National Postal Forum Flats Symposium 2008

® ® National Postal Forum Flats Symposium 2008 USPS Engineering - Future Technology Walt O’Tormey Vice President, Engineering USPS National Postal Forum 2008

Engineering Solutions q Bulk Flats Processing q Flats Postal Address Redirection System

Bulk Flats Processing (BFP) BULK FLATS PROCESSING & EQUIPMENT HAVE EVOLVED TOGETHER Manual Mechanized

Bulk Flats Processing THE MAILING COMMUNITY & USPS ARE EXPLORING FUTURE BULK FLATS PROCESSING q MTAC formed two subcommittees to review flat mail preparation l MTAC 96 – Adopt “Auto-Ready” Pallets l MTAC 115 – In Process “Auto-Ready” Pallet

BFP - Low Footprint SAMP: 1410 sq ft MANUAL MECHANIZED BFP 1125 sq ft AUTOMATED Auto-Ready: 1 BFP and 1 SAMP Serves 2 FSS

MULTI-ZONE BFP IN DEVELOPMENT De-palletize bundles Bundle Buffer/Sort Cut Straps Load ACTs Stack ACTs Make Dollies

FLATS PARS Flats Postal Address Redirection System

PARS for Flats Postal Address Redirection System for Flat Shaped Mail q Corrects Addresses Not Current q Corrects to the Finest Depth of Sort AFSM Machines Will § Intercept § Process Return to Sender § Label and Print Current Address FSS Will Intercept

Undelivered-As-Addressed Undeliverable-as-addressed (UAA) mail processing. Every year… - 17% of population moves - Resulting in 45 million change of address requests - 5 -6 billion undeliverable-as-addressed mailpieces

Forwarding Prior to FPARS NY LA Recipient moved! MIAMI

FPARS Interception Solution Recipient moved, intercept & label NY LA MIAMI

FPARS Schedule q Prototype Test Boston – February 08 q FPARS Contract Award – Tentative, Fall 08 q Field Test – Next Year

United States Postal Service - Engineering Focus – Provide Customer Benefits q Reduce Cycle Time – Service q Control Total Process Costs q Increase the Value of the Mail