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Improved service reliability and network performance are elements of the Postal Services 10-year plan Delivering for AmericaHoliday peak season preparations continue across the USPS network with the installation of high-speed package processing equipment 84 of 112 planned machines installed to dateThe U.S. Postal Service reported service delivery performance scores for the first two weeks of the fiscal first quarter started in October showing ongoing improvements across First-Class and Periodical mail categories.Quarter-to-date service performance scores covering the period Oct. 1 through Oct. 15 includedFirst-Class Mail 91.2 percent of First-Class Mail delivered on time against the USPS service standard an improvement of 3.2 percentage points from the fourth quarter.Marketing Mail 92.2 percent of Marketing Mail delivered on time against the USPS service standard a slight decrease of .3 percentage points from the fourth quarter.Periodicals 84.3 percent of Periodicals delivered on time against the USPS service standard an improvement of 2.2 percentage points from the fourth quarter.The reported service performance scores reflect new service standards for First-Class Mail and end-to-end Periodicals that went into effect on Oct. 1. The new service standards are part of the Postal Services ongoing efforts to increase delivery reliability for our customers and operating efficiency across our network. Most First-Class Mail 61 percent and Periodicals 93 percent will be unaffected by the new service standard changes. Standards for single-piece First-Class Mail traveling within a local area will continue to be two days. The delivery standards for Marketing Mail have not changed.One of the goals of Delivering for America the Postal Services 10-year plan for achieving financial sustainability and service excellence is to meet or exceed 95 percent on time service performance for all mail and shipping products once all elements of the plan are implemented. Service performance is defined by the Postal Service as the time it takes to deliver a mailpiece or package from its acceptance into our system through its delivery as measured against published service standards.The Postal Services preparations for the anticipated higher delivery demands of the 2021 holiday peak season continue. Ongoing efforts have included a national drive to hire delivery and plant personnel that is expected to result in an additional 40000 seasonal hires by year-end the leasing of 7.5 million square feet of additional space across more than 40 annexes with multiyear leases to address space constraints due to year-round parcel growth the leasing of approximately 70 peak season annexes with short term leases to prepare for holiday volume increases and the installation of new processing equipment to accommodate higher volumes reflecting customers delivery needs.Since April the Postal Service has installed 84 of 112 new package sorting machines reflecting the Delivering for America plans 40 billion of planned investment over ten years. Additionally more than 50 package systems capable of sorting large packages are expected to be deployed prior to December. The new machinery gives the Postal Service the capacity to process an additional 4.5 million packages each day.This past week new processing sorting machines were installed in NW Arkansas Austin TX Cleveland OH and Des Moines IA. Additional machine installations have recently occurred in Lancaster PA Oklahoma City OK San Antonio TX Minneapolis MN Grand Rapids MI Shreveport LA Sacramento CA Atlanta GA North Bay CA Philadelphia PA Scranton PA Seminole FL Las Vegas NV Cincinnati OH Richmond VA Dallas TX Little Rock AR Pittsburgh PA Syracuse NY Ybor City FL Kansas City MO Harrisburg PA and Santa Barbara CA.
