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Mail sorting. Mail sorting refers to the methods by which postal systems determine how and where to route mail for delivery. Once accomplished by hand, mail sorting is now largely automated through the aid of specialized machines. The first widely adopted mail sorting machine was the Transorma, first made operational in Rotterdam in 1930.
The Intelligent Mail Barcode ( IMb) is a 65-bar barcode for use on mail in the United States. [1] The term "Intelligent Mail" refers to services offered by the United States Postal Service for domestic mail delivery. The IM barcode is intended to provide greater information and functionality than its predecessors POSTNET and PLANET.
Delivery Bar Code Sorter. A Delivery Bar Code Sorter ( DBCS) is a mail sorting machine used primarily by the United States Postal Service. Introduced in 1990, these machines sort letters at a rate of approximately 36,000 pieces per hour, [1] with a 99% accuracy rate. A computer scans the addresses of the mail, and sorts it to one of up to 286 ...
Kim Frum, strategic communications specialist for the U.S. Postal Service, explains how a high-tech modernization of the Pasco Post Office transformed it into a sorting and delivery station.
The Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition ( CEDAR) is a research laboratory at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. The center was established with funding from the United States Postal Service [1] and National Institute of Justice. [2] CEDAR was formalized by the United States Postal Service by ...
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After consolidating sorting work into the P&DCs, the USPS in August 2022 initiated a pilot program to consolidate delivery work into Sorting and Delivery Centers (S&DCs). As of 2022, the USPS was still running "delivery units" out of most of its post offices, meaning that most carrier routes were based at post offices and there were dozens of ...
Sorting office. A sorting office or processing and distribution center (P&DC; name used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) [1]) is any location where postal operators bring mail after collection for sorting into batches for delivery to the addressee, [2] which may be a direct delivery or sent onwards to another regional or local sorting ...