SOV/CSV Curt Artery 307-331-0919 Linda Gurka 734-646-2346 To know if you are to use SOV or CSV you will need to know what your revenue units are from your Form 150. Check your revenue units against the CAG
chart to see where you fall. CAG A-G you will be CSV and CAG H-L you will be SOV This can change each year with the change of your revenue units. THE DIFFERENCE Revenue units
CAG: Cost Ascertainment Group. Method that classifies Post Offices according to their volume of revenue generated. Each year, Post Offices are categorized by revenue and mail volume, which means that a Post Offices CAG classification might change. The following table shows the CAG categories: CAG Office Revenue Units
AG 950 or more HJ 190 to 949 K 36 to 189 L Fewer than 36 CAG revenue units Blue page
Variance programs SOV Pick area to be activated Pick scope(district) Pick POOM Pick your office SOV How to get there SOV
Pick Ad-hoc reports Pick current 52 week spread Submit
Click on your office SOV How to get there Things to take note of
Workload value hrs (earned in pink/totals in grey) Retail hrs (earned in pink/totals in grey) Postmaster admin hrs (earned in pink/totals in grey SOV
SOV Go to the SOV formula Do NOT round up or down Add workload value hrs Add retail hrs Add Postmaster Admin hrs Divivde by 302(6 retail days) or 282(5
retail days) SOV SOV Formula http://www.postmasters.org/resources/ SOV_Office%20Calculator.xlsx
SOV This will determine your workload earned hours. Check formula page for the criteria for a
2/4/6/8 hour office Anything SOV over 5.75 is an 8 hour office Find
your office Right Look side of screen is the menu button at every item on the menu SOV Menu
Business services-make sure you are getting the right credit Complement-check earned and current on the rolls
Data stream-make sure information is current-it is the map of your office SOV Menu Delivery admin-make sure all data is
correct(if you have a clerk that travels to a RMPO then you should have time in the off site travel line). FDB-make sure all information is correctyou can update in FDB SOV Menu
Productivity-look at all LDCs to make sure you have credit for what you do in your office. Retail ANC-shows you what is clerk work
RMPO-make correct SOV Menu sure your RMPO level is WOS-earned
hours divided by 52 What if---you can change info to see what your office will look like if you increase revenue or deliveries. Workload-manual-earned
SOV Menu box-improve Go to your Form 150 to verify that it matches your SOV information SOV
http://blue.usps.gov/hr/jobs-workforce/ complement-management/automatedps150.htm PS Form 150 Check to verify that the information here
is the same as in SOV SOV CSV offices are determined by your CAG level. CAG levels A-G will use CSV Use this formula to calculate CSV http://www.postmasters.org/resources/ CSV_Office%20Calculator.xls
CSV Blue page Variance programs CSV Pick area to be activated Pick scope(district) Pick POOM
Pick your office CSV how to get there Pick ad hoc-use a current 52 week spread Take
note of LDC 41,42,43,44,45,48 Use earned hours This data will be put into the CSV formula
CSV Right side use menu-look at all choices Compliment-check earned and currently on the rolls Data stream-make sure the information is right-this is a map of your office FDB-verify that the information is correctyou can make adjustments in FDB
FTEs-verify employees CSV Menu LDC 41 LDC 42 LDC 43 LDC 44 LDC 45 LDC 48
Productivity-look at the LDCs to make sure you have all that you use in your office Workload- verify data is correct in each LDC Staffing/scheduling to work load(SST/1994) CSVMenu Take
your numbers from LDC 41 42 43 44 45 48 and
CSV insert into the formula Find your Form 150 and verify that those numbers match the CSV numbers CSV form 150
PS Form 150 http://blue.usps.gov/hr/jobs-workforce/ complement-management/automatedps150.htm PS Form 150 If
you are in Business Services and Delivery Admin(in SOV) and LDC 48 (in CSV) pages- the bolded lines can be adjusted. You need to contact your district OPS office to see what the procedure is to
update for your district so you get full credit for what your office earns. Helpful Hints Before attending your convention print out a copy of an SOV and CSV office(all pages).
Keep a printed copy of your SOV/CSV pages every six months to check on updates. Helpful Hints