1. MTAC Workgroup 100 Seamless Acceptance for MLOCR Environment Co-chairs Industry – Jay Gillotte USPS – Pritha Mehra

2. 2  Issue Title  Identify gaps & define capabilities for seamless acceptance for MLOCR  Issue Statement  Define capabilities of seamless acceptance for MLOCR for First Class Mail.  Desired Results  Identify gaps that inhibit electronic statements and documentation.  Evaluate Web Services and Mail.dat technologies  Define capabilities of seamless acceptance.  Identify gaps in feedback of verification information to the mailer. Workgroup Objectives Workgroup Objectives

3. 3  Identified Gaps in Electronic Documentation  Evaluated Mail.dat & Web Services  Modified Mail.dat specification to accommodate First-Class Mail  Additional enhancements will be submitted  First-Class Mailers testing Mail.dat version 7-1 Electronic Documentation Electronic Documentation

4. 4  Pilot analysis for MLOCR mailers since Sept. 06  Prudential (IMB): 146 FCM jobs, 6,832,418 pieces  PSI (IMB): 99 FCM jobs, 1,571,558 pieces  ZipSort (Unique IMB): 53 FCM jobs, 140,139 pieces  Using piece scan data to verify:  Mailpiece Count  Barcode Quality  Presort Errors  Minimum Piece Count per ZIP Group  Address Validity  Address Hygeine Seamless Acceptance Pilot Seamless Acceptance Pilot

5. 5  Electronic Documentation Quality  Piece counts differences between Tray and Piece Files close to 0%  Piece to Tray associations are nearing 100%  Mailpiece Counts  Increases in scan rate allow accurate determination of the number of manifested pieces  Barcode Quality  High barcode quality results in 98% average scan rate  Presort Errors  Errors caught by MERLIN are also found by SAVP  Address Validity  Average 1.5% invalid POSTNET  Address Hygiene  COA and Returned Mail percentages can be evaluated Seamless Acceptance is Feasible Pilot Findings Pilot Findings

6. 6  Mailers applying Intelligent Mail® barcode with delivery point  Mailers applying Intelligent Tray Barcode  Mailers applying Intelligent Container Barcode  Mailers submitting Mail.dat files  Mailers receiving results of automated verification  Defined Postage Assessment Approach  Defined Feedback Approach  Considering new Intelligent Mail Barcode Structure Pilot Achievements Pilot Achievements

7. 7  Sunset workgroup  Complete Seamless Acceptance Pilot in MTAC 102  Finalize feedback approach  Finalized Pilot postage assessment approach  Determine appropriate tolerances for each verification element  Expand pilot to other classes of mail Next Steps Next Steps

8. 8 Questions? Questions?