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ACS OneCode for UAA and Automation
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ACS OneCode for UAA and Automation
In 2004 the United States Postal Service® (USPS) commissioned an independent study to examine the volume and cost of “undeliverable-as-addressed” mail (UAA). The result showed that 4.75% of all mail the USPS received for delivery could not be delivered as addressed. This means almost 5 out of every 100 mailpieces are undeliverable-as-addressed. Standard Mail® accounted for almost 63% of all UAA mail and 75% of UAA Mail was due to move-related reasons. Each year, over 45 million people and over 2.3 million businesses move. On the average, mailing lists deteriorate over 1% a month.
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Drop Ship Data and Labeling List Data for Drop Shippers
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Drop Ship Data and Labeling List Data for Drop Shippers
For mailers, presort services, and transportation companies who process drop shipments, having up-to-date information on drop ship data and labeling list data is a critical part of their operation. Using updated data helps mailers benefit from greater drop ship discounts and improve efficiency by having accurate information.
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Electronic Round Stamp
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How will you prove that your mailing went out with the new Intelligent Mail eDocs initiative?
The infamous Red Round Stamp you've become so accustomed to as "proof of mailing" to your clients will soon become a thing of the past. With the induction of eDocs for sending your mailing information in an electronic format to the USPS, how will you easily obtain that "proof of mailing"?
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Mailer ID and Intelligent Mail
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What is a USPS Mailer ID?
The Mailer ID or Mailers ID is a number created and managed by USPS that uniquely identifies an entity in the creation and distribution of a mail piece. These entities may be a mail owner (the company that requests the mail piece to be produced), a printer, a mail service provider (a lettershop, or mail service bureaus) or a mail transportation company (mail logistics and distribution companies).
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Five Essential Strategies to Automate Business Mail
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Five Essential Strategies to Automate Business Mail
In the age of information, most tasks completed in the workplace are done with a click of a mouse. Recognizing this, the U.S. Postal Service® has created a series of web-based postal solutions to streamline the mailing process by automating postal paperwork. In order for businesses to take advantage of this automation and make mailing operations quicker and more efficient, they should follow five essential strategies.
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Intelligent Mail eDocs with PostalOne!®
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Intelligent Mail eDocs with PostalOne!®
The USPS® is embarking on a major effort to improve the way postage and presort information is presented to them. The PostalOne!® system allows mailers to submit postage payment and presort information electronically for greater efficiency and accuracy. There are three ways to use PostalOne!: Mail.dat®, Web Services, and Postage Statement Wizard®.
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Enhance Communication via Confirm Service
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Enhance Communication via Confirm™ Service
One of the services available for participating in U.S. Postal Intelligent Mail® Full Service is OneCode™ Confirm to track your mailings. Mailers who are currently using PLANET Code® for encoding tracking information for Confirm® service can now take advantage of this new service which is supported by Intelligent Mail®.
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eDocs will be the way you pay for postage soon
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eDocs will be the way you pay for postage soon
The U.S. Postal Service is revolutionizing the way mail is prepared and paid for. You will no longer print paper postage statements. The USPS has been hand entering over 14 million postage statements a year. The USPS needs to find ways to cut costs and improve accuracy. Intelligent Mail Full Service will be available in May 2009. You can start submitting your postage statements electronically now and reduce the costs of printing and storing paper documents, and be more prepared for Intelligent Mail Full Service.
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eDocs with PostalOne!®
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Intelligent Mail eDocs with PostalOne!®
The USPS® is embarking on a major effort to improve the way postage and presort information is presented to them. The PostalOne!® system allows mailers to submit postage payment and presort information electronically for greater efficiency and accuracy. There are three ways to use PostalOne!®; Mail.dat®, Web Services, and Postage Statement Wizard®.
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IMb Rules Review
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On April 16, 2008 the USPS released an Advance Federal Register notice regarding Intelligent Mail. Here is a summary of the highlights of that document -
IMb Benefits
- ACS Address Change Service
- Confirm®
- Tracking
Additional visibility will improve service and efficiency, and add value to the mail.
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What can the new Postal Service program called Open and Distribute do for you?
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What can the new Postal Service program called Open and Distribute do for you?
Open and Distribute allows you to send bundles of presorted mail pieces to postal facilities located closer to where the item will be delivered. The mail gets to the recipient faster, on a more predictable date and in many cases for less money. When you can do something faster, more predictably, and in many cases for less money, it is good idea to do it.
Previously, this program was referred to as Express Mail Dropship and Priority Mail Dropship. It is now called Express Mail Open and Distribute and Priority Mail Open and Distribute. The new Open and Distribute program allows mailers to use the Postal Service’s expedited network for transporting their presorted bulk mailings to a facility closer to where the mail is to be delivered. The Postal Service Expedited transportation delivers the bundle of sacks or trays to postal facilities around the country within one to three days. Next the mailing is processed at those facilities to meet its appropriate service commitment.
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Go Beyond Presort
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Go Beyond Presort
It is time to expand your capabilities while reducing your expenses. Find out what you can achieve by utilizing Mail.dat® as part of a Post-Presort system.
Presort software focuses on address verification, address quality, and mail sortation. Post-Presort specializes in complete management and flexibility of your Mailing Data. Post Presort takes your operation to the next level, enabling you to manage your postal documentation in a way not possible with only Presort software.
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Presort & Post-Presort: the differences, and how they work together for a more efficient operation
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Presort and Post-Presort software: the differences, and how they work together for a more efficient operation
Mailers who use presort software alone often do not realize the benefits and the tremendous advantage that can be achieved by utilizing a Post-Presort software.
Presort software focuses on address verification, address quality, mail sortation and the initial plan of entry.
Post-Presort software specializes in complete data management and flexibility, including the ability to make last minute real-time changes to your mailing data. It allows you to create USPS® Mailing documentation that matches the actual mailing, instead of trying to match your mailing to the paperwork!
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7 Essentials for Mailing in 2007
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7 Essentials for Mailing in 2007
The United States Postal Service® is making changes that effect how you prepare and pay for mailings. In many ways, it is a broader set of changes to be implemented in 2007 than the classification reform of 1996. Be prepared!
1. Discounted rates - drop ship becomes more important than ever
• Currently, there are great discounts for drop shipping. The trend for future rate adjustments show that the discounts will be more substantial for those mailers that can get containers of a particular shape of mail to the processing center that is designated to process that kind of mail. If you can drop ship your flats to a flats processing facility, your parcels to a parcel processing facility and your letter mail to a letter mail processing facility, you can achieve substantial savings and faster delivery times.
2. New postal forms, and ways of communicating with the USPS
• There will be new statement forms to be filled out.
• There will be more rates and processing categories to choose from.
• Utilize PostalOne!® for electronic postage payment.
• Utilize FAST Web services, saving time and improving accuracy.
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Low-Volume Shipping Systems
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Low-volume Shipping Systems
Click-N-Ship™ from the USPS®: The U.S. Postal Service® provides a free, online shipping solution that is adequate for most consumers and some businesses that ship just a few domestic or international packages each day. The USPS Click-N-Ship™ solution is ideal for consumers and for businesses that ship 1-10 pieces daily of the following mail classes:
▪ Priority Mail®
▪ Express Mail®
▪ Global Express Guaranteed®
▪ Global Express Mail™
▪ Global Priority Mail®
▪ Global Airmail Parcel Post®
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Parcels: Ways to Pay Postage
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Parcels: Ways to Pay Postage
After choosing to ship with the U.S. Postal Service® for its quality service and affordability, businesses must select a method of postage payment that best meets their needs. Postage payment options include: stamp, postage meter, PC Postage® (Internet postage), and permit imprint.
Stamps, meter strips, and PC Postage are all ‘live’ postage payment methods that require prepayment. That is, you pay the postage for your shipment when you buy your stamps, ‘fill’ your meter machine, or print PC Postage. Postage has already been paid when you print or affix any of these payment options to your package. As a result, mistakes in package preparation become more costly—when stamps are lost or stolen, changes need to be made to a shipment after meter strips have been applied, or a package with PC Postage must be held for shipment another day, you incur an expense that is hard to recoup.
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Parcels: Paying with Stamps
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Parcels: Paying with Stamps
Perhaps the most familiar method of paying postage, stamps are small pieces of gummed paper issued and sold by a government for attachment to an article that needs to be mailed. First-Class Mail stamps are used for most everyday purposes, such as correspondence and bills, and may be used for domestic and international mailings. Stamps are also available for other classes of mail, such as Priority Mail® and Express Mail®.
After opening the proper postal permit (there is no fee for such a permit), bulk mailers may use precancelled stamps for Presorted First-Class, Presorted Standard and Nonprofit Standard Mail—bulk mailers may choose to do this for the same reasons (below) that others affix stamps.
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Parcels: Paying with Meters
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Parcels: Paying with Meters
Meter machines print postage paid on either your mail piece or an approved label (i.e. meter strip or tape) that you affix to your piece. Meter machines are leased from commercial manufacturers who cooperate with the U.S. Postal Service® to enable you to pay for and download postage straight into the machine and to print it on demand.
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