Flats Symposium

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Flats Symposium 2008
FSS 101
Rosa Fulton Executive Director, FSS USPS
Brent Raney Manager Technology Development USPS
National Postal Forum 2008
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Agenda

• Overall Program Timeline
• Prototype FSS Test
• Pre-Production FSS Status Dulles VA
• FSS System Overview
• Production Deployment

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Multi Phase Development / Deployment
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Prototype Proof of Concept
Test System - 192 bins and 2 feeders
Mail prep work stations ai equipped flat
feeders OCR / VCS / ICS 2nd pass feeder assist
21,600 Pieces per hour 16,200 Delivery
points Carrier Routes 20 - 25 Flat volume 30,000
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Indianapolis, Indiana June 2006

• Test performed from April 17th
• to June 10th 2006
• FSS Machine Location
• Mail Processing Annex (MPA)
• Indianapolis, IN
• FSS Delivery Unit
• Carmel IN
• Zip Code 46032, 46033, 46082
• City Carriers 35
• Rural Carriers - 31

Carmel Indiana Delivery Unit
Processed mail for Zone 46032 City Carriers
24 Rural Carriers - 16
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Indianapolis Test June 2006

• Four Major Areas Tested Analyzed
• Machine Performance
• Processing Operational Impacts
• Delivery (City Rural) Impacts Concepts
• In-office Operations
• Street Activity
• Customer Service Distribution Impacts

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Phase 1 Deployment 100 Systems
Dec 2006 BOG Approve 100 Phase 1 FSS

• 29 Districts
• 33 Processing Facilities (FSS Locations)
• 28 Existing Processing Centers
• 5 New Facilities
• 2 - 5 Systems per Facility
• 1,800 Zones

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Phase 1 FSS Deployment Sites
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Phase 1 FSS Deployment Sites
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Dulles Pre-production Status
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Dulles Pre-Production FSS
Lets Take a Look
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Dulles Pre-production FSS
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Flat Sequencing System Overview
Tray Staging
Flats Sorting Machine
Dolly Induct
Stand-Alone Mail Prep
Integrated Tray Converter
Feeders / Auto-Induction
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Stand-Alone Mail Prep Overview
ACTs
Dolly
Bundles and flat tubs are prepped into Automation
Compatible Trays (ACTs) and then loaded onto
Dollies
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Dolly Induct Process
Dolly Induct
Dolly
In-Feed Line
ACTs
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Infeed Line Automated Feeder
Automated Feeder

• Infeed Line Facts
• 2 Infeed Lines per machine
• 2 Feeders per Infeed Line
• 3 Flats per Second per Feeder
• 6 Flats per Second per Infeed
• 12 Flats per second total

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Infeed Line Functionality
Image Acquisition Module

• 6 piece per second processing rate
• OCR / VCS System

• Labeler
• Printer
• Verifier

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TOP 2000 Sorter

• Sorter Facts
• 2 levels, 2 sides
• 360 bins
• Automated empty tray supply
• Automated tray exchange
• Automated full tray takeaway

• Rigid Captive Tray (RCT)
• Improves stack quality
• Maintains mail sequence
• Used within FSS only

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Tray Staging

• Tray Staging used between passes
• Pass 1 to Pass 2
• Pass 2 to Dispatch

• Staging Capacity
• 768 Staging locations
• 360 Full Tray Accumulation Line

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Integrated Tray Converter
Automating Second Pass Feeding
1st Pass Mail In RCTs
ACTs
Integrated Tray Converter (ITC)
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Integrated Tray Converter
Verticalizing Flats for Dispatch
Sequenced Mail In Rigid Trays
Street Trays
Integrated Tray Converter (ITC)
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Tray Labeling and Container Loading
Street Trays are loaded automatically into
rolling carts
Carrier Automated Street Tray Rack (CASTR)
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Northern VA Delivery Operations
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Manual Sequencing for Delivery
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DPS Letters
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Fairfax FSS DPS
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Fairfax FSS Route
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Fairfax FSS Route
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Reston FSS DPS
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Reston FSS Route
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FSS Production Roll-out
May 9, 2009
1st Production FSS Dulles VA
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FSS Production Roll-out
1st Production FSS Dulles VA
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Questions?