tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post4062161273676058563..comments2024-03-27T22:06:35.339-10:00Comments on Dead Tree Edition: FSS Is Saving Big Bucks, USPS ClaimsD. Eadward Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01300353143826844617noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-28303888375425806882012-11-13T20:48:12.409-10:002012-11-13T20:48:12.409-10:00just got home.27 years 12 trays of fss 9 dps..12 ...just got home.27 years 12 trays of fss 9 dps..12 hours...they trying to hurt carriers..can not see in the dark..safety first..bring flats back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-7629202934485813692012-11-12T05:48:51.482-10:002012-11-12T05:48:51.482-10:00we have always been told at our station that they ...we have always been told at our station that they are busting open bundles that have already been put in sequence to run them on the fss machines and get their number up. It's just like everything else with the post office...its phony numbers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-89656476853114027902012-11-11T18:40:12.227-10:002012-11-11T18:40:12.227-10:00Mr. Jamison is correct regarding the outside audit...Mr. Jamison is correct regarding the outside audit. How does the USPS account for the HUGE transportation, maintenance, and construction costs for this thing? Throughput of the machines has never reached specs and most of the mail run on this thing was already sorted to the carrier route level. Even a relatively low reject rate of 5% of so results in at least 2 extra manual sortings of the mailAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-64334417505982021992012-11-08T16:15:49.599-10:002012-11-08T16:15:49.599-10:00I deliver a high volume route that has FSS flats a...I deliver a high volume route that has FSS flats and DPS. The FSS is the worst idea that the USPS has come up with. It takes longer to deliver the mail at least an hour or more everyday. Look at the wear and tear on the LLV's that are already worn out. The wear and tear on the carriers is causing on the job injuries and causing carriers to work longer hours. The only saving is that they Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-26046353597912101552012-11-08T14:03:25.642-10:002012-11-08T14:03:25.642-10:00We have 4 FSS machines in the plant I work. Over a...We have 4 FSS machines in the plant I work. Over a month ago one of the clerks was told by a supervisor that the throughput on our machines was 58%. If the machine is rejecting 42% of the mail that then has to be rerun on an AFSM100 machine and that is then sent to the carrier for casing how is the machine saving money?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-43209304984122661232012-11-08T13:36:08.099-10:002012-11-08T13:36:08.099-10:00Some days we just have circular in fss mail how co...Some days we just have circular in fss mail how could that be saving money you take mail in order already put it on a machine to be put in order then you get that same mail rejects for the next week or so sounds like money saving to me. These machines are not worth it too many miss sorts magazines shreded what a waste. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-37577526401819953982012-11-08T07:04:55.269-10:002012-11-08T07:04:55.269-10:00can't believe a word postal management says ab...can't believe a word postal management says about costs or savings. i believe they make up stuff to suit whatever agenda they have. if the office of the inspector general was doing their job we would not have such a 'shady' postal management team. but they(OIG) aren't, so we do. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-71820302377670216762012-11-08T04:06:18.333-10:002012-11-08T04:06:18.333-10:00The amount of money spent on transportation for th...The amount of money spent on transportation for the FSS mail negates any alleged savings. Our plant has about 20 extra trips a day to and from the plant that does the FSS.<br />These postal managers should be arrested for falsifying documents with their phony accounting practices.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-2700365637926310332012-11-08T03:20:30.547-10:002012-11-08T03:20:30.547-10:00I don't believe anything the USPS says. Since...I don't believe anything the USPS says. Since its implementation, the USPS has done nothing but complain about the FSS. Now it's a God-send.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-79583967824538712882012-11-07T19:54:49.591-10:002012-11-07T19:54:49.591-10:00They said their savings come from not manually sor...They said their savings come from not manually sorting the flats.Have they forgotton that the FSM 100 has been doing this job quite well for years.Since the carriers still have to DPS their mail due to the machines problems there is no savings there. Oh yeah,thier fudging the numbers once again on their path to self destructionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-26445745687461552642012-11-07T18:02:19.805-10:002012-11-07T18:02:19.805-10:00Should we believe the claims of the same people th...Should we believe the claims of the same people that signed a contract w/the APWU and almost immediately after it was officially signed and recognized by both parties, turned around and begged Congress to break the contract for them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-90511124292238180612012-11-07T16:03:37.960-10:002012-11-07T16:03:37.960-10:00Some days 1-2 trays other days 7-8 trays which res...Some days 1-2 trays other days 7-8 trays which results in overtime to deliver.before we could regulate sequenced flats leave some for next day.More even volume.Great Savings??? Yea right! When Liers figure figurers lie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-74492664927212637032012-11-07T15:31:27.902-10:002012-11-07T15:31:27.902-10:00Every time I read an article about the FSS, a cert...Every time I read an article about the FSS, a certain date comes to mind. 12/6/06. That is the date the Postal Board of Governors approved the purchase of this monstrosity. The very next day, the Postal Accountability Act was introduced to Congress. Within two weeks, that bill was signed into law. <br /><br />I do not believe this timeline is coincidence. <br /><br />Since FSS has been introducedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-765177626432109342012-11-07T14:34:52.825-10:002012-11-07T14:34:52.825-10:00Saving big bucks? Is that why they're suing N...Saving big bucks? Is that why they're suing Northrop Grumman, because of all the money they're saving on a system with 20% less throughput than originally projected? Mark Jamison for PMG! He is easily the most knowledgeable and sensible person on the great postal 'debate'.ET - 10 Jeffrey E. Simmonshttps://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Help-save-our-United-States-Postal-Service/274848372536954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-32005564503605882232012-11-07T14:15:19.541-10:002012-11-07T14:15:19.541-10:00We just had a record high $1.4 billion workers'...We just had a record high $1.4 billion workers' comp payment; the USPS needs to subtract $745 million in FSS injury costs from the FSS "savings". Look for a $5.9 billion workers' comp payment next year.<br /><br />We already have walk-sequenced flats. Carrier route flats are already in delivery order. The USPS doesn't consider this mail FSS because it is too uniform in @dryMAILmanhttps://twitter.com/dryMAILmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-37366315546510694302012-11-07T11:50:48.205-10:002012-11-07T11:50:48.205-10:00The only way this is believable is with an indepen...The only way this is believable is with an independent audit that accounts for all the downstream problems as well as the costs the Postal Service has likely shuffled off into some other account (like the need for immense physical plant while they are otherwise downsizing same).M. Jamisonnoreply@blogger.com