August 3, 2006August 3, 2006

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Advanced Notification, Streamlined Advanced Notification, Streamlined Acceptance and Visibility Workgroup UpdateAcceptance and Visibility Workgroup Update

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Agenda

• Goal

• Progress

• Next Steps

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Goal

• Define capabilities of advance notification, streamlined acceptance and visibility for First-Class mail.

• Workgroup Co-chairs:

John Sexton, Director, Postal Process Development and Integration, PSI Group, Inc.

Pritha Mehra, USPS, Manager Marketing Technology & Channel Management

Cindy Mallonee, USPS Manager Logistics Systems

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Progress

• Kickoff Meeting: May 16 Review Vision for “Mailer of the Future”

Focus on gathering information to improve USPS processes including Induction, Resource Planning, Verification, Payment

Providing a mechanism to provide mail visibility

• Telecon: June 26 Reviewed information needed by USPS Operations to Improve

processes

Data focused on timeframes & key info to improve planning for:

– MTE

– Staffing

– Transportation

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Progress

• USPS has reviewed various existing data sources for the key data elements.

• August 1 Meeting:

Workgroup reviewed data elements needed for Prenotification, Payment and Verification, Induction, and Visibility.

Leverage systems already in place – FAST, Mail.dat, PostalOne! Transportation Management

Leverage Progress in other MTAC workgroups

– MTAC #87 – FAST

– MTAC # 84 – PostalOne! Usergroup

– MTAC # 93 – Streamlining Verification

– MTAC # 100 – Seamless Acceptance for MLOCR Environment

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Progress: Data Elements

• Induction Location

• Induction Date and Time

• Plant Load Mailing Indicator and Last Process Location

• Recurring (Frequency) or One-Time Mailing

• Mail Owner, Mail Preparer, and Scheduler

• Size of Mailing

• # of Mail Pieces by Logical Tray for Automation Discounts

• Type of Drop Shipment Discount (3/5 Digit, AADC, Mixed AADC)

• Number of Handling Units and Type

• Number of Mailpieces per HU and ZIP

• Pre-sort of Handling Units

• Average HU weight

• Destination ZIP code of HUs

• Number of Containers (Rolling Stock or Pallets)

• Surface Visibility Mailer Placard Barcode

• EDL Barcode (Logical/Physical Tray)

• 4 CB and PostNet

• Nesting Relationships

• HU weight

• Mail Shape

• Unique Identifier for a Mailing

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Next Steps

• Next meeting: mid-September in Dallas.

• Workgroup will tour Surface Visibility operations and PSI Dallas operations

• Continue to refine data and processes for Advance Notification, Streamlined Acceptance and Visibility