National Postal Policy Council

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National Postal Policy Council
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Celebrating our 25th Year
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Mission Statement

• NPPC promotes a continued and improved national
  postal system with quality service at an
  affordable price.
• NPPC views its mission as maintaining a trusted
  partnership with the USPS for the benefit of all
  Americans. This partnership between the USPS and
  NPPC seeks to drive continuous improvement.
• NPPC focuses primarily on its area of most
  expertise, First Class Mail, viewed as part of a
  healthy overall system.
• NPPC believes that a key element for the
  members' business success for the foreseeable
  future is a healthy national postal system.
• NPPC will continue to pursue its traditional
  mission of partnership and its operational focus.
  As to competitive or "non-traditional" new
  initiatives, individual member companies will
  take positions and actions appropriate to their
  business interests.

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2005 Estimated Mail Volume

• 20 Billion Pieces

• 6 Billion in Postal Revenues

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If you placed all the mail pieces sent out last
year by NPPC mailers...end to end
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NPPC Approach to MTAC

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• A forum for addressing the system-wide and
  specific needs of first class mailers
• Work in a cooperative environment with other
  members and USPS
• Participate in the organized structure of
  committees, workgroups and plenary sessions

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NPPC-Supported MTAC Outcomes

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• USPS to notify customers of future pending
  service standard changes
• USPS to publish EXFC scores on the web for
  public viewing
• Specifications document for a Business Mail
  Measurement System

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Current NPPC MTAC Goals

• Progress in Workgroup 94 toward standardizing
  reporting for performance measurement
• Meeting the USPS goal of reducing UAA mail by 50
• Working with other first-class mailers toward
  surface visibility to track containers through
  postal system
• Developing through Workgroup 100 -- seamless
  acceptance for MLOCR environment

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Communicating About MTAC

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• Regular reports from our MTAC Rep at Quarterly
  Meetings
• Forwarding materials and/or links to members
• Specific reports on topical issues to membership
  as a whole

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NPPC Members
Source USPS Strategic Transformation Plan
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NPPC Recent Studies

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• Impacts of Substantial Rate Increases
• Predictable depress volumes
• Decreases substantially deepen and accelerate
  with alternatives to postal system, such as
  online bill payment and presentment
• First class rates with and without postal reform
• With reform either bill 10-year savings for
  large individual, business mailers in the 100
  of millions
• Smaller mailers proportionately

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Three Cases for Rate Increases
Case 1 10 inflation increase plus dynamic
funding and 10-year mortgage less current payment
Case 2 10 inflation increase plus dynamic
funding and escrow mortgage less current
payment Case 3 10 inflation increase plus
dynamic funding and 40-year mortgage less current
payment Data - January, 2005
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National Postal Policy Council