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3.5.1 USING THE NPS TO MAKE UP MONOTAINERS AND PALLETS Mail Preparation and Presortation Guide – Unaddressed Admail SPECIFICATION PALLET MONOTAINER Critical dimensions of Canada Post Corporation MHE equipment used for handling pallets If consolidation of Customer-supplied containers, Canada Post supplied hardsided containers or Flexipack pouches using pallets or monotainers is chosen, the following illustrations show how to use the NPS for container consolidation. Containers may be consolidated into monotainers or onto pallets for all four levels of the NPS (as shown in Figure 12). Flexipack pouches may be consolidated into monotainers or onto pallets for level 1 of the NPS as shown in Table 7. NOTE: Customers may deposit mailings that include a portion for local delivery and the remaining portion requiring transportation; however they must be prepared in separate container(s), monotainer(s), or pallet(s), when applicable. Table 7: Acceptable consolidation levels for Flexipack pouches An entire Unaddressed Admail mailing destined to an urban or rural area (Level 1 NPS) - including transportation and direct deposits. distance across forks: max. 686 mm (27”) distance between forks: min. 204 mm (8”) height of the lowered fork: max. 89 mm (3.5”) DIRECT DEPOSIT (TRANSPORTATION NOT REQUIRED) LEVEL 1 DELIVERY FACILITY (NPS) LEVEL 2 URBAN (NPS) * Acceptable when only one (1) Flexipack pouch is destined to each delivery installation. LEVEL 3 DCF (NPS) LEVEL 4 FCP (NPS) Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes* No No Yes Yes Yes* No No Nesting of Hardsided Containers without Lids Customers preparing mailings in hardsided containers for a direct Urban Delivery Facility or a Rural Delivery Facility (both Level 1) monotainer may nest hardsided containers without lids. It is recommended that full monotainers be covered with cardboard to protect the load. When using pallets (Canada Post reusable plastic pallets or wooden pallets), lids must be used and nesting of hardsided containers is not acceptable. January 16, 2012 Version 1.0 Page 15
Figure 12: NPS Levels LEVEL 1 URBAN DELIVERY FACILITY/ RURAL DELIVERY FACILITY LEVEL 2 CITY LEVEL 3 DCF LEVEL 4 FCP Mail Preparation and Presortation Guide – Unaddressed Admail Customers that have sufficient hardsided containers or Customer-supplied containers to fill a monotainer or pallet can make an Urban Delivery Facility or a Rural Delivery Facility (both Level 1) monotainer or pallet. Customers can also consolidate direct Urban or rural delivery facility containers using the National Presortation Schematic (NPS) to levels 1-4. Mailings may also be containerized using the NEW Unaddressed Admail Flexipack pouches, when they are deposited directly at a Delivery Installation and do not require transportation or when consolidated at the Delivery Facility Level 1 (NPS) and inducted at a RVU or a Retail Outlet. Figure 13 shows the label that would be produced when there are enough containers to fill a monotainer or pallet for K1P, K1R and K2P (see section 3.5.2 Labelling Monotainers and Pallets for more information). Figure 13: Sample Illustration of the NPS FSA K2S K0A K1P K1R K2P K1L K1M K1N LEVEL 1 DELIVERY FACILITY K2S 1A0 STITTSVILLE ON K1G 2C0 OTTAWA ON LCD CENTRETOWN K1L 5A0 OTTAWA ON STN VANIER UNADDRESSED ADMAIL K1G 2C0 OTTAWA ON LCD CENTRETOWN LEVEL 2 CITY CONSOLIDATION K1G 0A0 OTTAWA ON LEVEL 3 DISTRIBUTION CENTRE FACILITY (DCF) K0A 9Z0 OTTAWA ON DCF NPS Routing Information LEVEL 4 FORWARD CONSOLIDATION POINT (FCP) K0A 9Z0 OTTAWA ON FWD January 16, 2012 Version 1.0 Page 16
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