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Two percent of a mailing, or higher, will be charged more for nonvalidated addresses. can be updated with new addresses prior to mailing, eliminating the delays associated with ACS, as described previously. By performing NCOALink processing prior to each mailing, mailers can ensure that new addresses are on their mailpieces before they enter the postal stream. Updates to the change of address database are available weekly to NCOALink licensees. >> Postal Automated Redirection System (PARS): PARS is part of USPS processing systems designed to streamline delivering forwardable mail to the new address by intercepting and redirecting it when it begins processing. Without PARS, mail is sent to the old address and then ﬂagged with a change of address. This mail must then be forwarded to the new address, delaying successful delivery and incurring costs to the USPS. While the USPS has not completed its nationwide PARS roll-out, those regions that do have PARS have seen signiﬁcant reductions in the time it takes for forwarded mail to be delivered to its new destination. >> ACS: ACS is an enhancement of paper copy change of address notiﬁcations, providing mailers with a means of acquiring electronic change of address notiﬁcations organized by mailer identiﬁcation codes, on a daily, weekly or monthly schedule. In September 2006, OneCodeACS was introduced for First-Class Mail, using the Four-State Customer Barcode (now called the Intelligent Mail Barcode), which gives mailers more information about their mail and provides electronic address updates for those addresses that are on the NCOA list. Starting in 2007 with the implementation of the rate case, the lowest fees for First-Class address correction are being applied to letters using OneCodeACS, with the ﬁrst two records for an address processed at no charge. The disadvantage to this service is that the old address is still being placed on the mailpiece when it is dropped into the mail stream, causing some delay in the forwarding process. >> NCOALink Processing: NCOALink makes change-of-address information available to help reduce undeliverable mailpieces before the mail enters the mail stream and ensures that mail is delivered to the correct addressee without delays. The USPS certiﬁes the NCOALink process, with licensees utilizing software to access the NCOA data. The advantage of NCOALink is that mailpieces New CASS Cycle M Requirements for 2009 CASS Cycle M, originally scheduled for implementation in August 2008, has now been delayed until August 2009. The implementation delay will give the USPS time to complete the requirements for the Intelligent Mail Barcode, which will be required prior to the CASS Cycle M updates. >> Intelligent Mail Barcode (IMB): The IMB, previously known as the 4-State Customer barcode, combines the data of the existing POSTNET and the PLANET Code barcodes, as well as other data, into a single barcode. The IMB makes efﬁcient use of barcode space and integrates the data previously in multiple discrete 22 document april.08 www.DOCUMENTmedia.com http://www.atalasoft.com http://www.atalasoft.com http://www.atalasoft.com http://www.DOCUMENTmedia.com

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Document Magazine - April 2008 Contents Editor's View The Research Desk The Response Center BPM: Improving the Way You Process Contributing Writers Mapping Out Performance Build the Context Before You Move into the House of ECM Taking On the Big 3 The Human Connection Addressing Your Addresses Don't Call Us, We'll Call You The Mulitplying Image Recognizing Accuracy New Products Calendar Advertisers

Document Magazine - April 2008

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