# Presentation: 761383

## Postage Statements & Payment

**Approach & Design Workgroup**

## Workgroup Purpose

**A focused effort to develop strategies, activities, **
**and processes to complete electronic postage **
**statement processing and payment for all mail **
**classes in the *****PostalOne!***** system. **

## Approach

** ****Include all stake-holders**
** ****Define the electronic processes**
** ****Construct specification for comprehensive **
**      ****electronic postage statement processing **

**Notes:**
Affirmed general approach to workgroup effort

Focus on the electronic process and its needs.
Workgroup to then develop approach and construct 
specification for comprehensive electronic postage statement
processing and payment.
Include all stake-holders which the discussion demands.

## Specific Approach

** ****Focus upon process**
** ****Identify needs required to complete the **
***      ******PostalOne!***** environment**
**Process Analysis**
** ****Create process flow of a *****PostalOne!***** job**
** ****Map these elements against production**
** ****Outcome to reflect current and future needs**

**Notes:**
Specific Approach:
Focus upon process versus implementation concerns. 
Identify set of known "needs" required to foster a fully 
complete PostalOne! environment.

Process Analysis
Create process flow of a PostalOne! job
Map these elements against the production process.
Process flow to reflect both current and theoretical needs.

## Map the Process

** ****Outcome of the modeling effort will be a **
**comprehensive model for each class **
** **
** ****Specific *****PostalOne!***** relationship **
**may only require a sub-set of all elements**
** **

**Notes:**
Map the Process
Possible outcome of the modeling effort will be a 
comprehensive model for each class which will reflect all 
process elements pertinent to a class

However, any specific PostalOne! relationship may only 
demand a sub-set of all described elements.

## Brainstorming the Issues

** ****Identify any unsupported needs in the process**
** ****Prioritize the unsupported process elements**
** ****Identify Postal and Industry requirements **
** ****Repeat for other unsupported process elements**
** ****Repeat full process for remaining classes**

**Notes:**
Brainstorming the Issues

The described approaches should comprehensively 
identify any unsupported needs in the process.
Then prioritize/choose an identified unsupported process element.
Brainstorm the element, identify actual needs, and identify 
the requirements for the new process.
Repeat for other identified unsupported process elements.
Repeat full process for remaining classes.

## Priority of Workgroup Efforts 

** ****Standard Mail**
** ****Periodicals**
** ****Either First-Class or Package Services**

**Notes:**
Priority of interests to be pursued initially 

The workgroup chose to pursue the classes in the following order:
Standard Mail
Periodicals
Either First-Class or Package Services

## Scheduled Teleconference 

- Conference Call, Friday, 11/14, at 11:00 AM (Eastern)
- Homework
-  Create list of unsupported process elements
-  Review model to identify new process elements
**Conference Call Agenda**
-  Add items to Standard Mail model
-  Gather set of new unsupported process elements
-  Prioritize the process elements

**Notes:**
Scheduled meetings:
Conference Call, Friday, 11/14, at 11:30 AM (Eastern).  
Homework prior to call:
Create your own list of unsupported process elements in Standard mail.
Review supplied model to identify any new process elements not incorporated
Conference Call discussion
Add items to Standard Mail model
Gather set of pre-call identified additional unsupported process elements
Prioritize the top three unsupported process elements to brainstorm at upcoming 
Workgroup meeting 

## Scheduled Meeting 

Meeting December 3rd, 2003 at the JT Weeker facility (adjacent to O'Hare) from 9:00 to 4:00.

Agenda
Review Conference Call 
Continue through list of identified needs
Brainstorm solutions to support identified needs

- Meeting December 3rd, 2003 at the JT Weeker facility (adjacent to O'Hare) from 9:00 to 4:00.
**Agenda**
- Review Conference Call
- Continue through list of identified needs
- Brainstorm solutions to support identified needs

**Notes:**
Meeting first week in December at the JT Weeker facility (adjacent to O'Hare) from 9:00 to 4:00.
Review Conference Call priority suggestion (re-prioritize, if necessary)
Brainstorm solution/process adjustment to support identified needs
Continue through list of identified needs

## Contact Information

USPS Co-Chair	Larry Goodman    
Telephone		703-248-3434        
Email			larry.v.goodman@usps.gov

Industry Co-Chair	Dan Minnick            
Telephone		224-698-5683        
Email			dan.minnick@experian.com

**USPS Co-Chair****	****Larry Goodman    **
**Telephone****	****	****703-248-3434        **
**Email****	****	****	**_[larry.v.goodman@usps.gov](mailto:larry.v.goodman@usps.gov)_
** **
**Industry Co-Chair****	****Dan Minnick            **
**Telephone****	****	****224-698-5683        **
**Email****	****	****	**_[dan.minnick@experian.com](mailto:dan.minnick@experian.com)_