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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

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

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…

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

A recent posting on the FedBizOpps website… lists a “Sources Sought Synopsis” for DP3 Project Management Support. While government contracting is not our area of expertise, it appears this is an effort to determine the number of contractors who might be able to fulfill the requirements of this effort, if it is put out to contract. Specifically, they appear to be focusing on small businesses who “possess the capability or work experience with …  Project management, Operational, and Functional support

DPS will be receiving an update over the weekend, to version 1.4.09. DPS updates used to be the  cause of considerable concern, due to problems that would result from the new versions. However, the most recent releases have all gone pretty smoothly, so this update shouldn’t cause any major problems (knocks on wood).
JPMO-HHGS released a guide outlining the changes that are incorporated into the new version. You can view the whole document here…, complete with screen shots and

Last fall, GSA announced a requirement for copies of all transportation invoices to be submitted to PayPort Express, a third-party payment system utilizing the Syncada platform. They subsequently removed the requirement for household goods invoices, but stated that they planned to re-introduce it with the supplemental filing this spring. However, at the recent AMSA …conference, GSA personnel announced that they had decided not to implement this requirement for household goods in the upcoming supplemental filing.
While we generally are

During the recent AMSA …Conference, GSA Audit personnel stated they have begun issuing offsets in the US Bank Payment system for uncollected Notices of Overcharges. They are currently withholding money to satisfy overcharges that were issued in the June 2009-December 2009 time frame. By statute, GSA has three years after the date of the last invoice to recover money from a TSP.
GSA is using the eBill process in US Bank’s payment system to collect this money. Once a negative

Note: This is an article originally published in the National Forwarding’s “Moving Forward” Winter 2012 Newsletter. Since it does an excellent job of explaining the true results of the customer satisfaction survey, we asked permission to reprint it here. Thanks to the entire National team for their willingness to share their insights with the industry.
Industry Average Customer Satisfaction Scores Effective January 2012:
Domestic – 77.08; International – 77.57; Int’l Baggage – 82.93…
Customer satisfaction is the principle goal of

Note: This article is part of a series on changes to the 2012 400NG and International Tender. (To view the entire series of articles, click here.) Please note that these articles are not intended to cover every change made, so TSPs still need to read the tariffs prior to filing rates. Also, these posts are based on our own interpretation of the tariffs, and we cannot guarantee that our interpretation will always be shared by SDDC, the PPSOs, or …