Make Your Postage Work Harder For You! CoMail Flats CoPalletize Flats CoPalletize Letter Trays Commingle Letters Tracking Your Mail Delivery
Make Your Postage Work Harder For You! CoMail Flats CoPalletize Flats CoPalletize Letter Trays Commingle Letters Tracking Your Mail Delivery
Cost Drivers: Print Produc1on Costs*
Mailing & Paper are the biggest cost factors (78% of total spend)
* Es%mated produc%on cost percentages for a typical longer-‐run catalog
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Why Co-‐Mail is so Important? • Reduced Postage Costs • Delivery is Timely and Consistent due to less handling by USPS.
The higher the quan%ty of the pool the less handling by the USPS.
• Highest Quality condi%on upon arrival to reader due to less handling by USPS. The higher the quan%ty of the pool the less handling by the USPS.
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Careful, Not all Co-‐Mail is the Same. Measure Co-‐Mail value by:
• Volume People Pricing Control Flexibility • Capacity and Technology • All Make a Difference
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Consolidation of multi titled flat packages from individual presorts put on pallets by common destinations like ADC and SCF centers.
Each title alone lacking volume to qualify for palletization.
What is Co-Palletization?
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Co-Palletization of Flats • Can occur with Periodical and Standard Flats • Used when:
> Flat size piece does not fit into a co-mail program due to
> Too Small
> Too Big
> Too Thick
> Too Thin
> Loose Poly or Paper Wrap
> Quantity to small (usually under 5,000)
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Co-Palletization Atlanta ADC Pallet
Chicago SCF Pallet
Boston SCF Pallet
Los Angeles ADC Pallet
Automated Conveyor Sor%ng Line
Bundle Title A
Bundle Title B
Bundle Title C
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Co-Palletization of Flats • No presort discounts as found in co-mail • Qualifies for Palletization Rates • Qualifies for Drop Ship Rates • Possible Savings of 1% to 3% off local entry sack mail • Get mail out of sacks • Pallet and Drop Ship Discounts • Achieves Quicker Delivery • Preserves Quality
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Co-Palletization Rules • Presort and addressing of pieces prior • Scanner on conveyor belt reads package ID • Mail.dat file from each participant. • Requires co-palletization documentation • Electronic Postage Payment
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Co-Palletization Pricing • Requires a mail.dat of a job to be analyzed • Per bundle processing fee • Client pays for postage thru CAPS account • Freight billed separate
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Co-Palletization of Letter Trays • Achieve drop ship savings by sorting multiple tray jobs onto common destination pallets.
* Mail.dat review * Scan tray ID prior to sorting * Electronic Postage Payment * Pricing options just like co-palletization of flats: Postage paid thru CAPS account Billed on a per tray fee for sort processing Freight billed as separate line item
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What is Commingling? • Automated sorting of letter mail by allowing mail to be sorted into finest level of tray presort which then get the trays co-palletized to finest level of pallet destination for drop shipping.
• First Class letter mail and Standard letter mail • Pool size impacts rate • Machine like USPS uses
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Letter Sizes using Commingling • Rules followed by USPS for Automation Mail Design • New Automated Self Mailer letter rules of January 2013 are strictly enforced.
• Letter sorting machines specifications: > Length range: 4.9 inches to 11.5 inches
> Height range: 3.2 inches to 6.9 inches
> Thickness range: .005 inches to .275 inches
> Weight range: .07 oz to 3.5 oz
> Speed of sorting: 61,600 letters per hour
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Commingling Pricing • A flat guaranteed rate per piece
*include processing, freight and Postage paid by commingling vendor
• Sample mail file analyzed to mock pool
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DMTC (Delivery Monitoring, Tracking, and Consulting)
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DMTC (Delivery Monitoring, Tracking & Consulting)
• DMTC is used to track and monitor mail as it moves from Mail Vendor, through the USPS, and to the mail Recipients Home
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Features and Benefits
• Unprecedented monitoring of mail
• Ability to troubleshoot delayed mail
• Accurately staff Call Center
• Connect mail with other marketing efforts
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Monitoring of Mail
• Allows for Action to help Improve Delivery Performance – know where the mail isn’t moving and provide USPS with detail to locate it:
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Troubleshoot delayed Mail
• Find scan data on a specific piece:
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DMTC Reporting Features Transportation Information: Visibility into load information and when mail is delivered to the USPS.
• Mail Piece, Container, Tray, and Bundle visibility through IMB Tracing
• Seed/Decoy Reporting • Entry Point Alerts: Highlights Entry Points that aren’t meeting IMB Scan expectations.
• DMTC Consultants: Access to industry experts with advanced knowledge and experience in mail tracking and delivery.
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Accurately Staff Call Centers
• Track 100% of the mail and know the amount that will be in-home each day by 7am.
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Connect Mail with other Marketing
• IMb Triggered Email Program • Emails sent to customers in relation to when the piece will be in-home, based on scan data > Prompt sales
> Add an offer
> Monitor customer reaction time
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