INTRODUCTION
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is an independently operated agency. Although, USPS is one of the executive branches of the United States federal government. Here, let’s know about USPS Origin Facility.
The company is responsible for providing postal services all over the United States. The USPS also provides its postal services around the insular areas and its associated States. The mailing of letters and other packages, as well as sorting and delivering of mails is done under this company. It also sells postal products such as stamps, mailing supplies, and commemoratives. The United States Postal Service is one of the biggest courier services in North America. The company handles thousands of mails and parcels every single day.
WHAT IS AN ORIGIN FACILITY IN A POSTAL OFFICE?
A USPS origin facility refers to the post office in which a mail, letter, or a post is introduced. The address of that post office is printed on the bottom of the letter, as an origin facility for that parcel. Moreover, if a customer has handed over the letter to a post officer or a mail clerk, the customer receives postage from that post office. In such situations, that post office that has provided the postage becomes the origin facility. Hence, in general terms, an origin facility is a place where mail, whether a letter or a package, is introduced for the very first time.
Although any postal office that accepts mail is called an origin facility. It is generally observed that the biggest or the main Post office of a specific region acts as an origin facility in that area. It is important for all the letters, parcels, and many more that seek devices from a post office must go through the origin facility before being delivered to the mentioned address.
ORIGIN FACILITY ACTS AS A PROCESSING UNIT FOR THE PARCELS
The origin facility of USPS is responsible for collecting a letter or package from a sender. In some situations, an origin facility acts as a processing plant. In the origin facility, all the letters and packages from a particular location are sorted and redistributed. A mail given by a customer or user goes through the same steps as any item in a processing unit.
For example, firstly all the parcels from different locations are introduced in the post office. These parcels and letters are then processed and sorted according to the postal address or zip code it has to be delivered. The origin facility is one where all these emails are sorted based on the postal address. This process is often called origin acceptance. It means that USPS has accepted the parcel. The company will soon begin the further process. The parcels are only accepted by the company when they fulfill the criteria and other terms and conditions as set by the company and the state government.
After sorting, the postman or the carrier picks up the mails according to the zip codes and takes them to the post office of that zip code. From here, the letters and parcels are sorted individually. After this, the parcels are delivered to the address mentioned in the parcel. It is the final destination of the mails. The origin facility is responsible for collecting, sorting, and delivering the parcels. It is seen that the post office acting as an origin facility is responsible for processing the mails.
ORIGIN FACILITY TRACKS THE PARCELS
It is in these origin facilities where the customer’s parcels are scanned into the USPS (United States Postal Service) system. The company’s software keeps track of these parcels and makes sure that the receiver, as well as the sender, can track the location of the parcel as well. The barcode that is given by the origin facility helps in tracking the movement of the mails by the sender and the receiver. This is also possible with the help of the AWB number which is also given by the USPS origin facility. It provides a stepwise progression and updates of all letters. Tracking parcels is the most common activity performed by a USPS origin facility.
CONCLUSION
The USPS is one of the biggest independent departments of courier services in North America. It is an independent firm run by the federal government of the United States. The company deals with several thousand parcels every day. It also acts as an origin facility for these mails. The origin facility refers to a post office of an area where a mail piece is introduced in the post office for delivery for the very first time. Many times the origin facility is also referred to as a processing plant because all the parcels are collected here for some time. When any person purchases postage from the USPS, that post office becomes the origin facility. A USPS origin facility is a postal service responsible for collecting its letters or other packages.
