The Postal Service’s new Mobile Delivery Device.
The Postal Service is investing in scanning technology to improve package tracking.
The next generation of hand-held electronic devices from Honeywell will be used by carriers and mail processing employees.
The new device — known as the Mobile Delivery Device (MDD) — will support current real-time scanning needs of postal products and services as well as future scanning requirements.
The MDD will be equipped to use multiple wireless networks for real-time tracking. It also can access local wired and wireless communications, consolidate transactional data and transmit collected data to applications requiring such information.
The device will replace paired devices — the aging Intelligent Mail Device and a clamshell cell phone — currently used by letter carriers.
“Customers want to know where their package is, when it’s likely to arrive or when it arrived exactly,” said Engineering VP Michael Amato. “This investment in technology will help to improve the Postal Service’s commitment to timely package delivery and reliable tracking information.”
In its initial phase, USPS plans to deploy 75,000 MDDs during August-December, 2014.
show me the money! we are broke! c.c.a’s are a bust. they all quit!
The ship is sinking, and it’s sinking faster then the Titanic, lots of dead weight, mostly at the top.
Read into what usps is saying. It has nothing to do with service. It will be used by management to track and harass carriers so they can do thier favorite thing. Issue disciplne.
USPS has plenty of cash to burn. They are only multiple billions in debt.