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IntelligentMail

MeasurementReadiness

June 13, 2007

Full WG Meeting

Intelligent Mail® Barcode (IMB) Read Deployment: Complete

Expansion of IMB to Flats: Complete (spec change in test)

Intelligent Mail Tray Label (pre-qualified mailers): Qtr 4 FY07

PARS Deployment: October 2007

Small Parcel Bundle Sorter Tracking System: October 2007

Intelligent Mail Tray Label available to all mailers: Qtr2 FY08

Surface Visibility Phase II: FY08

24 Digit Tray Label: FY08/09

IMB Mandate: CY09

Seamless Acceptance: CY09

Intelligent Mail Timeline

Letters - AutomationData Capture Point Technology Timeline BarrierStart the Clock:

Induction

Acceptance scans

FAST

Seamless Acceptance using Mail.dat / Web services

Scan of Pallet & Container barcodes with SV devices

In pilot

150 dock scanners deployed

Mailer: willingness / enough sources to implement required barcodes and systems

Full deployment of SV scanners

Interim Scans:

Inter-facility

Intra-facility

Transit

Secondary arrival

DU arrival

Intelligent Tray barcodes & TMS

Intelligent Mail barcode – 8 million per week

IMVIS infrastructure (“data cop”)

IMD

IMVIS upgrade in June

Seamless pilot + limited usage in summer

150 SV devices deployed

Yard Mgmt - TBD

0 DU dock scanners (could use carrier IMD)

Assess IMB mailer type / class

Exit Scan:

DPS Scan

Intelligent Mail Tray barcode scan

Intelligent barcodes

IMD

IMD fully deployed-Sept Exit Scan: Is hybrid system necessary or is implied sufficient?

Flats - AutomationData Capture Point Technology Timeline BarrierStart the Clock:

Induction

Acceptance scans

FAST

Seamless Acceptance using Mail.dat / Web services

Scan of Pallet & Container barcodes with SV devices

In pilot

150 dock scanners deployed

Mailer: willingness / enough sources to implement required barcodes and systems

Full deployment of SV scanners

Interim Scans:

Inter-facility

Intra-facility

Transit

Secondary arrival

DU arrival

Intelligent Tray barcodes & Tray Management System

Intelligent Mail barcode – 7 million per week

IMVIS infrastructure (“data cop”)

IMD

APPS & SPBS / AFSM

IMVIS upgrade in June

Seamless pilot + limited usage in summer

150 SV devices deployed

Yard Mgmt - TBD

0 DU dock scanners (could use carrier IMD)

Assess IMB mailer type / class

Exit Scan:

Incoming Secondary scan

Intelligent Mail Tray barcodes or Bundles scans at DU

FSS-DPS scan

Intelligent barcodes

IMD

IMD fully deployed-Sept

FSS – 2009

Exit Scan: Is hybrid system necessary or is implied sufficient?

Conceptual flow and scan events

Bundle Scanning Scenarios

Mailer

1

Manifest

Manifest

Manifest

BMC P&DC DU/DDU

Carrier -RoutePresort Bundles

Carrier -Route

Presort Bundles

Clerk performs scan upon distributiondistribution to carrier case

Carrier scans each bundle prior to casing

Carrier -Route

Presort Bundles

Carrier -RoutePresort Bundles

Individual bundles for

casing and delivery

Carrier

Carrier -Route

Presort Bundles

Carrier -Route

Presort Bundles

4a

4a&b

23

3

Carrier -Route

Presort Bundles

12

1

2

Mailerdrops

at BMC

Mailer drops Mail at P&DC

Mailer drops Mail at DDU

"Start the Clock” ”

”

DISTRIBUTION SCAN .

Carrier

“IMB CasingScan

Mailer

Mailer 3

4b

IM Container Barcode – SV

Carrier -Route

Presort Bundles

Individual bundles

Carrier cases mail

Carrier

Individual bundles

Distribution Clerk

Individual bundlesbefore distribution

Distribution ScanIMB Casing

Scan

Any of the three scanning processes can occur with any of the three induction scenarios identified.

IM Container Barcode – SV

IM Container Barcode – IMD

"Start the Clock”

"Start the Clock”

CASING SCAN

DISTRIBUTION & CASING SCANS

Clerk performs scan upon distributiondistribution to carrier case and carrierScans each bundle prior to casing

Individual bundlesbefore distribution

Distribution Clerk

Parcels – Automation or RetailData Capture Point Technology Timeline BarrierStart the Clock:

Induction

Acceptance scans

EVS manifest

POS

Scan at plant, BMC or DU – retail scan

8125 (truck manifest) scan

“Scan 5”

EVS usage expanded

150 dock scanners deployed – limited BMCs

IM Parcel barcode widely used

Mailer participation: willingness / enough sources to implement required barcodes and systems

Non-POS sites?

Full deployment of SV scanners

Interim Scans:

Inter-facility

Intra-facility

Transit

DU arrival

Intelligent Mail Container barcode scan

Intelligent Mail Parcel barcode scan at BMC

APPS, SPBS scans

IMD

0 DU dock scanners (could use carrier IMD)

SPBS upgrade-Oct ‘07

Exit Scan:

Delivery “DelCon” scan (or any special services scan)

Intelligent barcodes

IMD

IMD fully deployed-Sept Size of label in relation to smaller packages

Forwards / Returns

Data Capture Point Technology Timeline BarrierStart the Clock:

Induction

Forwarding/Return scans

Original acceptance data:

Seamless AcceptanceEVS

Redirection data:

PARS (letters)

CFS (letters / flats)

Carrier event scan (parcels)

First Class/Periodicals-available now

CFS – May 1, 2007

PARS – Sept. 2007

Customer adoption of new endorsement & field training

Data can be captured on letters, flats and parcels

● After identification, tracked same as non-UAA mail