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Intelligent Mail ® Barcodes for Reply Mail (Business & Courtesy) MTAC Workgroup 128 Jody Berenblatt, Industry Co-ch

Intelligent Mail ® Barcodes for Reply Mail (Business & Courtesy) MTAC Workgroup 128 Jody Berenblatt, Industry Co-chair Linda Stewart, Postal Co-chair. Issue Statement. The workgroup was formed to address: Issues concerning the use of Intelligent Mail® Barcodes on Reply Mail.

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Intelligent Mail ® Barcodes for Reply Mail (Business & Courtesy) MTAC Workgroup 128 Jody Berenblatt, Industry Co-ch

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  1. Intelligent Mail® Barcodesfor Reply Mail(Business & Courtesy)MTAC Workgroup 128Jody Berenblatt, Industry Co-chairLinda Stewart, Postal Co-chair

  2. Issue Statement The workgroup was formed to address: • Issues concerning the use of Intelligent Mail® Barcodes on Reply Mail. • How to communicate program requirements and timelines.

  3. Desired Results • Identify barriers unique to Reply Mail to transitioning to the Intelligent Mail® Barcode and develop approaches to overcome them. • Provide industry feedback on counting and invoicing procedures to maximize opportunities for participation and efficiency gains. • Develop approaches to communicate the benefits of Intelligent Mail® for Reply Mail to promote widespread usage.

  4. Industry Mail Owners Mail Service Providers Mail Designers Recipients Remittance Organizations Postal Service Business Mail Entry & Payment Technology Delivery Operations Finance/Accounting Intelligent Mail Mailing Services Mailing Standards Pricing & Classification Processing Retail Operations Impacted Stakeholders

  5. Approach • Review the various business models that use Reply Mail products • Review USPS vision and specifications for Intelligent Mail® Barcode and Reply Mail • Prepare workgroup deliverables • Develop recommendations resulting from the work effort

  6. Results • Identified several areas of opportunity and developed recommendations to overcome the barriers to IMb adoption • Identified areas of opportunity to create more revenue for the USPS and the industry

  7. Opportunities for Improvement • PostNet retirement: Voluntary • Recommend extending transition time • Complex Technical Migration • Inventory Management • Technical specifications support current Origin Confirm program AND optional use of Mailer ID • Short term focus: consistent use of Existing BRMAS • Postal Service/Industry partnership on vision for further automation based on IMb • Online Reply Mailpiece Design Tool. • generates a fully formatted, print ready form (pdf) that would contain all the required elements of a BRM properly located and formatted

  8. Next Steps • Poll Workgroup members to ensure concerns and recommendations have been captured; • Revise as necessary; • Finalize document and submit to MTAC Leadership.

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