UPDATED: Guide to eInduction

Leveraging the foundation of Full-Service Intelligent Mail, the Postal Service worked actively with the industry to design, develop, and deploy programs to streamline the acceptance and entry of commercial mailings. The electronic Induction (eInduction) process streamlines the preparation and induction (how and where the mail physically enters the USPS mailstream) of drop shipments and expedited plant load mailings. eInduction leverages existing electronic documentation (eDoc), Intelligent Mail container barcode (IMcb – a barcode with greater data capacity), and handheld scanner technologies to verify payment and preparation of commercial mail containers. In doing so, eInduction eliminates the need for paper PS Forms 8125 and 8017 and manual reconciliation at the entry facility.

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