# Presentation: 721969

## MTAC

- _Workgroup 100_
- Seamless Acceptance for MLOCR Environment

_***Co-chairs***_
***Industry – Jay Gillotte***
***USPS – Pritha Mehra***

## Issue Title
Identify gaps & define capabilities for seamless acceptance for MLOCR
Issue Statement
Define capabilities of seamless acceptance for MLOCR for First Class Mail.
Desired Results
Identify gaps that inhibit electronic statements and documentation. 
Evaluate Web Services and Mail.dat technologies
Define capabilities of seamless acceptance.  
Identify gaps in feedback of verification information to the mailer.

- Identify gaps & define capabilities for seamless acceptance for MLOCR
**Issue Statement**
- Define capabilities of seamless acceptance for MLOCR for First Class Mail.
**Desired Results**
- Identify gaps that inhibit electronic statements and documentation.
- Evaluate Web Services and Mail.dat technologies
- Define capabilities of seamless acceptance.
- Identify gaps in feedback of verification information to the mailer.

- Workgroup Objectives

## 
Identified Gaps in Electronic Documentation
Evaluated Mail.dat & Web Services
Modified Mail.dat specification to accommodate First-Class Mail
Additional enhancements will be submitted
First-Class Mailers testing Mail.dat version 7-1

**Identified Gaps in Electronic Documentation**
- Evaluated Mail.dat & Web Services
- Modified Mail.dat specification to accommodate First-Class Mail
- Additional enhancements will be submitted
- First-Class Mailers testing Mail.dat version 7-1

- Electronic Documentation

## Pilot analysis for MLOCR mailers since Sept. 06
Prudential (IMB):  146 FCM jobs, 6,832,418 pieces
PSI (IMB):  99 FCM jobs, 1,571,558 pieces
ZipSort (Unique IMB): 53 FCM jobs, 140,139 pieces

Using piece scan data to verify:
Mailpiece Count
Barcode Quality
Presort Errors
Minimum Piece Count per ZIP Group
Address Validity
Address Hygeine

- Prudential (IMB):  146 FCM jobs, 6,832,418 pieces
- PSI (IMB):  99 FCM jobs, 1,571,558 pieces
- ZipSort (Unique IMB): 53 FCM jobs, 140,139 pieces
**Using piece scan data to verify:**
- Mailpiece Count
- Barcode Quality
- Presort Errors
- Minimum Piece Count per ZIP Group
- Address Validity
- Address Hygeine

- Seamless Acceptance Pilot

**Notes:**
Average size of Prudential mailings: 35,000 (multiple customers)
Average size of PSI: 45,000 (one customer)
Average size of ZIPSort: 15,000 (one customer)

## 
Electronic Documentation Quality
Piece counts differences between Tray and Piece Files close to 0%  
Piece to Tray associations are nearing 100%
Mailpiece Counts
Increases in scan rate allow accurate determination of the number of manifested pieces
Barcode Quality
High barcode quality results in 98% average scan rate
Presort Errors
Errors caught by MERLIN are also found by SAVP
Address Validity
Average 1.5% invalid POSTNET  
Address Hygiene
COA and Returned Mail percentages can be evaluated

- Electronic Documentation Quality
- Piece counts differences between Tray and Piece Files close to 0%
- Piece to Tray associations are nearing 100%
- Mailpiece Counts
- Increases in scan rate allow accurate determination of the number of manifested pieces
- Barcode Quality
- High barcode quality results in 98% average scan rate
- Presort Errors
- Errors caught by MERLIN are also found by SAVP
- Address Validity
- Average 1.5% invalid POSTNET
- Address Hygiene
- COA and Returned Mail percentages can be evaluated

**Seamless Acceptance is Feasible**

- Pilot Findings

## Pilot Achievements

**Mailers applying Intelligent Tray Barcode**
**Mailers applying Intelligent Container Barcode**
**Mailers submitting Mail.dat files **
**Mailers receiving results of automated verification**
**Defined Postage Assessment Approach**
**Defined Feedback Approach**
**Considering new Intelligent Mail Barcode Structure**

**Notes:**
PSI and ZIPSort are using the PDR file. 
Prudential sends a separate output from their MLOCRs. 
ACS Data 

TMS weights tray and sends to us. 
Physical Tray Count – from TMS
Average Tray Weight – Sum of Tray Weight Captured/ Number of Trays
Comparing Average Tray Weights to actual tray weights. 

## Next Steps

**Complete Seamless Acceptance Pilot in MTAC 102**
**Finalize feedback approach**
**Finalized Pilot postage assessment approach**
**Determine appropriate tolerances for each verification element**
**Expand pilot to other classes of mail**

## Questions?