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Co-Mail UPDATE Jim Wiseman
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Co-Mailing

• What is it?

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• Co-mailing is the process of merging individual
  mail pieces from multiple mail files into a
  single mailing stream. This process improves the
  Post Offices delivery sortation for the total
  mailing which helps to reduce delivery costs and
  the Customers postage

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• Co-Mailing can be produced two ways. It can be
  in-line on selective Inserters, Stitchers or
  Binders where data files are used to make up
  different books or packages for each individual
• Co-Mailing can also be done off-line with
  machines the take finished books or envelopes and
  again selectively insert them into the
  appropriate bundles based upon the Postal Codes
  in the data files

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Benefits of Co-Mailing include

• Co-Mailing reduces the number of times a mail
  pieces needs to be handled within the Post Office
  
• Reduces the number of Mail Trays, Tubs, sacks or
  Pallets that are required and handled
• Reduces the number of Mail Statements that need
  to be produced and processed by the Revenue
  Verification Unit
• Reduces the transportation costs as more Mail
  fits into Pallets or Trays so less Residue Mail
  is produced and needed to be manually processed

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Benefits of Co-Mailing include

• Moves more Mail further into the Postal system at
  less costs and reduces handling and labour costs
• Lowers Postage costs for customers as more pieces
  qualify for lower rate categories
• Allows smaller Mailers to qualify for Pre-sorted
  Mail rates by building larger lists that exceed
  Canada Post minimums
• Improvement in Pre-sort with larger densities for
  each Postal Code
• Quicker delivery with less handling of product,
  so product arrives in better condition

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What is Co-Palletization?

• Co-Palletization consolidates the physical
  bundles of mail, which have already been
  addressed and presorted onto pallets or trays in
  order to create more density to the Mail which
  will allow the Mail to be processed further into
  the Postal System. This process enables short
  run or supplemental mailings that would not have
  had the geographic density to build pallets or
  trays on their own to ship on pallets by "sharing
  the ride" with other mail. It is a very labor
  intensive process so typically difficult to
  off-set any Postage savings

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What is the difference between Co-Mailing and
Co-Palletization?

• Co-Palletization groups the physical bundles of
  mail, which have already been addressed and
  presorted into Trays, Tubs, bags or Pallets in
  order to reduce the number of Trays, Tubs or
  bagged mail and create more dense pallets. These
  pallets then can be shipped further into the
  Postal System to help reduce handling and
  Shipping costs.
• Co-mail, on the other hand, combines individual
  pieces of mail into new, better presorted bundles
  and has a huge impact on presort densities to a
  Letter Carrier and moves the Mail further
  downstream.

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• IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE BENNIFICIAL FOR
  YOUR COMPANY?

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Co-Mailing Where do we go from here?

• Is this something we should be asking Canada Post
  to offer Mailers?
• Are you interested in finding out more about
  Co-Mailing?
• Contact Jim Wiseman or any NAMMU Board Member
  with Questions or ideas