{"id":25316,"date":"2019-01-09T10:49:09","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T15:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=25316"},"modified":"2019-01-09T10:49:09","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T15:49:09","slug":"usps-says-mail-condition-visualization-mcv-will-offer-more-insight-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2019\/01\/09\/usps-says-mail-condition-visualization-mcv-will-offer-more-insight-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS Says Mail Condition Visualization (MCV) Will Offer More Insight, Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-thumbnail link-fullfeature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-twentyfourteen-full-width wp-post-image alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/mcv4_large-story.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/mcv4_large-story.jpg 900w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/mcv4_large-story-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/mcv4_large-story-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/mcv4_large-story-120x80.jpg 120w\" alt=\"Mail Condition Visualization\" width=\"641\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"link-caption\"><em>Mail Condition Visualization will use simplified categories and enhanced analysis capabilities to improve the mail inventory process.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p>USPS News Link &#8211; 1\/09\/19 &#8211; The Postal Service will soon begin using simplified categories and enhanced analysis capabilities to\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2018\/11\/26\/taking-inventory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">improve the mail inventory process<\/a><\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mail Condition Visualization (MCV), an Informed Visibility module, will provide users with\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2018\/12\/13\/better-insights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">near-real-time conditions<\/a><\/em>\u00a0of mail and packages in processing facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at the categories that are part of MCV:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>On Hand:<\/strong>\u00a0This shows where mail is currently in inventory and allows users to know where and when the inventory must go to meet service requirements.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Late Arriving:<\/strong>\u00a0This allows users to identify specific mailpieces that arrived after the \u201ccritical entry time,\u201d which in turn allows for adjustments to be made to ensure service needs are met.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advanced:<\/strong>\u00a0This provides insight on mailpieces that are being processed and delivered to customers earlier than the expected delivery date.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Delayed Mail Flow:<\/strong>\u00a0MCV identifies \u201cat risk\u201d mailpieces immediately, allowing for quick mail flow adjustments to get service standards back on track.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Delayed Inventory pieces:<\/strong>\u00a0This allows an MCV user to identify mail that will potentially fail service, enabling users to plan accordingly to recover from the delay and meet service requirements.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Delayed\/Late Dispatch:<\/strong>\u00a0This provides insight into which containers did not leave on service responsive transportation. MCV users can immediately identify what inventory did not meet its timely dispatch, allowing users to get this mail on the next available transportation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MCV is part of the Postal Service\u2019s broader efforts to innovate, a core strategy, and move toward more streamlined, efficient processes. The organization will continue to provide employees with\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/2018\/12\/31\/scan-for-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">information on MCV<\/a><\/em>\u00a0before it becomes the official system of record during the next few weeks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mail Condition Visualization will use simplified categories and enhanced analysis capabilities to improve the mail inventory process. USPS News Link &#8211; 1\/09\/19 &#8211; The Postal Service will soon begin using simplified categories and enhanced analysis capabilities to\u00a0improve the mail inventory process. Mail Condition Visualization (MCV), an Informed Visibility module, will provide users with\u00a0near-real-time conditions\u00a0of mail [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25316","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=25316"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25319,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25316\/revisions\/25319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}