1、PUBLISHED DOCUMENTPD CEN/TR 14709:2006Postal services Quality of service Guide for the implementation of EN 13850ICS 03.240g49g50g3g38g50g51g60g44g49g42g3g58g44g55g43g50g56g55g3g37g54g44g3g51g40g53g48g44g54g54g44g50g49g3g40g59g38g40g51g55g3g36g54g3g51g40g53g48g44g55g55g40g39g3g37g60g3g38g50g51g60g53
2、g44g42g43g55g3g47g36g58PD CEN/TR 14709:2006This Published Document was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 28 April 2006 BSI 2006ISBN 0 580 47181 0National forewordThis Published Document is the official English language version of CEN/TR 14709:2006. It su
3、persedes PD CEN/TR 14709:2003 which is withdrawn.The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee SVS/4, Postal services, which has the responsibility to: A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.Cross-referencesThe
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7、 the CEN/TR title page, pages 2 to 25 and a back cover.The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued.Amendments issued since publicationAmd. No. Date CommentsTECHNICAL REPORTRAPPORT TECHNIQUETECHNISCHER BERICHTCEN/TR 14709April 2006ICS 03.240 Superse
8、des CEN/TR 14709:2003 English VersionPostal services - Quality of service - Guide for theimplementation of EN 13850Services postaux - Qualit de service - Guide pour la miseen oeuvre de lEN 13850Postalische Dienstleistungen - Dienstqualitt - Leitfaden frdie Anwendung von EN 13850This Technical Report
9、 was approved by CEN on 17 November 2005. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 331.CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxe
10、mbourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania,Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATIONCOMIT EUROPEN DE NORMALISATIONEUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUNGManagement Centre: rue de Stassart, 36 B-1050 Brussels 2006 CEN All rights
11、 of exploitation in any form and by any means reservedworldwide for CEN national Members.Ref. No. CEN/TR 14709:2006: E2 Contents page Foreword3 Introduction .4 1 Scope 5 2 Purpose and use of postal quality of service standards.6 3 Considerations before implementing the EN 13850.8 4 Implementing EN 1
12、3850 and its amendments 10 5 Information regarding the interpretation of specific clauses and formulae in EN 13850 .16 Annex A Implementation timetable.24 CEN/TR 14709:20063 Foreword This Technical Report (CEN/TR 14709:2006) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 331 “Postal services”, the
13、secretariat of which is held by NEN. This Technical Report supersedes CEN/TR 14709:2003. CEN/TR 14709:20064 Introduction This 2ndedition of CEN/TR 14709 is supplementary to EN 13850 Postal services Quality of service Measurement of transit time of end-to-end services for single piece priority mail a
14、nd first class mail and its amendments. This revised version of CEN/TR 14709 includes information related to the extension of the EN 13850 to cover flows with smaller mail volumes in an enlarged EU. The text related to multiple operators is updated according to new developments. CEN/TR 14709 provide
15、s information to be considered when implementing the EN 13850 and its amendments. It has been developed to guide postal operators and regulators as to the use, benefits and restrictions of the EN 13850 Postal services Quality of service Measurement of transit time of end-to-end services for single p
16、iece priority mail and first class mail. The first part of this Technical Report contains general information to guide regulators and operators in their decision on how and when to implement the standard. The second part of the report contains detailed information on how to interpret specific clause
17、s in EN 13850 and its amendments and should be read in parallel with the standard. In addition to referencing this technical report, those seeking to implement EN 13850 are advised to consult requirements and guidance from the national regulators and legislation that apply in their jurisdictions. EN
18、 13850 provides a defined set of minimum requirements to satisfy the information interests of the national regulatory authorities, postal customers and postal service providers for quality of service measurement, and to allow postal service providers to comply with the requirements of the 1997 Posta
19、l Directive of the European Commission. CEN/TR 14709:20065 1 Scope This Technical Report is an implementation guide to EN 13850 and its amendments for use by postal operators, regulators and those responsible for commissioning, carrying out, or auditing the measurement of postal service quality. It
20、gives information, which will facilitate the implementation of EN 13850. It gives an overview of the processes required and factors to consider when measuring quality of service. It provides guidance on alternative approaches allowed in the EN 13850 including how to select and calculate alternative
21、or additional discriminant factors and methods for weighting of strata. It describes a process for implementation of the measurement system, and provides examples and clarification on specific requirements of EN 13850. It gives information on how to interpret the test results obtained by measurement
22、 according to the standard. In all places where references in this Technical Report are made to EN 13850 it should be understood that it includes all amendments to EN 13850. This Technical Report does not alter in any way the requirements of EN 13850. It is concerned with technical issues in the imp
23、lementation of the measurement system. The Technical Report provides guidance but it does not specify how the regulators shall enforce and monitor the use of the standard since this is the responsibility of the European Commission and the national regulatory authorities themselves. Parts of this Tec
24、hnical Report may also be considered for guidance when implementing the following quality of service standards: CEN/TS 14773, Postal services Quality of service Measurement of loss and substantial delay in priority and first class single piece mail using a survey of test letters EN 14508, Postal ser
25、vices Quality of service Measurement of transit time of end-to-end services for single piece non-priority and second class mail EN 14534, Postal services Quality of service Measurement of transit time of end-to-end services for bulk mail CEN/TR 14709:20066 2 Purpose and use of postal quality of serv
26、ice standards 2.1 General EN 13850 Postal services Quality of service Measurement of transit time of end-to-end services for single piece priority mail and first class mail has been developed in order to provide a standardised method that can be used throughout Europe for measuring the transit time
27、of end-to-end mail services and to assist postal service providers in complying with the requirements of the 1997 Postal Directive of the European Commission. For the implementation of EN 13850 and to guide the user of this and other quality of service standards the following facts and precautions m
28、ay be considered. EN 13850 contains a number of requirements which may be agreed with or should be approved by national postal regulators. EN 13850 specifies technical requirements for the measurement including the preparation of reports on the results of measurement. However EN 13850 does not state
29、 how and when results should be shared with postal customers and users, who will order measurement to take place, and who will pay for the measurement; these subjects are outside the standard and will be determined by legal and regulatory requirements. 2.2 Benefits of the quality of service standard
30、s The standardised qualities of service measuring methods provide a uniform way for measuring the end-to-end transit time of postal items. Postal regulators can refer to the standard when requiring information about quality of service for postal operators. For any minimum service levels required by
31、the European Commission or by national Directives for operators in the universal service, requirements can be made that the service be measured according to EN 13850 and its amendments. Standardised measurement methods may help to keep the cost of measuring down. They could also make it easier to fi
32、nd contractors familiar with the methods and to evaluate the work of contractors for measuring and auditing. The standardised measuring methods may also eliminate debates and uncertainties about results from varying measuring methods. Using standardised measuring methods will assure that the measure
33、ment will be done in an objective and equal way for all operators in accordance with the requirements of the 1997 Postal Directive of the European Commission. Use of the standard will ensure that reliable and correct information can be collected which can be presented to regulators and the public in
34、 an understandable way. It also allows the regulator to collect this information. 2.3 Limitations of EN 13850 and its amendments EN 13850 considers only the measurement of transit time (expressed as the percentage of mail delivered within J + n days end-to-end) and does not consider other aspects of
35、 service performance. For example, the date of deposit is defined by the last collection of the day but the standard does not measure whether the timing of the last collection of the day meets customers requirement, nor how the times compare for different service providers. Similarly EN 13850 consid
36、ers the date of delivery but does not take into account the time of day when the item was delivered, whether or not there are more than one delivery each day, the condition of items when delivered or the queuing time at post offices etc. The method for end-to-end measuring specified in EN 13850 is n
37、ot designed to provide for detailed results for the measuring of parts of the distribution chain, when more than one operator is involved in the collection, processing and delivery of mail. CEN/TR 14709:20067 Although the EN 13850 specifies a method that will be used by many postal operators, it sha
38、ll be noted that the overall transit time quality of service result does not measure the postal operators overall performance in a way that provides direct comparison of postal service operators. 2.4 Interpretation of results Results from the quality of service measuring cannot always be used for di
39、rect comparison of the overall quality of service. Neither can the results be used to compare the service of each operator in a multiple operator environment. Direct comparison of two operators can be difficult to make. Frequently one is interested in comparing two operators covering the same geogra
40、phical area, i.e. the quality that a customer receives when using one or other of the operators for collecting and distributing mail within an area. To do this, it is necessary to compare the transit time of the operators over similar studies of domains. The two overall figures of the operators on-t
41、ime performance may be misleading. Consideration in case of multiple operators is described in 4.2. When interpreting the results from the measurement it is important also to consider the stratification and national and other peculiarities that apply in each specific case. 2.5 Use of survey results
42、for quality improvement. EN 13850 sets out minimum requirements in order to produce one overall figure. It is recognised that operators or other bodies may wish to go beyond these minimum requirements in order to produce information to identify and correct specific areas of poor performance. The sur
43、vey design can be expanded to collect this information. EN 13850 provides minimum requirements and allows measurement systems to be enhanced. It should be noted that other methods are available to find problematic areas and that the standard may not be the only method to use for this purpose. EN 138
44、50 allows the use of test items containing electronic chips or other advanced technology so that each test item can be monitored at pre-defined points or throughout its whole journey to allow for more detailed diagnostic analysis of the transit time. If these are used, the organisation operating the
45、 measuring system shall take steps to ensure that the diagnostic system does not introduce biases in the end-to-end measurement system. When using the results of end-to-end measurements according to EN 13850 for quality improvements in a multiple operator environment additional considerations regard
46、ing causes of delays and their allocations to operators need to be made in order to see how each part of the process affect the total end-to-end quality of service. CEN/TR 14709:20068 3 Considerations before implementing the EN 13850 3.1 Regulations The standard itself is not meant to specify how th
47、e regulators shall enforce and monitor the use of EN 13850. This is to be done through the European and national regulatory work. In particular it does not specify how results shall be published by the regulator. 3.2 Measuring body (contractors for survey operation) EN 13850 states that measurement
48、shall be carried out by an independent performance-monitoring organisation. This is defined as a body charged with the monitoring of the quality of service which is “external to, and having no links of ownership or control with the postal service providers thus monitored. The independent performance
49、-monitoring organisation is responsible for undertaking the survey. Usually this performance-monitoring organisation will act as a contractor for a sponsoring organisation which may be, for example, the postal service providers themselves or a national regulatory authority. The independent performance monitoring organisation provides a guarantee that results of the measurement have not been wrongly influenced by the postal service providers. Factors normally taken into account in choosing a performance monitoring organisation include the ca
