# Presentation: 106747

## National Postal Policy Council

**National Postal Policy Council**

## Celebrating our 25th Year

**Celebrating our 25****th**** 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. **

**Mission Statement**

## 2005 Estimated Mail Volume

**2005 Estimated Mail Volume**

**20 Billion Pieces**

**$6 Billion in Postal Revenues**

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

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

## NPPC Approach to MTAC

** ****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 **

**NPPC Approach to MTAC**

## NPPC-Supported MTAC Outcomes

** ****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**

**NPPC-Supported MTAC Outcomes**

## Current NPPC MTAC Goals

**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**

## Communicating About MTAC

** ****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**

**Communicating About MTAC**

## 20.6%

*Source:  USPS Strategic Transformation Plan*

**NPPC Members**

## NPPC Recent Studies

** ****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**** ****	**

**NPPC Recent Studies**

## 	Three Cases for Rate Increases

- 	_**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

**National Postal Policy Council**