Mail Entry & Payment Technologies January 6, 2013 Greater Birmingham Postal Customer Council
Mail Entry & Payment Technologies
Overview of IMBs IMB timeline Tech Credit Mail Acceptance Current State Self Service Terminal eInduction Seamless Acceptance Mail Acceptance Future State
Discussion Topics
Mail Entry & Payment Technologies
Overview of Intelligent Mail A technology platform made possible by the suite of
Intelligent Mail barcodes
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Mail Entry & Payment Technologies
Postal Service Mail.dat® Technical Specificationhttps://ribbs.usps.gov/intelligentmail_guides/documents/tech_guides/datspec/PostalOneMailDatTechSpec.pdf
Postal Service Mail.XML Technical Specificationhttps://ribbs.usps.gov/intelligentmail_guides/documents/tech_guides/xmlspec/xmlspec.htm Mail.XML Technical Specification for Postage Payment and Reporting
https://ribbs.usps.gov/intelligentmail_schedule/documents/tech_guides/june2012/docs/guides/MailXMLeDoc12A.pdf
Mail.XML Technical Specification for Appointment Scheduling https://ribbs.usps.gov/intelligentmail_schedule/documents/tech_guides/june2012/docs/
guides/MailXMLFAST12A.pdf
Mail.XML Technical Specification for Profiles and Full Service Feedback https://ribbs.usps.gov/intelligentmail_schedule/documents/tech_guides/june2012/docs/
guides/MailXMLeDoc12A.pdf
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Intelligent Mail Technical Specifications
Mail Entry & Payment Technologies
Technical Credits
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• Eligibility
• Volume will be evaluated across qualifying permits for each business location (CRID)
• Tech Credit will be awarded for each CRID where the annual volume exceeds 125,000 pieces. Only volume that can be mailed Full-Service will be included in this count
• 125,001 – 500,000 Full-Service eligible pieces = $2,000 postage credit
• 500,001 – 2,000,000 Full-Service eligible pieces = $3,000 postage credit
• 2,000,000+ Full-Service eligible pieces = $5,000 postage credit
•Notification Process
• Advance notification of eligibility for Tech Credits will be given to users associated with qualifying CRIDs.
•Redemption Process
• Any permit linked to a qualified CRID may use the Tech Credit in mailings that contain 90% or more Full-Service pieces.
Mail Entry & Payment Technologies
eInduction Process
Mailer submits
eDoc
P1! validates payment/IMcbs
sent to SV System
Containers offloaded/
scanned
Scanning device indicates
container is paid/correct
location
Containers inducted into
processing
Help DeskResolution
Mail Entry & Payment Technologies
Operational/Historical Reports
PostalOne! = Operational
MicroStrategy = Historical
Mail Entry & Payment Technologies
eInduction Status
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• Plan: Deploy to NDC’s, P&DC’s, L&DC’s & SCF’s
• Pilot: Chicago NDC, Tampa L&DC, Dulles P&DC, Northern Virginia, D.V Daniels (Jan’13)
‒ System‒ Process‒ SOX
• Target: July 2013
https://ribbs.usps.gov/
Intelligent Mail Services
Guides & Specs
eInduction Guide for Mailers
eInduction Guide for Mailers
Mail Entry & Payment Technologies
Scan at Induction
Centralized Electronic Payment
Electronic Mailing
Information
Mail Preparation
In-Process Mail Verification
SEAMLESS ENTRYSEAMLESS
Acceptance
Mail Anywhere
Full Service mailings with Unique Barcodes
eInduction
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Mail Entry & Payment Technologies
Seamless Status
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• 8 Mailers and 15 Sites Participating in Seamless Parallel Run
• Bi-Weekly Mailer calls
• Mail Data Quality Assessment‒ Seamless Pilot team and BMS Analysts review data in Seamless
Acceptance reports on a weekly basis
• Mail Volume• Barcode Scan Rates
‒ Investigate trends of declining barcode scan rates• Errors by Type
‒ Investigate trends of increasing error counts & Review data submitted to determine if errors are logged correctly
• Undocumented Mail• FS-IMD Sampling