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…In the past couple of months, we have experienced a number of PPSO locations that are having difficulty keeping up with the invoicing approval workload. While there is usually a base or two that may fall behind at any one time, we are seeing a larger number of bases having trouble approving or denying line items in less than 30 days, much less the three day deadline outlined in the business rules.
We are in regular and constant contact with

USTRANSCOM recently formally announced their plans to consolidate all PPSO offices into 11 regional JPPSOs. There will be a lot of speculation about the effects of regionalization, and we would like to speculate about its effect on the invoicing process. Fortunately, we currently have a number of JPPSOs already in place, so our opinions are based in large part on our past experience with those existing JPPSOs.
Positives…
The biggest challenge we face in invoicing is probably dealing with all

The most anticipated, discussed, and dreaded peak season in recent memory has finally arrived. The 2011 personal property moving peak season officially began yesterday, but it seems like we have been talking about it since the end of last peak season. Recently SDDC sent out a message… making some last minute policy adjustments and reminders in an attemp to alleviate some of the capacity concerns for this peak season.
The first policy change announced by SDDC was a temporary suspension

We have a quick update to our earlier post on the problem in DPS that has halted all payments. Today we have been forwarded the following message, apparently sent to PPSOs from JPMO-HHGs:

BLUF: Please have your clerks stop processing invoices for 13-15 Sep 2010
With the 1.4.03 release has caused an invoice transmission problem with DPS to US Bank.
DPS has stopped sending (processed invoices 858′s) back to us bank for payment until a patch is deployed.
We will …

“If DPS volume increases significantly, there will be much interest in seeing how DPS handles the increased load. JPMO-HHGS representatives seem fairly confident that the work they have done the last six months beefing up the capacity of the system will enable DPS to handle the upcoming increase. “

That is a section of our blog posting… from March 18th discussing the ramp up of DPS shipments. Well, almost exactly two months later, it is safe to say that there

For the first time since the initial DPS shipment was booked… in August, 2008; there were more shipments booked in DPS than in TOPS during last week. According the the latest WAR report from JPMO-HHGS, 52% of all shipments booked last week were booked in DPS. As expected, the inclusion of PPM into DPS has given the numbers a big boost, and it is likely the DPS percentage will continue to increase.
Now it will be interesting to see if

Last month, we wrote about the continued confusion… surrounding the issue of SIT conversion in DPS. We have yet to see the written guidance from SDDC on the topic of conversion from SIT, but some continued conversations on the DPS invoicing calls may have helped to clarify the issue.
On the April 8th DPS invoicing call, a TSP asked a question about this issue, and the response from SDDC confirmed that the TSP is entitled to SIT until the shipment

In our recent newsletter, we posted the following chart displaying payment times in DPS vs. TOPS during 2009. This chart has generated considerable discussion from both the TSP and Government side, and there has been some discussion about the chart and what it really says about invoicing in DPS. We thought it would be helpful to offer a little context to the discussion, and share what we feel the take away is from this chart.

Obviously, the first thing that…