# Presentation: 005479

## MTAC WORKGROUP #111

-  MTAC GENERAL SESSION PRESENTATION
- November 7, 2007
- Presented By
- Cher Rupp-Ruggeri
- Steve Colella

## Workgroup Issue Statement

- 	Identify gaps, define solutions, highlight benefits, and improve education and communications to promote *PostalOne*! usage by Mail Service Providers, such as but not limited to lettershops, presort bureaus, fulfillment companies, and consolidators.

## Meetings

- 3-Face to Face
- 11 Telecom
- Numerous Emails

## Barriers Identified

- Application Process Cumbersome
- 2. 	Benefits and present *PostalOne!* Functionality not always known.
- USPS ‘round stamp’ eliminated from postage statements and security of electronic statements
- Difficult to factor spoilage into counts
- Courtesy Pallets not recognized by *PostalOne!*
- Software Certification and *PostalOne!* interface

## Recommendation for Application Barrier

- Additional training by USPS of both help desk and BMEU personnel emphasizing the different application process (on line versus in person)
- Industry associations help in the communication of the different application methods
- Modify application showing sections to be completed by USPS more clearly

## Round Stamp/Security Recommendations

- USPS send and provide official letter informing permit holders of change
- Clearly differentiate between pending and final postage statements
- Encrypt postage statements to make manipulation more difficult
- Change present ‘pull’ model to ‘push’

## Recommendation for Benefit/Functionality Issue

- Update functionality report created by workgroup after each new software release and patch. Post on PostalOne! website in timely manner\
- Implement capability to support electronic form 8125

## Resolution of Spoilage Issue

*PostalOne! *Release 14.0 (scheduled for late
- 2007/early 2008) will use the Mail.dat® Postage
- Adjustment Record (PAR) for spoilage count.
- Spoilage postage will be deducted from
- the lowest discounted rate

## Resolution of Courtesy Pallet Issue

- Customer Support Ruling: PS-327 created:
- 	When a mailer is transporting less than 12 linear feet of trays or fewer than 100 pounds of sacks within a mailing to a destination BMC/ASF, ADC, or SCF, the mailer may place this mail on a low volume BMC/ASF, ADC, or SCF pallet respectively provided the mailer prints and attaches an appropriate barcoded pallet label to each such pallet. This provision also applies to the last Mixed BMC or Mixed ADC pallet within a mailing if it contains less than the minimum required volume as long as all more finely presorted pallets have been prepared..

## Software Certification Recommendation

- Group decided this best handled by another workgroup.  Group submitted issue statement for the formation of a new workgroup.

## Thanks to Workgroup Members

- Angelo Anagnostopoulos		Norine Henke		Harry Shamenek
- Joe Bailey				Mark Mandel		Jim Shawver
- Mary Ann Bennett			Mike Maroney		John Stifter
- Lisa Bowes			Dave Meyers		John Thackray
- Corrie Brague			Ken Miller			Wallace Vingelis
- Kim Brennan			Cheryl Miller		Kevin Yost
- Tom Buttaccio			Lloyd Moss		Derrick Barnette
- Rich Casford			Cindy Perkins		Diane Elmer
- WK Chan 				Ron Price			Frank Price
-  Rich Domagala 			Linda Gustason		Jan Kemme
- Christine J. Erna			Sandra Ridder		Judy Costello
- Rose Flanagan			Jeff Robinson		Jim Brockman
- Joy Frankowiak			K Jon Runstrom		Karen Zachok
- Susan Gensel			John Sexton		Tony Wilson
- Dan Goodkind			Wanda Senne		Bob Galaher
- Troy Fischer			Sue Sevening		Rick Tauceda
- Pritha Mehra			Marc McCrery		Helen Laverty
- Michael Kolodner

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**Notes:**
Questions?  Thank you very much for your time today.  I’ve enjoyed meeting with you.