 |
| News > New code speeds mail delivery process |
|
New code speeds mail delivery process
Posted 3/29/2007 Updated 3/29/2007
Email story
Print story
from 31st Communications Squadron
3/29/2007 - Aviano Air Base, Italy -- Beginning Monday, Aviano members need to add four more digits after their zip code to receive mail faster.
Adding four digits to the zip code can get Letter Class Mail from the United States to Aviano faster and speed mail delivery locally by several hours.
Additionally, this initiative will take stress off local mail clerks. The Aviano post office receives and processes about 4,000 letters daily, which takes more than three hours to sort.
Box numbers are sorted by 100s at the mail processing center in New York. A United States Postal Service automation Optical Character Reader reads delivery addresses from the bottom up. If it recognizes the zip code and four numbers, the letter goes to the designated tray to its final destination. If the OCR doesn't recognize the zip code, the automation system spits the letter into a bin for unrecognizable zip codes and four-digit codes, and is sent to get processed for manual sorting.
Without the additional four digits, box numbers ranging from one to 5000 are mingled in the same LCM tray.
The zip code plus four digits isn't something new. The Postal Service has been using automated sorting since the early 1990s. This system was implemented in the Pacific Air Forces theater in early 2001 and the system has been working well for all Military Post Offices.
The overall benefit of the new code to the patron is faster incoming mail service, automation requirements are met, and the service saves money spent on hourly wages for manual sorting. The money saved by the Postal Service from the military benefits
Aviano customers with continued free shipping supplies for all military locations.
See below for Aviano specific four-digit codes. Failure to use the code may result in mail delivery delays due to additional manual handling.
In addition to the new four-digit initiative, Aviano is migrating the PSC 54 and the zip code 09601 to PSC 103 and the zip code 09603.
Years ago Aviano had two separate post offices on the flight line and Area Two, making two PSCs and zip codes necessary. Now that the post office is consolidated, the extra zip code and PSC number are no longer needed.
All post office patrons will keep their existing box numbers, but should begin using PSC 103 APO AE 09603 immediately. For those who already use that as their PSC address, the only new change is to add the four digit number at the end of the zip code.
Change of address cards are available at the parcel pick-up window, if needed.
For any questions, call Tech. Sgt. Jeffery Williamson or Tech. Sgt. Arthur McDowell at Ext. 4086.
If you box number is between the following, then use the cooresponding four digit code after your zip code:
1 - 99 0001
101-199 0002
201-299 0003
301-399 0004
401-499 0005
501-599 0006
601-699 0007
701-799 0008
801-899 0009
901-1099 0010
1001-1099 0011
1101-1199 0012
1201-1299 0013
1301-1399 0014
1401-1499 0015
1501-1599 0016
1601-1699 0017
1701-1799 0018
1801-1899 0019
1901-1999 0020
2001-2099 0021
2101-2199 0022
2201-2299 0023
2301-2399 0024
2401-2499 0025
2501-2599 0026
2601-2699 0027
2701-2799 0028
2801-2899 0029
2901-2999 0030
3001-3099 0031
3101-3199 0032
3201-3299 0033
3301-3399 0034
3401-3499 0035
3501-3599 0036
3601-3699 0037
3701-3799 0038
3801-3899 0039
3901-3999 0040
4001-4099 0041
4101-4199 0042
4201-4299 0043
4301-4399 0044
4401-4499 0045
4501-4599 0046
4601-4699 0047
4701-4799 0048
4801-4899 0049
4901-4999 0050
5001-5099 0051
5101-5199 0052
5201-5299 0053
5301-5399 0054
5401-5499 0055
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
