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National Association of Presort Mailers

National Association of Presort Mailers. NAPM’s Objectives. Represent the interests of all presort mailers, Improve communications with the USPS by providing a unified channel of communication from presort mailers to the USPS. Promote professional and ethical business practices among members.

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National Association of Presort Mailers

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  1. National Association of Presort Mailers

  2. NAPM’s Objectives • Represent the interests of all presort mailers, • Improve communications with the USPS by providing a unified channel of communication from presort mailers to the USPS. • Promote professional and ethical business practices among members. • Promote the understanding and compliance by presort mailers with the USPS regulations through educational programs • Develop and improve USPS programs to produce cost savings and service benefits for presort mailers and the USPS.

  3. National Association of Presort Mailers Mail Processing: barcoding and sorting and Mail Consolidation

  4. Hallmark of the Industry The Multiline Optical Character Reader or “MLOCR”

  5. Bowe, Bell & Howell

  6. The Core Business Mail Consolidation Average Bureau has circa 100 customers, so: 200 bureaus means 20,000 mailers

  7. Mail consolidation • More important than prebarcoding and presorting. • Makes worksharing discounts available to many more mailers.

  8. Mail Volume Industry as a whole probably processes: • 35 billion First-Class letters per year or about 2/3rds of all automation First-Class letters, and • an unknown but substantial and growing number of Standard Mail letters

  9. NAPM • Founded in 1983 • Joined MTAC in 1986

  10. NAPM Rates and Rules

  11. Rates Intervened in every rate omnibus case since 1986 Working with other Associations, especially the American Bankers Association, but also the Major Mailers Association , have increased workshared discounts in every case in which we have participated.

  12. Rules As important as rates, and workshare discounts are, rules can be as or more important.

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