May 17, 2006 MTAC Workgroup 99 Streamline Acceptance / Verification of Periodicals and Postage Payment Postage in PostalOne!

2 Process review Step 1: Mail.dat used for Verification and Payment Step 2: Bookweight Final Step 3: Ad % Final Step 4: Marked “ready to pay” and DMU Finalizes Postage Statements Consolidated Postage at Issue Level Consolidated Postage at Segment Level Shorter Time Line

3 Highlights of Achievements Book Weights –Defined a process for capturing book weights –Defined a process to communicate weights to stakeholders (publishers) –Standardized usage of fields in mail.dat –Modified mail.dat Specification to support equivalent weight books –Created a worksheet for DMU Clerks Ad Percentage Capture –Defined a process for publishers or responsible party to input advertising percentage via PostalOne! –Defined a process to communicate advertising percentage to pertinent stakeholders

4 Highlights of Achievements Payment –Defined 2 approaches for payment » Debit at each container ship date » Consolidate across shipments within a plant –Establish a profile for CPP customers Reports –Defined an approach to present consolidated reports with drill capabilities per issue

5 Outstanding Items Finalize advertising percentage communication –Define ownership of final inputs, edits Supplemental Mailings, Back Issues Validate process flow, updates by stakeholders and communication Pilot Test PostalOne! 10.3 Release will support Periodicals electronic documentation and postage in June 2006 Audit Bureau Approvals

6 Benefits & Vision Slide PostalOne! automatically consolidates Postage Statements to Issue level Furthers the characteristics of a true end-to-end electronic workflow Postage Statement Detail (segment and entry level) available in PostalOne! Postage is credited to the correct finance number and CAPS account Certified by audit bureaus Available to anyone in your organization who is authorized to view data