MAILPIECE DESIGN FOR POSTAL AUTOMATED REDIRECTION SYSTEM PARS

MAILPIECE DESIGN FOR POSTAL AUTOMATED REDIRECTION SYSTEM (PARS)

MAILPIECE DESIGN FOR PARS PERSPECTIVE • 16. 1% of Population Moves Each Year • 43 Million Change-of. Address Orders Annually • 2 Billion Pieces of Mail Forwarded Annually MTAC Meeting, Washington DC, August 4, 2004 Slide 2

MAILPIECE DESIGN FOR PARS MOVIE MTAC Meeting, Washington DC, August 4, 2004 Slide 3

MAILPIECE DESIGN FOR PARS PHASE I DEPLOYMENT PLANS 86 49 15 Computerized Forwarding System Sites Processing & Distribution Centers Remote Encoding Centers National Customer Support Center Planned Phase I Deployment Completion – November 2004 MTAC Meeting, Washington DC, August 4, 2004 Slide 4

MAILPIECE DESIGN FOR PARS AUTOMATED REDIRECTION PROCESS MTAC Meeting, Washington DC, August 4, 2004 Slide 5

MAILPIECE DESIGN FOR PARS AUTOMATED USPS ENDORSEMENT PROCESS MTAC Meeting, Washington DC, August 4, 2004 Slide 6

MAILPIECE DESIGN FOR PARS AUTOMATED ADDRESS CORRECTION NOTIFICATION MTAC Meeting, Washington DC, August 4, 2004 Slide 7

MAILPIECE DESIGN FOR PARS FORM 3547 MTAC Meeting, Washington DC, August 4, 2004 Slide 8

MAILPIECE DESIGN FOR PARS MAILER AND POSTAL SERVICE BENEFITS • Service Improvement • Customer Satisfaction • Operational Efficiency MTAC Meeting, Washington DC, August 4, 2004 Slide 9

MAILPIECE DESIGN FOR PARS MAILER ENDORSEMENT REQUIREMENTS • Must have a Domestic Return Address JAMES WARRICK RUSS GALLERY LTD 4016 MAIN ST FORT WORTH TX 76133 -5559 Presorted First Class Mail U. S. Postage Paid Fort Worth TX Permit No. 1 ENDORSEMENT • Must Place Any Ancillary Service Endorsement in One of These Four Positions MTAC Meeting, Washington DC, August 4, 2004 ENDORSEMENT JOHN DOE 10 ELM ST ANYTOWN NY 98765 -4321 Slide 10

MAILPIECE DESIGN FOR PARS MAILER ENDORSEMENT REQUIREMENTS • Type Size of the Endorsement is at Least 8 Points • Read Direction of the Endorsement and Return Address is the Same as the Read Direction of the Delivery Address • Reasonable Degree of Color Contrast – A Brilliant Colored Background or Reverse Printing is not Permitted • A Clear Space of at Least ¼ inch is Placed Around the Total Area Containing the Endorsement MTAC Meeting, Washington DC, August 4, 2004 Slide 11

MAILPIECE DESIGN FOR PARS REVERSE PRINTING JAMES WARRICK RUSS GALLERY LTD 4016 MAIN ST FORT WORTH TX 76133 -5559 PRESORTED STANDARD U. S. POSTAGE PAID Fort Worth TX JOHN DOE 10 ELM ST ANYTOWN NY 98765 -4321 MTAC Meeting, Washington DC, August 4, 2004 Slide 12

MAILPIECE DESIGN FOR PARS INCORRECT PLACEMENT JAMES WARRICK RUSS GALLERY LTD 4016 MAIN ST FORT WORTH TX 76133 -5559 PRESORTED STANDARD U. S. POSTAGE PAID Fort Worth TX JOHN DOE 10 ELM ST ANYTOWN NY 98765 -4321 Address Service Requested MTAC Meeting, Washington DC, August 4, 2004 Slide 13

MAILPIECE DESIGN FOR PARS FONT SIZE TOO SMALL JAMES WARRICK RUSS GALLERY LTD 4016 MAIN ST FORT WORTH TX 76133 -5559 PRESORTED STANDARD U. S. POSTAGE PAID Fort Worth TX Address Service Requested JOHN DOE 10 ELM ST ANYTOWN NY 98765 -4321 MTAC Meeting, Washington DC, August 4, 2004 Slide 14

MAILPIECE DESIGN FOR PARS READ DIRECTION OF ENDORSEMENT NOT CORRECT Address Service Requested JAMES WARRICK RUSS GALLERY LTD 4016 MAIN ST FORT WORTH TX 76133 -5559 JOHN DOE 10 ELM ST ANYTOWN NY 98765 -4321 MTAC Meeting, Washington DC, August 4, 2004 Slide 15

MAILPIECE DESIGN FOR PARS SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS • PARS will Improve Service and Operational Efficiency • PARS Recognition Technology Tuned to Domestic Mail Manual Requirements • Proper Mailer Endorsements will Ensure Proper PARS Handling MTAC Meeting, Washington DC, August 4, 2004 Slide 16