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• Full Service and
• The Future of Mail Acceptance
• Anthony Loera
• Supervisor, Business Mail Entry

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Full-Service Benefits

• Reduce Costs
• Receive automation price discounts
• Eliminate permit fees
• Use the same permit at any location
• Address Correction
• Address correction on Full-Service pieces
• Monitor Service
• Start-the-Clock on Mail Entry
• Visibility and Tracking

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Full-Service Requirements for Automation Rates
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Mail Eligible for Full-Service

• Effective January 26, 2014, use of Full-Service
  Intelligent Mail is required to qualify for
  automation prices for
• First-Class Mail postcards, letters and flats
• Standard Mail letters and flats
• Periodicals letters and flats
• Bound Printed Matter flats
• On April 18, 2013 the Postal Service posted the
  Final Rule Federal Register Notice which outlines
  the requirement for January 2014
• This Federal Register Final Notice can be
  reviewed in its entirety by visiting the website
  federalregister.gov

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What is Intelligent Mail?
The Intelligent Mail Service uses
information-rich barcodes and electronic
documentation, providing valuable services that
enhance business operations such as marketing,
financials and customer support
Intelligent Mail barcode (IMb)
Intelligent Mail Tray barcode (IMtb)
Intelligent Mail Container barcode (IMcb)
Under the Full-Service option, most mailers are
required to use unique Intelligent Mail barcodes
for mailpieces and handling units (trays or
sacks) and keep those barcodes unique for 45
days.
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What is Electronic Documentation (eDoc)?

• Electronic documentation allows mailers to submit
  postage statements and qualification reports
  electronically through the PostalOne! system
• The 4 Options for submitting electronic
  documentation are
• Mail.dat
• Mail.XML
• Postal Wizard
• Intelligent Mail for Small Business (IMsb) Tool

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Available eDoc Technologies
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As a New Customer, how do I obtain a single MID?

• When creating a new business account on the
  Business Customer Gateway (BCG), a MID and CRID
  will automatically be assigned for that business
  location
• Log-on to the Business Customer Gateway to access
  all online services. https//gateway.usps.com

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As an Existing Customer, how do I obtain an
additional MID?

• Customers can obtain additional MIDs through the
  BCG Mailer ID portal, which can be accessed one
  of three ways
• Mailing Services menu
• Shipping Services menu
• Click on the Mailer ID button within the
  Favorite Services panel

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As an MSP, how do I obtain an additional MID?

• Mail Service Providers may request individual or
  bulk CRIDs, MIDs or both on behalf of a client
  through the BCG

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Intelligent Mailpiece Barcode
TRACKING CODE
ROUTING CODE
Barcode Uniqueness
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Unique Intelligent Mail Tray Barcode for Handling
Units (IMtb)
Barcode Uniqueness
Under the Full-Service option, most mailers are
required to use a unique Intelligent Mail tray
barcode on all handling units (trays or sacks)
and keep this barcode unique for 45 days.
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Unique Intelligent Mail Container Barcodes (IMcb)



APPLICATION IDENTIFIER Example 99
TYPE INDICATOR Example M
MAILER ID Example USPS ASSIGNED, Ex 2034Z
SERIAL NUMBER Example Mailer Assigned, Ex
200800000001
Barcode Uniqueness
Under the Full-Service option, most mailers are
required to use a unique Intelligent Mail
container barcode on the Intelligent Mail
container placard and keep this barcode unique
for 45 days.
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Full-Service Mailing Solutions
Commercial Mailing Software Vendors

• Mailing software vendors offer easy, ready-to-go
  solutions for preparing and submitting
  Full-Service mailings.
• Mail.dat/Mail.XML software solutions for mailers
  who wish to use software to prepare presort
  mailings, generate unique barcodes, and submit
  mailing information electronically to USPS.
• Postal Wizard software solution which allow
  mailers to presort mail and generate unique
  barcodes, but require the mailer to enter the
  postage statement information online via the
  online Postal Wizard tool.

For additional details, reference the RIBBS
Certifications gt eDoc Full-Service
page https//ribbs.usps.gov/index.cfm?pageelectr
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Full-Service Mailing Solutions
Commercial Mailing Software Vendors (Contd)

• For a list of software vendors that offer dynamic
  Full-Service solutions and have tested them with
  USPS, reference the following documents on RIBBS

• The summary list is a one-page document which
  identifies the three types of presort software
  and which vendors offer each type
• Also identifies the specific submission methods
  and classes of mail that are supported by each
  vendor
• The detailed list is an Excel vendor matrix which
  provides more in-depth details about the
  capabilities and offerings of each software
  vendor
• Mailers using a product on one of these lists can
  start mailing in production without additional
  testing in the Test Environment for Mailers
  (TEM). Mail Owners and Mail Service Providers
  who wish to validate a Full-Service test mailing
  can do so by submitting a single file through TEM
  instructions on the fact sheet located on RIBBS
  http//ribbs.usps.gov/electronicdoc/documents/te
  ch_guides/TEMProcessMailingsMail.dat_Mail.XML.pdf

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Intelligent Mail package barcodes
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Intelligent Mail package barcodes

• Enhanced package visibility
• Federal Register filing September 10, 2010
• Notice of advanced rulemaking
• Federal Register filing February 26, 2013
• Request for comments
• Federal Register filing July 11, 2013
• Proposed rule

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Requirements

• Existing
• Required on all commercial parcels with exception
  of Standard Mail parcels effective January 27,
  2013
• Claiming presort or destination entry
• All parcels of any class with tracking
• All mailpieces with shape requesting extra
  services
• Proposed effective January 2014 (on or about
  01/26/14)
• Required on all remaining commercial parcels
• Require transmission of supporting electronic
  documentation
• Including piece level address (or ZIP4)
  information
• Proposed effective January 2015
• Complete destination delivery or 11-digit
  delivery point validated ZIP Code required in
  electronic documentation

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eInduction

• eInduction improves the Plant Verified Drop
  Shipment (PVDS) process by streamlining the entry
  process.
• Eliminates paper 8125s and 8017s
• Utilizes electronic documentation
• In Pilot
• National Deployment October 2013
• eInduction Guide For Mailers RIBBSgtIntelligent
  Mail ServicesgtGuides and Specs

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Mailer Scorecard

• What is Mailer Scorecard
• The Mailer Scorecard provides a dashboard view
  summarizing performance
• Allows comparison across facilities
• Conditional formatting provides a trending view
  across months
• Drill reports provide a way to determine specific
  mail preparation errors
• Available for any company that submits electronic
  documentation
• Data grouped by a eDoc submitted CRID

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Postal Explorer

• Postal Explorer located at USPS.COM
• Federal Register Notices
• DMM Advisory
• Send email to dmmadvisory_at_usps.com to subscribe

Postal Explorer
DMM Advisory
Federal Register Notices
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Postal Explorer FRNs DMM Advisory
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RIBBS

• RIBBS.USPS.GOV
• Full-Service Intelligent Mail Requirements for
  Automation Prices
• Federal Register Notice (Final Rule)
• Intelligent Mail Services
• Latest News
• Getting Started
• Guides Specs
• Business Customer Gateway
• eDoc and Full-Service Authorization for Software
  Vendors

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Questions

• Thank You!

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