Mail Preparation and Presortation Guide NDG Presort
Mail Preparation and Presortation Guide NDG Presort
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<strong>Mail</strong> <strong>Preparation</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong><strong>Presort</strong>ation</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> – <strong>NDG</strong> <strong>Presort</strong><br />
3.4 Placing Containers into Shipping Units<br />
Use of monotainers or pallets is optional for <strong>NDG</strong> <strong>Presort</strong> mailings.<br />
3.4.1 LEVELS OF SHIPPING UNITS<br />
Canada Post encourages the consolidation of containers to monotainers or pallets as per the National<br />
<strong><strong>Presort</strong>ation</strong> Schematic (NPS).<br />
The following are the acceptable levels of consolidation:<br />
1. NPS Level 1 – Delivery Facility (DF)<br />
2. NPS Level 2 – City<br />
3. NPS Level 3 – Distribution Centre Facility (DCF)<br />
4. NPS Level 4 – Forward Consolidation Point (FCP)<br />
5. Residue.<br />
You begin by creating all possible DF shipping units. Then:<br />
• if not enough containers remain to create a full DF shipping unit, create all possible City or DCF shipping units<br />
• if not enough containers remain to create City or DCF shipping units, create all possible FCP shipping units<br />
• for all remaining containers that cannot be consolidated to any NPS level, create Residue shipping units.<br />
Containers in shipping units must meet the consolidation requirements set out in the National <strong><strong>Presort</strong>ation</strong><br />
Schematic (NPS). The level of consolidation will vary depending on the destination of the container.<br />
If containers are not consolidated within the shipping units as per the NPS, then the shipping unit label must be<br />
identified as Residue (see Section 3.4.4 "Labelling Shipping Units").<br />
3.4.2 FILLING SHIPPING UNITS<br />
Monotainers <strong>and</strong> pallets must be filled to meet our requirements, as shown in Table 9.<br />
Table 9: Fill Requirements for Shipping Units<br />
FILL<br />
REQUIREMENT<br />
Min.<br />
Max.<br />
PALLET<br />
FILLED WITH CONTAINERS<br />
18 lettertainers or 18 letterflatainers or 12 flats tubs or<br />
500 mm (excluding height of the pallet)<br />
48 lettertainers or 48 letterflatainers or 32 flats tubs or<br />
1.5 m (including height of the pallet)<br />
MONOTAINER<br />
FILLED WITH CONTAINERS<br />
18 lettertainers or 18 letterflatainers or 12 flats tubs for<br />
mail destined within FCP of deposit<br />
27 lettertainers, letterflatainers or 18 flats tubs for mail<br />
destined outside the FCP of deposit<br />
36 lettertainers or 36 letterflatainers or 24 flats tubs or<br />
contents may be piled up to 25 mm below the top of<br />
the monotainer<br />
NOTE 1: Fill requirements outlined in Table 9 are also applicable if you are using Cardboard Lettertainers or<br />
Customer-supplied cardboard boxes.<br />
2: Pallets or monotainers may not exceed 900 kg (1984.2 lbs) in weight.<br />
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