USPS Changes FAST Recurring Appointments Method

The Postal Service is changing its methods in the Recurring Appointments in the Facility Access & Shipment Tracking (FAST) system. The USPS found that there is a 28% Appointment No Show rate across facilities and mailers. And in performing a root cause analysis, USPS discovered that unused Recurring Appointments are a large portion of the high No Show rate, as they are automatically generating appointments that are never being used.

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To reduce No Shows, USPS is cleaning up Recurring Appointment ID’s to address the No Show issue. Eliminating unused and unneeded Recurring Appointments is a quick and effective way to drastically reduce No Show appointments and to open up appointments for other mailers.

It is implementing a technical solution to remove unused Recurring Appointment ID’s. Per the Pub 804 (Section 3-7), “failure to adhere to scheduled appointments or other abuse of the procedures will result in revocation of recurring appointment privileges.”

Click for FAST: Recurring Appointment Clean Up information sheet