FLAT MAIL BUNDLE VISIBILITY



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FLAT MAIL BUNDLE VISIBILITY January 2015 1

THREE-PRONGED APPROACH TO EXPANDING FLAT BUNDLE VISIBILITY Full Service Bundle Visibility Saturation Mail Bundle Visibility Large National/Regional Mailers* *must have frequent mailings with easily-identifiable mail pieces Bundle Visibility Other Mailers 2

OBJECTIVES Increase mailer visibility of Flats in bundles Improve Service Provide mailers with new mail visibility options Expand Visibility on 5-Digit and Carrier Route Flats More data will support improved diagnostics Increase service performance 3

FULL-SERVICE BUNDLE VISIBILITY 4

FULL-SERVICE BUNDLE VISIBILITY Full-Service Provides Full-Service Requires Container Visibility Bundle Visibility Electronic Manifests (edoc) with nesting information Unique IMb on every piece Unique pallet identification with IMcb barcodes 5

ACCESSING FULL SERVICE BUNDLE SCAN DATA 1 2 Login Login to the Business Customer Gateway Download Download container and bundle visibility data 6

SATURATION AND ECR BUNDLE VISIBILITY - LARGE NATIONAL/REGIONAL MAILERS 7

LARGE NATIONAL/REGIONAL MAILER SATURATION AND ECR BUNDLE VISIBILITY USPS Mailer Leverage existing Saturation Mail Service Performance Measurement process Mailer submits summary file with piece counts by ZIP & Carrier Route Carriers scan a mailer-specific barcode at their case when taking bundles to the street Mailer can retrieve updated visibility file as often as needed from interim Informed Visibility Scan data reported every 4 hours to interim Informed Visibility system 8

LARGE MAILER SUMMARY FILE DATA Mailer File Unique Job ID ZIP Code Carrier Route Number of pieces (In CSV format) appended data USPS Appended Data File Unique Job ID ZIP Code Carrier Route Number of pieces ZIP Code Carrier Route Date/Time 9

ACCESSING MAILER DATA 1 2 Login Login to the Business Customer Gateway Download Download bundle visibility data 10

SATURATION AND ECR BUNDLE VISIBILITY - OTHER MAILERS 11

OTHER MAILER SATURATION AND ECR BUNDLE VISIBILITY USPS Mailer Establish mail prep rules to enable visibility for Mailings 99M IMcb pallet placards are scanned upon arrival at DU Carriers scan one bundle facing slip barcode when taking mailing to the street Scan data reported every 4 hours to interim Informed Visibility system Mailer submits summary file with piece counts by ZIP & Carrier Route Mailers generate & apply 99M IMcb to pallets Mailers generate & apply unique barcoded bundle facing slip to each bundle Mailers can retrieve updated file as often as needed from interim Informed Visibility 12

OTHER MAILER SUMMARY FILE DATA Mailer File Unique Job ID ZIP Code Carrier Route Number of pieces (In CSV format) appended data USPS Appended Data File Unique Job ID ZIP Code Carrier Route Number of pieces ZIP Code Carrier Route Date/Time 13

ACCESSING MAILER DATA 1 2 Login Login to the Business Customer Gateway Download Download bundle visibility data 14

IMCB & BUNDLE FACING SLIP PRODUCTION OTHER MAILERS Use USPS IMsb Application Use Mailer-Developed Solution Mailer enters MID & summary mailing information (piece counts by ZIP & Carrier Route) IMsb generates PDF IMcb placards & barcoded bundle facing slips Mailer prints and applies IMcb placards & bundle facing slips to mailing Summary file is transmitted to interim Informed Visibility system Mailer generates IMcb placards & barcoded bundle facing slips (compliant with USPS specifications) Mailer prints and applies IMcb placards & bundle facing slips to mailing Mailer populates summary file with piece counts by ZIP & Carrier Route Mailer transmits summary file to interim Informed Visibility system 15

TIMELINE USPS National Implementation Full Service Bundle Visibility January March/ April Full-Service Bundle Data Provided to Mailers 2015 2016 Interim Informed Visibility Large National/Regional Saturation Mailers Bundle Visibility February April/ May All Other Mailers Bundle Visibility Strategy Informed Visibility 16

FLAT MAIL VISIBILITY PLAN QUESTIONS? 17