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Confirm MTAC Summary
Confirm MTAC Summary
November 2003
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MTAC Work Teams – Purpose MTAC Work Teams – Purpose
Training & Certification Team• Address USPS & Customer training• Certification Program under development
Reports Team• Enhance Shared Reports• Substantial Improvements to Shared Reports
Pre-Shipment Team• Develop Strategies for Quality Pre-Shipments
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MTAC Work Teams – PurposeMTAC Work Teams – Purpose
Scan Performance Team• Address scan performance
• Addresses data accuracy issues
Futures Team
• Explores new uses for Confirm & PLANET Code
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• Developed Training Modules- Confirm Overview Module- Pre-Shipment Notification
Module• Developed Confirm Certification
Program- Developed Standard Operating
Procedures- Developed Certification
Document- Tested Certification with First
Customer
Training & Certification Team Accomplishments
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•Quality Barcodes
•Quality Pre-Shipment Notification
•Quality Mail Preparation
•Quality Mail Induction
•Quality Scan Data Interpretation
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Benefits
• Foundation for Metrics (Individual, Aggregate)
• Common Platform to Diagnose Delivery Issues
• Trained USPS support
• Confidence in Data (Customer & USPS)
• Increased Diagnostics & Analytics
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Benefits of CertificationBenefits of Certification
Benefits
• Shared Reports
- Delivery vs Service Goal Report
- In Home Window Delivery Report
- Confirm Problems Report
-Mailpiece Summary Report
-Mailer Quality Report
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New Website – mailtracking.usps.com
The Mail Tracking & Reporting landing page contains links to several elements in MT&R, including Confirm.
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Reports Team AccomplishmentsReports Team Accomplishments
• Launched 5 new Shared Reports:
- Delivery vs. Service Goal Report
- In Home Window Delivery Report
- Mailer Quality Report
- Confirm Problems Report
- Mailpiece Summary Report
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Reports Team AccomplishmentsReports Team Accomplishments
• Greater Analytics
• Longer Retention Periods
• More Specific Diagnostics
• USPS Trained
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Pre-Shipment Team AccomplishmentsPre-Shipment Team Accomplishments
Improved Pre-Shipment Process- Pre-Shipment Functions
consolidated (mailtracking.usps.com)
- Improved editing functionality- Improved search capability- Improved file format testing
process- Enhanced Error notification- Enhanced Pre-shipment quality
indicators
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Scan Performance Team AccomplishmentsScan Performance Team Accomplishments
• Increased Stop-the-Clock Operations
• Established scan performance definitions
• Determined scan rate performance qualifiers
• Developed Data Quality Indicators - Confirm Problems Report- Mailer Quality Report
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Future Team AccomplishmentsFuture Team Accomplishments
• Explored alternative architecture for the PLANET Code to provide uniqueness without reliance on POSTNET.
• Identified potential future applications utilizing a USPS database architecture relying on PLANET Code uniqueness
• Collaborated with IMAQ’s study of 4-state barcode technology