United States Postal Service

Anthony M Ferlaino

Daryl S Hamilton

Brent A Rainey

Brent Alan Raney

Tracking an item through an item delivery system comprises reading a tracking indicia on the item, entering data from the tracking indicia into a management system, providing access to the management system, and updating the management system with information regarding the item passing various points within the item delivery system. In addition, the management system may comprise at least one of a business interface system, a coding strategy system, a surface/air management system, a processing operations information system, an activity-based costing system, and a delivery operations information system.

Systems and methods for processing items in an item delivery system

An improved tracking label may comprise a destination ZIP field (), content identifier number (CIN) description field (), and a barcode field (). In addition, the improved label comprises at least one of a printer line field (), a postal destination name field (),a mailer name field (), a mailer identification (ID) field (), a route field (), a barcode numermic line field () and a mailer's area field ().

Tracking label

Collecting a label in an item delivery system () comprises reading a label on a unit load when the unit load is terminated, defacing the label if the quality of the label meets a predefined quality level, depositing the label in a read bin holder if the quality of the label meets a predetermined quality level, and depositing the label in a no-read bin holder if the quality of the label does not meet a predefined quality level. The item delivery system includes a network () facilitating communication between an information system (), a label collection system (), legacy systems (), customer systems (), and delivery systems ().

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Anthony M Ferlaino