1. Mailing Industry Focus Group
Northeast Area
Mailing Industry Focus Group
Providence P&DC
October 15,2014

2. 24 Hour Clock
24 Hour Clock Indicators
Trips on-time including late trips and extras - #1
Function 4 Up-Time - #4
Carrier Return Time - #4
Destinating Mail Letters / Flats Processed - #1
Outgoing Primary Clearance Time - #3
Outgoing Secondary Clearance Time - #2
Mail Assigned Commercial / FedEx by #3

3. FY 14 – FCM Composite
FY 2014 FCM Composite

4. Overnight Composite

5. 2 Day Composite

6. 3 Day Composite

7. NEA – First Class Changes
Middlesex-Essex letter processing into Boston
Boston utilizing new High Speed Tray Sorter
FC SPRs to Middlesex-Essex APPS
Continued process improvements from Phase 1 AMP’s
Partial DPS processing from Mid-Hudson to Albany
Import SPR’s
Western Nassau
Queens

8. * ** Phoenix-Hecht Postal Survey
* Boston reduced “National Mail Hours” from previous survey by 0.5 hours
** Newark NJ reduced “National Mail Hours” from previous survey by 0.8 hours
Next Phoenix-Hecht survey starts October 20, 2014.

9. Periodicals

10. NEA – Periodical Changes
Bundle processing from Boston to Middlesex-Essex (FSS)
APBS deployment to Albany
APBS deployment to Western Nassau

11. FY 13/14 Standard Composite

12. Standard SCF Letters

13. Standard SCF Flats

14. NEA – Standard Mail Changes
Middlesex-Essex letters to Boston
Processing from Mid-Hudson to Albany
APBS deployment to Albany and Western Nassau
High Speed Tray Sorter deployment in Dominick V. Daniels and Boston

15. NEA – JFK IPP Processing
Queens and Western Nassau primary import IPP processing sites
Continue to utilize NY L&DC, NJ L&DC, Morgan and Brooklyn
Only use Springfield NDC and Nashua L&DC during Peak Season

16. NEA – Priority Decentralization L&DC Volume Trends
Increased Priority Volume resulted in NY L&DC and NJ L&DC being over capacity in FY 2014
QTR
Note: NJ L&DC SPLY data includes APO/FPO volume that was transferred to IL at the end of QTR 2.

17. NEA – Priority Decentralization
Phase 1 – June 2014
Decentralize Destinating Priority from New York L&DC to
Queens P&DC (110, 111, 113, 114)
W. Nassau P&DC (115, )
Decentralize Destinating Priority from New Jersey L&DC to
NNJ Metro P&DC ( , 078)
Phase 2 – August 2014
Decentralize Originating Priority from New York L&DC and New Jersey L&DC to
New Jersey NDC from New York
and Westchester Districts

18. Network Rationalization Operational window change
Northeast Area
Network Rationalization
Operational window change

19. Northeast Area Transition
2011
Baseline
44 Nodes
2012
Interim
State
41 Nodes
2013
Interim
State
34 Nodes
2015
End State
29 Nodes
Lowell DDC
Springfield P&DC
Utica P&DF
Binghamton CSMPC
Kilmer P&DC
Mid Island Annex
Monsey DDC
Plattsburgh P&DF
Staten Island P&DF
Wareham CSMPC
Central Mass P&DC
Mid Hudson P&DC
Northwest Boston P&DF
Southern CT P&DC
Stamford P&DC

20. Network Rationalization Phase II
Northeast – Phase II
Network Rationalization Phase II
8 Consolidations
Brooklyn P&DC (Commercial Outgoing)
Central Mass P&DC
Mid Hudson P&DC
NNJ Metro P&DC (Outgoing Letters/Flats)
Northwest Boston P&DF
Queens P&DC (Letters/Flats)
Southern CT P&DC
Stamford P&DC
Operational Window Change
Albany P&DC
Boston P&DC
Brockton P&DC
Brooklyn P&DC
Burlington P&DC
DVD P&DC
Eastern Maine P&DC
Hartford P&DC
Manchester P&DC
Mid Island P&DC
Morgan P&DC
NNJ Metro P&DC
Providence P&DC
San Juan P&DC
Southern Maine P&DC
Syracuse P&DC
Westchester P&DC
Western Nassau P&DC
White River Junction P&DC

21. Network Rationalization – January 2015
065 Letter processing from Southern CT to Hartford
Stamford FSS processing to Westchester
Brooklyn outgoing commercial mail to Morgan
Northern New Jersey outgoing letters & flats to DVD
Kilmer Platform operations to DVD

22. NEA – Total On-Hand by Week OCT ’14 – JAN ‘15
293M
292M
274M
Election
Day
Veteran’s
Day
224M
Christmas
Day
Columbus
Day
Thanksgiving
“Black Friday”
MLK
Holiday
Fall Mailing
Season
Peak
Season
Post
New Year’s
95M
92M
86M

23. NEA – FCM On-Hand by Week OCT ’14 – JAN ‘15
Columbus
Day
Veteran’s
Day
Thanksgiving
“Black Friday”
MLK
Holiday
Christmas
Day
Election
Day
Fall Mailing
Season
Peak
Season
Post
New Year’s

24. NEA – PER On-Hand by Week OCT ’14 – JAN ‘15
Veteran’s
Day
Thanksgiving
“Black Friday”
Columbus
Day
Election
Day
MLK
Holiday
Christmas
Day
Fall Mailing
Season
Peak
Season
Post
New Year’s

25. NEA – STD On-Hand by Week OCT ’14 – JAN ‘15
Veteran’s
Day
Election
Day
Thanksgiving
“Black Friday”
Christmas
Day
Columbus
Day
MLK
Holiday
Fall Mailing
Season
Peak
Season
Post
New Year’s

26. NEA – Total On-Hand by Week OCT ’14 – JAN ‘15
Election
Day
Veteran’s
Day
Christmas
Day
Columbus
Day
Thanksgiving
“Black Friday”
MLK
Holiday
Periodicals adjusted by a factor of 10
Fall Mailing
Season
Peak
Season
Post
New Year’s