# Presentation: 299816

## MTAC Workgroup 93 Streamlining VerificationBob Galaher, USPSDebbie Cooper, Quebecor

- November 02, 2006
- Washington DC

## Agenda

- MTAC WG 93 Mission
- Design & Concept Testing Sub-Group Goals
- Testing Status
- Open Opportunities
- Wrap Up
- Questions

**Notes:**
Develop business services to align business processes with legacy and new IT resources to support a seamless acceptance supply chain.
Re-engineer current manual and paper driven 8125 process into automated, efficient, cost-effective, and seamless acceptance process.
Develop standard business services and rules to support seamless acceptance and in-process verification processes. 
Enable businesses to integrate its end-to-end business mail processes across the company and with external customers to improve service performance.
Evaluate, implement, and manage business services in relation to the seamless acceptance vision strategies and goals.

## Streamlining VerificationMTAC Workgroup 93

- Mission Statement:
- Determine how the USPS and the Industry can leverage existing or guide future technological solutions into the mailing life cycle that can enhance the verification and induction processes.
- Three Task Teams (Subgroups):
-  Vision Team - complete
-  Barcode Team - complete
-  Concept Design & Test - finalizing
- Develop and design concept
- Test and assess

## Design & Concept Testing Goals

- Define processes for automated verification of Standard and Periodical mail using barcodes (pallet/bundle). (Complete)
- Develop, guide, and assess a “proof of concept” pilot for an electronic 8125 business capability. (Complete)
- Finalize open business/technical issues and submit findings and recommendations (Finalization process)

**Notes:**
Develop business services to align business processes with legacy and new IT resources to support a seamless acceptance supply chain.
Re-engineer current manual and paper driven 8125 process into automated, efficient, cost-effective, and seamless acceptance process.
Develop standard business services and rules to support seamless acceptance and in-process verification processes. 
Enable businesses to integrate its end-to-end business mail processes across the company and with external customers to improve service performance.
Evaluate, implement, and manage business services in relation to the seamless acceptance vision strategies and goals.

## eDropShip Pilot Test

- Pilot Objectives Phase 2
- Create electronic 8125 (discount validated) – On going
- Process Surface Visibility scan information – On going
- Find and resolve gaps in functionality and business process – On going

- Pilot Obstacles Phase 2
- Source data issues with discount validations (WG 106)
- Barcode scanning issues (IMAQ, USPS Eng)
- Business processes should be realigned to accommodate existing and emerging needs
- Hard copy no barcodes
- Barcodes for FAST
- Barcodes for e8125

## Open Issues

- Plan Finish – Mar 2006
- Define Vision (Sept 2005)
- Barcode Analysis (Nov 2005)
- Design, Implement, and Pilot Concept (Mar 2006)
- Extended to Oct 2006
- Will close by end of Nov
- Tasks
- Assign functional areas to manage open business issues
- Assign functional areas to manage technical issues
- Identify process to facilitate information and data access*

## Mixed Loads (PostalOne! and Surface Visibility)
Barcoded placards for eDropship and FAST
Industry needs to provide all barcoded data
Application changes to process
Develop “exceptions” solution (i.e. Extras)
Hard copy and non-barcoded placards
Evaluate current business processes (USPS)
Discount Validations (MTAC WG 106)
PostalOne! encountering same issues as Industry in determining correct entry for discounts 
Improve the access, accuracy, and timeliness of business information used to support the drop shipment process i.e. Drop Ship Product, Label List, FAST data

- Barcoded placards for eDropship and FAST
- Industry needs to provide all barcoded data
- Application changes to process
- Develop “exceptions” solution (i.e. Extras)
- Hard copy and non-barcoded placards
- Evaluate current business processes (USPS)
- Discount Validations (MTAC WG 106)
*PostalOne!* encountering same issues as Industry in determining correct entry for discounts
- Improve the access, accuracy, and timeliness of business information used to support the drop shipment process i.e. Drop Ship Product, Label List, FAST data

**Open Issues**

## Pallet Placard Scanning

Ability to scan through pallet stretch wrap
Scanner Capabilities (IMAQ)
Pallet Preparation with Stretch Wrap (USPS Eng)

Pallet preparation – short pallets
Loss of placard visibility – particularly as they are stacked
Evaluate impact
Evaluate placard placement possibilities (USPS and Industry)

- Ability to scan through pallet stretch wrap
- Scanner Capabilities (IMAQ)
- Pallet Preparation with Stretch Wrap (USPS Eng)
- Pallet preparation – short pallets
- Loss of placard visibility – particularly as they are stacked
- Evaluate impact
- Evaluate placard placement possibilities (USPS and Industry)

**Open Issues**

## Develop approach for information access relative to the drop shipment business process  
The group agreed to a data specific approach to solve the information sharing needs for supply chain roles involved in the drop shipment process.
Identified conceptual model to enable multi-parties to access and update data across the business process
Will document the proposed solution and provide to other MTAC groups facing same challenge

- The group agreed to a data specific approach to solve the information sharing needs for supply chain roles involved in the drop shipment process.
- Identified conceptual model to enable multi-parties to access and update data across the business process
- Will document the proposed solution and provide to other MTAC groups facing same challenge

**Open Issues**

## Next Steps
Submit Data Access Proposal
Report final findings

Sunset Design and Concept MTAC 93 group
Complete MTAC Work Group Close Out Statement by Nov 2006.

- Submit Data Access Proposal
- Report final findings
- Sunset Design and Concept MTAC 93 group
- Complete MTAC Work Group Close Out Statement by Nov 2006.

**Wrap UP**

## Questions?