees do not create/sign paper PS Forms 8017/8125/8125-C for eInduction containers. Mailings in the Seamless Acceptance program are automatically checked-in and accepted. Mailers ship containers to entry facilities or release to Postal Service transportation once all electronic postage statements are in FIN or FPP status (except for mailers using approved an eInduction Continuous MID).
3. Upon the arrival of a mailer shipment at a Postal Service entry facility, the dock employee arrives for the appointment, and begins unloading/scanning of barcoded containers. At sites enabled with Surface Visibility scanners, the dock employee receives immediate feedback about unpaid, misshipped, and duplicate containers within the appointment. Containers with these errors are reconciled with paper documentation or returned to the mailer. At facilities without Surface Visibility scanners, Postal Service dock employees use a scanner that does not provide immediate feedback. All barcoded containers are scanned and accepted, and eInduction verifications take place post-induction. Existing drop-shipment procedures for destination entry are outlined in Publication 804, found here: https://about.usps.com/publications/pub804/welcome.htm.
4. The Postal Service performs eInduction verifications at the following two points:
1. For containers entered at Surface Visibility (SV) sites, the SV scanners verify payment, entry location, and IMcb uniqueness (within each FAST appointment) except for:
1. eInduction Continuous MID containers (all verifications skipped).
2. Containers using Accept Misshipped option (Misshipped verification skipped).
3. Postal Service Transported containers.
2. For all containers not verified by the SV scanners, PostalOne! performs verifications after containers are accepted.
5. Container verification results are available on the Mailer Scorecard or the Shipping Summary Report. eInduction verifies that each container is paid for, entered at the correct facility, and that the mailpieces were eligible for the drop-ship discount received on the electronic postage statement. Additional information on the Mailer Scorecard is available in the Guide to Streamlined Mail Acceptance for Letters and Flats Reporting, found here: https://postalpro.usps.com/MailAcceptanceReportingGuide.