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Docket No. R2000-1
RESPONSE OF UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
WITNESS KINGSLEY TO INTERROGATORY OF
THE ASSOCIATION OF PRIORITY MAIL USERS, INC.
(APMUIUSPS-TlO-1)
The United States Postal Service hereby provides the response of witness
Kingsley to the following interrogatory of the Association of Priority Mail Users, Inc.:
APMUIUSPS-Tl O-1, filed on March 7.2000.
The interrogatory is stated verbatim and is followed by the response.
Respectfully submitted,
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
By its attorneys:
Daniel J. Foucheaux, Jr.
Chief Counsel, Ratemaking
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Susan M. Duchek
475 L’Enfant Plaza West, S.W.
Washington, DC. 20260-l 137
(202) 268-2990 Fax -6402
March 21.2000
RESPONSE OF UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE WITNESS KINGSLEY
TO INTERROGATORIES OF THE ASSOCIATION OF PRIORITY MAIL USERS, INC.
In June 1998, the Postal Service completed activation
of the last of its IO PMPCs. Within the two areas served by the PMPC
network (i.e., the Northeast and Florida), processing of Priority Mail was
transferred from Postal Service plants to the PMPCs.
APMUIUSPS-TIO-I.
a. Please specify the extent to which the transfer of Priority Mail
processing to the PMPC network has helped generally to free up space
and mail processing equipment (e.g., flat sorting machines or SPBSs)
within Postal Service plants in the Northeast and Florida, especially
during critical dispatch periods.
b. Please specify the extent to which the transfer of Priority Mail
processing to the PMPC network has helped to reduce or eliminate
congestion and critical bottlenecks as regards space and mail
processing equipment (e.g., flat sorting machines or SPBSs) within
Postal Service plants in the Northeast and Florida, especially during
critical times such as Christmas.
c. Please specify the extent to which the transfer of Priority Mail
processing to the PMPC network has helped to increase efficiency and
reduce costs of the other (non-Priority) mail that is processed in Postal
Service plants within the network area.
d. Please specify the extent to which the transfer of Priority Mail
processing to the PMPC network has helped to increase on-time
delivery performance of mail processed in the Northeast and Florida.
Response:
a. There is no data available to quantify the amount of space freed up by moving
Priority Mail to the PMPCs. However, no mechanization was moved out of
the Postal facilities supported by PMPCs. The space needs for rack and tub
set-ups may have been reduced, however, most facilities still must maintain
Priority Mail operations for late arriving mail. The first attachment compares
the SPBS and FSM 1000 utilization by volume for plants affected by the
RESPONSE OF UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE WITNESS KINGSLEY
TO INTERROGATORIES OF THE ASSOCIATION OF PRIORITY MAIL USERS, INC.
PMPCs before and after implementation of the network versus plants
unaffected by the PMPCs.
b. See response to part a.
c. The transfer of Priority Mail processing to the PMPC network has freed up
capacity on mechanized systems to move other classes of mail. However, a
quantitative analysis detailing the impact of this transfer on efficiency and cost
reductions is not available. However, increased efficiencies and cost
reductions for mail remaining in the Postal Service plants would be reflected,
to some extent, in the base year costs of the various classes of mail
presented in the case.
d. The PMPC contract was awarded as a pilot test of an approach for improving
the service delivery for Priority Mail. Though there has been measurable
improvements in Priority service with the PMPCs compared to the rest of the
network, any theoretical benefit to other classes of mail delivery arising from
the creation of a dedicated mail stream for Priority Mail would be incidental.
USPS does not have measures that would isolate this one factor from all
other factors that affect service delivery performance among other mail
classes. Even if this could be accomplished, the EXFC service scores in the
second attachment for First-Class Mail, specifically, do not indicate an
appreciable improvement in scores in the PMPC affected Clusters compared
to the non-affected Clusters.
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92.97
93.8
94.29
94.22
93.58
91.75
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94.42
95.16
95.29
95.64
93.19
92.61
91.6
92.4
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94.25
92.96
92.66
91.03
92.7
93.16
93.37
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92.6,
93.46
93.17
91.2,
93.01
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93,61
9425
94.39
93.79
90.98
93.26
9264
92 64
90.63
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93 63
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92.46
93 11
94 35
94 8
94 39
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92.34
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92.75
93.54
92.25
92.61
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93.21
93.93
93.26
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93.67
93.65
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page 20,2
DECLARATION
I, Linda Kingsley, declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing answers are
true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing document upon all
participants of record in this proceeding in accordance with section 12 of the Rules of
Practice.
.L$2LhQ/Y
Susan M. Duchek
475 L’Enfant Plaza West, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20260-l 137
(202) 266-2990 Fax -5402
March 21,200O