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…In the aftermath of last year’s peak season problems, much time was spent looking for solutions that could be implemented prior to this summer. One area that was quickly identified as a candidate for improvement was the DPS blackout capability. Specifically, by making blackouts more granular, it was hoped that during this peak season TSPs could better isolate areas where they were out of capacity, and not need to blackout larger areas than necessary.
There are two main improvements that

Earlier this week, we wrote about a policy changes under consideration that would aid peak season capacity, the suspension of the 70% rule. Another change that has been discussed is the possibility of SDDC issuing SIT saturation notices this summer, in order to allow TSPs to bill delivery out of SIT from actual storage location.
When the change was made to the 2011  tariffs that all mileage on deliveries out of SIT would be based on Block 18 of …

…During the recent SDDC Symposium and Personal Property Forum (PPF), there was a lot of discussion about the upcoming peak season. While much of it centered on what has or hasn’t been done to alleviate the problems from last season, there was one area of discussion that could alleviate some of the peak season problems.
Industry has made a strong push for SDDC and the services to consider suspending the 70% rule during the peak season. The 70% rule states

In preparation for the Personal Property Forum (PPF) on Thursday, SDDC has shared their slide deck containing the agenda and topics for the meeting. (You can download the PowerPoint file here.) Below are some of the topics that are on the agenda and covered in the slides:

• DP3 Update: This will be a variety of topics related to the DP3 program in general, including claims, the upcoming summer BRAC moves, progress on Phase 3 of the program, and volume

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…Last summer, lots of things went wrong during the peak season of personal property moves. One of the few things that performed better than expected was the reliability of the DPS computer system. While it may not have always been the fastest or easiest to use software in existence, for the most part DPS did not suffer any major technical problems that rendered it unusable for long periods of time.
As we head into the upcoming 2011 peak season, not

A recent editorial by the Army Times harshly criticized DOD’s record of moving personal property goods. Much of the brief article focused on the DP3 roll-out, and the peak season problems from last summer that followed. You can read the full editorial here, but we will highlight a couple of passages.
While the industry is not mentioned very often in the article, this section may be of interest to TSPs:

Part of the problem can be blamed on the …

In March of last year,the Daycos News blog got a new look, and some new software to run the blog. Included in that software was some improved website analytics and reporting, which makes it easier to track how many people are visiting the blog, and what they are reading. Using those reports, we wanted to share the 5 most popular posts of 2010.

1. What is Syncada, and what happened to PowerTrack? It may be a bit surprising that this

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Earlier this month, SDDC held the Personal Property Forum (PPF) in O’Fallon, Illinois to discuss items of interest to TSPs and the Military Services. The format was similar to the last PPF held in that there was an effort to keep the focus on larger, more general issues, instead of specific day-to-day issue. Below is a highlight of some of the topics discussed, although not a comprehensive review of every topic covered.
Profitability of HHG Industry…: Mike Williams, Deputy

One consistent request from  industry to the government has been for more information to be shared, so that TSPs can better plan and allocate resources. Recently,  a new section labeled DPS Monthly Metrics has been added to the TSP Resources page of the Move.mil website. This section appears to be a step in the right direction of sharing info with TSPs, as it contains a series of informational charts and data sets including:

• Shipment Numbers
• DPS vs TOPS HHG Volume

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The household goods industry is currently experiencing a very difficult summer peak season. There will be lots of time to assign blame… determine the causes of the numerous peak season problems, but in general it is safe to say we are seeing the perfect storm of circumstances that has led us to the current situation. Some of the causes frequently mentioned include : decreased TSP capacity, increased demand in commercial sector, new program fully implemented immediately prior to peak season,