MTAC Address Quality Steering Committee

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MTAC Address Quality Steering Committee
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Summary of ActivitySteering Committee met on
July 19, 2005Goal To achieve excellence in
Address QualityObjective To achieve
significant reductions in UAA mail and Increase
Address Accuracy, enabling a higher percentage of
accurate 11-digit address coding
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MTAC Work Group 97Address Quality
MethodologySponsorsIndustry Jim Schemmel,
Joe Lubenow USPS Charles Bravo, Nick
BarrancaWork Group Leaders Industry Chris
Lien, FirstlogicUSPS Jim Wilson, Wayne
Orbke
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MTAC Work Group 97

• Area of Focus Address Accuracy
• Evaluate existing AQ methodology
• Identify New Options
• Focus on Excellence

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MTAC Work Group 97

• Overarching Issues
• Address by Address Level AQ documentation
• Mailing List Certification methodology
• Complete and Correct Addressing
• Electronic Mail Stream Address Validation

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MTAC Work Group 97

• Desired Result
• Identify methodology changes needed to support
  the achievement of the USPS goal of 50 reduction
  in UAA mail by 2010 and for all mail to have
  accurate 11 digit barcodes
• Expected Date of Completion March 31,2006

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MTAC Work Group 98Address Quality
ToolsSponsorsIndustry Jim Schemmel, Joe
Lubenow USPS Charles Bravo, Nick
BarrancaWork Group LeadersIndustry Carole
Morrow, BMG DirectUSPS Ruth Jones,
Charles Hunt
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MTAC Work Group 98

• Area of Focus Address Accuracy
• Evaluate how the Address Change Service (ACS)
  can be made more useful for Standard Mail
• Identify Potential New Electronic Only ACS
  Options

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MTAC Work Group 98

• Overarching Issues
• Manual Return Volumes on ACS mailings
• ACS Returns to Rental List Owner
• Expense of weighted fee Manual Returns

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MTAC Work Group 98

• Desired Result
• A list of proposed changes designed to eliminate
  the negative effects of manual returns that are
  believed to be limiting the use of ACS as a
  Standard Mail AQ tool.
• Expected Date of Completion March 31,2006

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• Thank You