Daycos May 2012 Newsletter

The Daycos May Monthly Newsletter has been sent out, and can be viewed here.  A few of the topics in this month’s newsletter include:

  • The Long, Strange History of the SDDC Item Code Spreadsheet
  • JPPMO-HHGS Visits Daycos
  • Daycos Offers New Accubill Service
  • Daycos Gets a Facelift

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The long strange history of the SDDC Item Code Spreadsheet

The document known as the “Domestic and International Code List”… is a spreadsheet published by SDDC that contains many pieces of vital information for electronic invoice submission and processing. It is the official record for many important items, such as which PPSO needs to approve charges, official units of measure for each line item, which 400NG discount may be applied, and other essential information necessary to submit invoices via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
Despite containing so much vital information, the

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Fuel Surcharge for Period 5/15/12 to 6/14/12

The price of fuel was $4.06 per gallon as reported on Monday, May 7, 2012 making the upcoming FSC rates for the period 5/15/12 through 6/14/12 as follows:

GBL Domestic HHG / International HHG & UB – 16%
GSA Domestic HHG – $1.55
GSA International HHG and BAG – $1.55…

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Phase II of NTS Electronic Billing Launching Next Week

Although it took a while to get Phase I of NTS electronic billing launched, it appears that the upcoming phases will be happening very rapidly. We have received notification from US Bank that Phase II of the NTS electronic invoicing process will  launch next Tuesday, May 8th.
The bases included in Phase II are:

  • JPPSO-WA, DC
  • JPPSO-Lewis/Fort Lewis, WA
  • Fort Bragg, NC
  • HQ US Army Garrison/Fort Hood, TX
  • US Army Air Defense Artillery Center/Fort Bliss, TX
  • Fort Campbell, KY
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Daycos April 2012 Newsletter

The Daycos April Monthly Newsletter has been sent out, and can be viewed here.  A few of the topics in this month’s newsletter include:

  • NTS Electronic Billing Started Slow, But Paying Fast
  • Daycos’ Kids Volunteer Their Time
  • Daycos Continues to Diversify Service Offerings
  • SAM.Gov Launches as Government Umbrella Website

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NTS Electronic Billing Started Slow, But Paying Fast

One week ago, Phase I of the Non Temporary Storage (NTS) was launched without much fanfare, or even much activity. NTS quarterly storage invoices that were supposed to be in the US Bank Payment system were slow to arrive the first few days…. However, the invoices are now populating in the US Bank system more quickly, and they are being paid in rapid fashion.
The Phase I launch included all NTS shipments in the JPPSO-COS region, as well Coast

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NTS Phase I Launch Off to a Slow Start

It’s been slow-moving the first couple days of the Phase I movement of Non Temp Storage (NTS) invoicing to electronic billing and payment. When Phase I launched on Thursday, April 12th, we logged into the US Bank Payment System first thing in the morning waiting to work invoices. Unfortunately there weren’t any invoices that populated during that morning, but we started seeing a few trickle in by late afternoon on Thursday.
We did have a few more populate on Friday…

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Last Minute Change Made Before the Launch of Phase I

As we continue to prepare for Phase I of the NTS electronic invoicing process to launch later this week, we learned of some additional information just yesterday that we wanted to be sure you were aware of.
Initially everyone was told when Phase I rolls out, it would only be for Handle In and Handle Out invoices — that Quarterly Storage invoices would not be processed electronically until 2nd quarter (July 2012). However, we learned that DoD decided that when…

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Fuel Surcharge for Period 4/15/12 to 5/14/12

The price of fuel was $4.14 per gallon as reported on Monday, April 2, 2012 making the upcoming FSC rates for the period 4/15/12 through 5/14/12 as follows:

GBL Domestic HHG / International HHG & UB – 17%
GSA Domestic HHG – $1.64
GSA International HHG and BAG – $1.64…

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QA Training Webinar Posted to SDDC Website

A new link entitled “Training” appeared on the left hand navigation bar of the SDDC Personal Property website this week. Clicking on that link leads to a training session geared towards PPSOs on Quality Assurance (QA) activities. Both a PDF handout of the training with written comments, and an actual recording of the webinar… with audio narration are available. Even though the training is intended for PPSOs, TSPs may find it helpful to review the training documents.
The

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