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Flats Update. MTAC – November 2010. Rosa Fulton Executive Director, FSS. Krista Finazzo Manager, Operational Requirements. Agenda. Flat Volume FY 2010 Update Flat Strategy Activities Update FSS Update FSS Optional Mail Prep. Flat Volume Trend 2005 - 2010. FY 2005 –10
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Flats Update MTAC – November 2010 Rosa Fulton Executive Director, FSS Krista Finazzo Manager, Operational Requirements
Agenda • Flat Volume FY 2010 Update • Flat Strategy Activities Update • FSS Update • FSS Optional Mail Prep
Flat Volume Trend 2005 - 2010 FY 2005 –10 Flat volume decline 32% 17.1 billion fewer flats annually
Flat Volume 2010 vs. 2009 FY 2010 Flat volume, 36.8 bil -5.8% decline compared to FY 2009 2.25 bil fewer flats -4.5% -7.9% -12.9%
All Flats by Month Comparison August – only month volume increased over SPLY by 3.9%
Periodical by Month Comparison September month with least Periodical volume decline -1.1%
FSS Update MTAC – November 2010 Rosa Fulton Executive Director, FSS
FSS Deployment Plan 100 FSS / 47 Sites # FSS Color Key 1 2 3 4 5
FSS Deployment / Operations • Sequencing flats • 23 operational machines • 9 sites • Ready for sequencing • 52 machines • 22 sites • Installations in progress • 4 machines • 4 sites • 100th FSS machine • Installed – April 2011 • Operational – June 2011
Sequencing Operations FSS Sequencing Operations Over 7,000 carriers receiving sequenced flats in 210 delivery units
Deployment & Activation ongoing • By the end of December 2010 • 9 operational FSS sites • 28 FSS machines on-line • 1/3 of FSS phase 1 machines on-line by end of January FSS Live Operations – Next Sites
FSS Optional Mail Prep MTAC – November 2010 Krista Finazzo Manager, Operational Requirements
FSS Optional Mail Preparation FSS Optional Mail Preparation Effective January 2, 2011 Mailers provided opportunity to align flat mail preparation (bundles & pallets) with FSS sort-schemes & processing strategy Objective Get flats to the front of FSS—bypass upstream bundle distribution FSS flats available earlier in the end-to-end flat distribution process
FSS Optional Mail Preparation FSS sort-scheme bundle Combines all 5-digit flat mailpieces for a sort-scheme into the bundle FSS pallets FSS scheme pallet FSS facility pallet
FSS Optional Mail Preparation Bundles prepared for a single FSS sort scheme as shown in L006 5-digit flats sequencing systems (FSS) scheme pallet Bundles prepared for a single FSS sort-scheme as shown in L006 FSS Facility Pallet Automation compatible bundles CR-RT, 5-D and SCF as shown in L005 SCF pallet
Summary Mailers FSS optional flat preparation effective January 2, 2011 Planning & synchronization in progress