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Abbreviations and Acronyms

A

AADC – automated area distribution center
ABE –  Automated Barcode Evaluator
ABMPS – Automated Business Mail Processing System
AC – actual count
ACDCS – Air Contract Data Collection System
ACS – Address Change Service
ACT – air contract transportation tag
ADAPT – Automatic Density Analysis Profile Technique
ADC – area distribution center
AE – additional entry
AFC – advanced facer-canceler
AIC- account identifier code
AM – Address Management
AMC/F – airport mail center/facility
AMO – area maintenance office
AMS – Alternate Mailing System
AO- associate post office
AO – autres objets (other articles

AOI – associate office infrastructure
AP – accounting period
APARS – Accounts Payable Accounting and Reporting System
APO – Army Post Office
APS – Adjustment Processing System
ARM – accelerated reply mail
ASC – accounting service center
ASF – administrative support facility
ASF – auxiliary service facility
AS-IS – activity model
ASM – Administrative Support Manual

B

BBM – bulk business mail
BC – barcode
BCR – barcode reader
BCS – barcode sorter
BMC – bulk mail center
BMC – bulk mail center container
BMEU – business mail entry unit
BPI – business process improvement
BPM – Bound Printed Matter
BRM – business reply mail

C

CAG – cost ascertainment grouping
CAKT – computer-assisted keyboard training
CAS – Case Analysis System
CASS – Coding Accuracy Support System
CAST – computer-assisted scheme training
CDB – Corporate Data Base
CFR – Code of Federal Regulations
CFS II – Computerized Forwarding System II
CIIS – Comprehensive-Interactive Information Strategy
CIS – Corporate Information System
CMA – commercial mailing agent
CMRA – commercial mail receiving agency
CMRS – Computerized Meter Resetting System
COD – collect on delivery
CODES – Computerized On-Site Data Entry System
COR – contracting officer representative
COSC – computer operations service center
CP – colis postaux
CPO – community post office
CPP – Centralized Postage Payment System
CR – carrier route
CRF – Central Repair Facility
CRIS – Carrier Route Information System

CRM – courtesy reply mail
CSI – Customer Satisfaction Index

D

DAL – detached address label
DAS – Density Analysis System
DBMC – destination bulk mail center
DDE/DR – Distributed Data Entry and Distributed Reporting
DDU – destination delivery unit
DMCS – Domestic Mail Classification Schedule
DMM – Domestic Mail Manual
DMU – detached mail unit
DNO – distribution networks office
DPBC – delivery point barcode
DPMG – deputy postmaster general
DPO – designated post office
DSCF – destination sectional center facility

EAP – Employee Assistance Program
EAS – executive and administrative schedule
ECB – Engineering Change Board
EEO – Equal Employment Opportunity
EI/QWL – Employee Involvement/Quality of Work Life
EIS – Executive Information System

ELM – Employee and Labor Relations Manual
EMMS – Express Mail Military Service
EMRS – lectronic Marketing Reporting System
EMS – Express Mail International Service
EPO – entry post office
ERMC – eastern region mail container
ESP – electronic sort processor

F

FCM – First-Class Mail
FDC – first day cover
FEDSTRIP – Federal Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures
FHP – first handling pieces
FIM – facing identification mark
FLTS – FLATS
FMM – Financial Management Manual
FMO – field maintenance offices
FPI – functional process improvement
FPO – Fleet Post Office
FR – Federal Register
FSM – flat sorting machine
FSO – facilities service office

G

GMS – general mail system
GPL – Global Package Link
GPM – Global Priority Mail
GPMC – general purpose mail container

H

HASP – Hub and Spoke Program
HCR – highway contract route

I

IBRS – International Business Reply Service
IEO – international exchange office
IMM – International Mail Manual
IMPAC – International Merchant Purchase Authorization Card
IMPC – incoming mail processing center
INTELPOST – International Electronic Post
IPA – International Priority Airmail
IPCS – International Package Consignment Service
IPP – irregular parcels and pieces
IRT – integrated retail terminal
ISAL – International Surface Air Lift
ISBN – International Standard Book Number
ISC – information service center

ISSC – information systems service center
ISSN – International Standard Serial Number
ISSP – Incoming Secondary Sorting Program
IT – Information Technology
ITK – Infrastructure Tool Kit

J

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K

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L

LA – LA lock
LC – lettres et cartes (letters and cards)
LDC – labor distribution code
LF – lead facilitator
LID – luminescent indicia detector
LLV – long-life vehicle
LOT – Line-of-Travel
LPC – Label Printing Center
LSM – letter sorting machine
LTATS – Loan, Transfer, and Training System
LUR – Labor Utilization Report

M-

MASS – Multiline Accuracy Support System

MCM – multicommodity machine
MDC – material distribution center
MEPPS Multiple Entry Point Payment System
MI – management instruction
MIP-SOP – Methods Improvement Program — Standard Operating Procedures
MLOCR – multiline optical character reader
MM – managed mail tray
MMP – Managed Mail Program
MMS – Manifest Mailing System
MODS – Management Operating Data System
MOM – military ordinary mail
MPFSM – multiposition flat sorting machine
MPLSM – multiposition letter sorting machine
MPO – military post office
MPWCS – Mail Processing Work Credit System
MQC – Mailpiece Quality Control
MRB – management review board
MRC – mail recovery center
MSC – management sectional center
MSSP – Manpower Scheduling and Staffing Program
MTAC – Mailers Technical Advisory Committee
MTE – mail transport equipment
MTESC – mail transport equipment service center
MTTR – mean time to repair

MVO – motor vehicle operator
MVRF – mobile vehicle repair facility

N

NAM – national account manager
NASS – National Air and Surface System
NBMS – National Bulk Mail System
NBS – National Budget System
NCD – non-city delivery office
NCOA – National Change of Address System
NCSC – National Customer Support Center
NDCBU – neighborhood delivery and collection box unit
NDI – National Deliverability Index
NMO – nonmachinable outside
NNSC National Network Service Center
NO – no office
NSN – National Stock Number
NTAC – National Test Administration Center
NWR – National Workhour Report
NWRS – National Workhour Reporting System

O

OCR/CS – optical character reader/channel sorter
ODIS – Origin Destination Information System
OEL – optional endorsement line

OFM – On-Line File Maintenance
OIC – officer in charge
OLQ – On-Line Query
OMAS – Official Mail Accounting System
OMSS – Organizational Management Staffing System
OP – Optional Procedure Mailing System
OPF – official personnel folder
OTR – over-the-road container

P

PAL – Parcel Airlift
PAL – Postal Answer Line
PAR – Program for Alcoholic Recovery
PAU – platform acceptance unit
PAVE – Presort Accuracy Validation and Evaluation
PBC – postal business center
PCC – Postal Customer Council Program
PCE – Postal Computing Environment
PCES – Postal Career Executive Service
PCM – postal commodity machine
PDC/F – processing and distribution center/facility
PEDC- postal employee development center
PIRS – Productivity Information Reporting System
PM – project manager

PMC – Postage and Mailing Center
PMG – postmaster general
PMSC – purchasing and materials service center
PO – post office
POM – Postal Operations Manual
POP – point of purchase promotions
POS – Point of Sale System
POSKED – Post Office Schedular
POSTNET – POSTal Numeric Encoding Technique
PR – poste restante
PRC – Postal Rate Commission
PRN – postal routed network
PS – Postal Service schedule
PSDS – Postal Source Data System
PSFR – Postal System Financial Report
PSM – parcel sorting machine
PSO – procurement service office
PSSR – Postal System Sales Report
PST&DI – Postal Service Training and Development Institute
PVDS – plant-verified drop shipment
PVI – postage validation imprinter
PVS – postal vehicle service

Q

QA – quality assurance
QC – quality control
QSI – Quality Step Increase

R

RAP – Retail Analysis Program
RAPS – Rural Adjustment Processing System
RCA – rural carrier associate
RCSC – rates and classification service center
RPW – Revenue, Pieces, and Weight
RR – rural route
RTAPS – Rural Time and Attendance System

S

SAM – space available mail
SBM – Stamps by Mail
SCF – sectional center facility
SDO – stamp distribution office
SIS – Short-Interval Schedular
SPBS – small parcel and bundle sorter
SPLSM – single-position letter sorting machine
SPLY – same period last year
SPO – serving post office

S/SIS – Sales/Service Information System
SSIS – Schedules and Schemes Information System
SSM – sack sorting machine
SSPC – self-service postal center
SPR – small parcels and rolls
STS – Supervisory Training System
SV – sacs vides (empty mail bags)
SVM – stamp vending machine

T

TMS – Transportation Management System
TO-BE activity model
TOFC – trailer-on-flatcar service
TPO – transfer post office
TQM – total quality management
TTC – Technical Training Center

U

UAA – undeliverable as addressed
UPU – Universal Postal Union
USPS – United States Postal Service

V

VARS – Vending Activity Reporting System
VIM – vertical improved mail

VMAS – Vehicle Management Accounting System
VMF – vehicle maintenance facility
VN/BV – Verification Note/Bulletin of Verification
VOB – Voice of the Business
VOC – Voice of the Customer
VOE – Voice of the Employee
VP – vice president
VAP – Volume Arrival Profile

W

WABCR – wide area barcode reader
WHM – Work Hour Management
WKG – WORKING

X

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Y

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Z

ZIP – Zone Improvement Plan
ZMT – ZIP mail translator

 

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