{"id":17021,"date":"2016-11-16T16:05:20","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T21:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=17021"},"modified":"2016-11-16T16:06:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T21:06:12","slug":"honeywell-handheld-computers-help-usps-expand-parcel-tracking-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2016\/11\/16\/honeywell-handheld-computers-help-usps-expand-parcel-tracking-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Honeywell Handheld Computers Help USPS Expand Parcel Tracking Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #373737; font-family: 'Proxima Nova', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;\">5,000 mobile devices provide the USPS with greater visibility into parcel pickup, sorting and delivery operations<\/span><\/p>\n<p>11\/16\/16 &#8211; As holiday shoppers start filling their online shopping carts, the U.S. Postal Service is preparing to handle<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.internetretailer.com\/2016\/11\/14\/usps-will-deliver-750-million-packages-holiday-season\" target=\"_blank\">750 million packages<\/a>. To successfully deliver these parcels, many from e-commerce shopping, the USPS implemented an internal program called<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/link.usps.com\/2016\/10\/26\/go-mobile\/\" target=\"_blank\">Surface Visibility<\/a>, which is designed to better track packages across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The USPS turned to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.honeywellaidc.com\/solutions\/environment\/postal-courier-express-parcel\" target=\"_blank\">Honeywell technology<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>to expand this parcel tracking network and enhance pickup, sorting and delivery operations. USPS is<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.honeywell.com\/newsroom\/pressreleases\/2016\/11\/honeywell-handheld-computers-help-uptspt-postal-service-expand-parcel-tracking-program\" target=\"_blank\">deploying\u00a0more than 5,000 Honeywell handheld computers to postal workers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Honeywell\u2019s<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.honeywellaidc.com\/products\/computer-devices\/handheld\/cn51\" target=\"_blank\">CN51 rugged handheld computers<\/a>, designed for rugged, outdoor environments, allow workers at processing locations as well as drivers to scan and capture data about incoming and outgoing parcels, providing the USPS with greater visibility into where parcels are in its system.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-17022\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/honeywell.jpg\" alt=\"honeywell\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/honeywell.jpg 250w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/honeywell-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/honeywell-30x30.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><br \/>\n\u201cAs consumers continue to expect fast, accurate delivery, the Postal Service needs to know the exact location of all of its parcels throughout the entire mail process,\u201d said Lisa London, president of Honeywell\u2019s Productivity Products business. \u201cBy incorporating Honeywell\u2019s mobile computing and scanning technology, the USPS gains better visibility into its operational performance and can use that data to make more informed decisions to improve customer service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Honeywell has a legacy of supporting the USPS with mobile technology. In 2014, the USPS<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/liteblue.usps.gov\/news\/link\/2015\/06jun\/news16s1.htm\" target=\"_blank\">deployed<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a>more than 270,000 Honeywell mobile computers to its postal delivery workers as part of a separate customer-facing program designed to help people track their mail and packages.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The USPS<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.honeywell.com\/newsroom\/news\/2015\/06\/honeywell-receives-united-states-postal-service-supplier-performance-award-for-deployment-of-mobile-delivery-devices\" target=\"_blank\">honored Honeywell<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>with a Supplier Excellence Award based on the collaboration and teamwork for the 2014 program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5,000 mobile devices provide the USPS with greater visibility into parcel pickup, sorting and delivery operations 11\/16\/16 &#8211; As holiday shoppers start filling their online shopping carts, the U.S. Postal Service is preparing to handle\u00a0750 million packages. To successfully deliver these parcels, many from e-commerce shopping, the USPS implemented an internal program called\u00a0Surface Visibility, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17021"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17026,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17021\/revisions\/17026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}