{"id":7295,"date":"2014-03-31T07:37:23","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T12:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=7295"},"modified":"2014-03-31T07:38:04","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T12:38:04","slug":"usps-contextual-keying-at-pos-terminals-launches-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2014\/03\/31\/usps-contextual-keying-at-pos-terminals-launches-in-april\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS: Contextual keying at POS terminals launches in April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 28, 2014<\/p>\n<p>USPS is preparing for the future with the \u201cContextual Keying,\u201d a method to help provide dynamic routing and 100 percent visibility for packages in the mail-processing system.<\/p>\n<p>The innovation is in anticipation of increases in parcel services now and for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>At three pilot locations, retail associates have begun entering delivery data at the point of sale. When a package is presented for shipping, the retail associate enters either a street address or a PO Box address at a POS terminal, generating an 11-digit ZIP Code. The additional keying step will lead to improved mail processing and \u2014 ultimately \u2014 dynamic routing of the package. <a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1aa-USPS-small.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7270\" alt=\"1aa-USPS-small\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1aa-USPS-small.gif\" width=\"250\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dynamic routing is a technique that sequences a changing series of delivery points in a logical and efficient order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDynamic Contextual Keying is a key component of creating 100-percent package visibility for our customers and improves our delivery capabilities of packages,\u201d said Retail Channel Operations VP Kelly Sigmon.<\/p>\n<p>The implementation of this new standard operating procedure for package acceptance at retail will continue in stages and be completed by April 18, 2014. Retail associates will be trained through a stand-up talk and the <a href=\"http:\/\/rse2\/posone\/files\/training\/ncr\/NCR_R62.0_NFG_v1.01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">NCR R62.0 New Functionality Guide<\/a> located at the POS ONE Program Office website.<\/p>\n<p>Delivery and Post Office Operations VP Ed Phelan said implementing this standard operating procedure \u201csolidifies the Postal Service\u2019s ability to deliver quality package services now and into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 28, 2014 USPS is preparing for the future with the \u201cContextual Keying,\u201d a method to help provide dynamic routing and 100 percent visibility for packages in the mail-processing system. The innovation is in anticipation of increases in parcel services now and for years to come. At three pilot locations, retail associates have begun entering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7295","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\/7295","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=7295"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7297,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7295\/revisions\/7297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}