A key goal of the new PCC® Network is to transform PCCs into a premier network for customer education and training, in order to facilitate growth for PCC member organizations.
These educational resources can help promote a strong PCC® in your community. Speakers, training seminars, articles, and other support materials are available to improve your mailing processes. Click here for more information.
The “Information for Mailers” web page has been updated to include documents and links to the proposed rule to revise service standards, new FAQs, and a spreadsheet showing the status of Area Mail Processing studies (including drop ship keys and public meeting dates). Also posted are model Service Standard Directory files for market dominant products and labeling lists based upon a hypothetical network. These last two documents are simply intended to illustrate changes that could potentially result from the proposed network consolidation plan.
Of particular interest will be the answers to two of the questions mailers frequently have asked:
Q: Will customers continue to be able to enter bulk mail at Business Mail Entry Units (BMEUs) currently located in impacted facilities?
A: Where practicable, a BMEU will remain in the impacted facility. In situations where this is not feasible, acceptance units will be located within relatively close geographic proximity to the impacted facility.
Q: Will Designated Section Center Facility (DSCF) discounts still be available for mailings entered at BMEUs that remain in impacted facilities?
A: In an effort to mitigate concerns about the potential loss of the SCF discount, the Postal Service will continue, as the network is transitioned, to allow mailers to claim the SCF discount at the specified new entry unit location for mailings that previously had been entered at the BMEU of an impacted facility.
The new materials and links to additional information can be viewed now at http://about.com/news/facility-studies/welcome.htm. Updates and additional information will be added as they become available.
Folded Self-Mailers and Unenveloped Mailpieces
The final rule notice on new standards for folded self-mailers (FSMs) and unenveloped mailpieces that are mailed at automation or machinable prices have been published by the Federal Register. Although the effective date of the final rule is January 5, 2013, we encourage mailers to start using the standards at their earliest convenience. See the entire notice at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-12-01/html/2011-30879.htm
Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM)
Every Door Direct Mail enables you to extend your customer reach via saturation mail without the need for mailing lists, permits, and the associated fees. With Every Door Direct Mail, you create a saturation mailing without applying individual names and addresses to each mailpiece.
You can use Every Door Direct Mail to…
Examples of who can benefit
• Target a location without an address list
• Retailers
• Send out local mailings or national campaigns
• Auto dealerships
• Build more traffic
• Arts organizations
• Find new customers
• Restaurants
• Increase revenue
• Business services
• Reduce mail preparation costs
• Attorneys
• Doctors
• Dry cleaners
• Contractors
• Realtors
The Every Door Direct Mail website will provide mailers with the option to identify and obtain delivery statistics for specific carrier routes based on entered search criteria, generate saturation documentation required under DMM® standards, generate facing slips, and provide general instructions on completing PS Form 3602 and PS Form 8125. Because this tool is primarily designed to assist small local mailers, customers will be limited to accessing the delivery statistics information for no more than five ZIP Codes per visit. Although this website will be available to all mailers, the larger and established mailers are expected to obtain their delivery statistics directly from the Delivery Statistics File or AIS Viewer. Visit the USPS website at USPS website at https://ribbs.usps.gov/
Did you know that information on the National Mail Service website is updated daily? This site is provided for mailers with plant-verified drop shipments going to postal facilities that are closed or have mail entry limits because of natural disasters or severe weather conditions. It also provides optional destination mail entry information, BMC holiday schedule, pending route adjustments and modern service standards and quick pick links to valuable postal resource sites. To stay connected and informed click here.
