® Intelligent Mail ® Barcodes for Reply Mail (Business & Courtesy) MTAC Workgroup 128 Jody Berenblatt, Industry Co-chair Linda Stewart, Postal Co-chair

Issue Statement The workgroup was formed to address:  Issues concerning the use of Intelligent Mail® Barcodes on Reply Mail.  How to communicate program requirements and timelines.

Desired Results  Identify barriers unique to Reply Mail to transitioning to the Intelligent Mail ® Barcode and develop approaches to overcome them.  Provide industry feedback on counting and invoicing procedures to maximize opportunities for participation and efficiency gains.  Develop approaches to communicate the benefits of Intelligent Mail ® for Reply Mail to promote widespread usage.

Impacted Stakeholders Industry  Mail Owners  Mail Service Providers  Mail Designers  Recipients  Remittance Organizations Postal Service  Business Mail Entry & Payment Technology  Delivery Operations  Finance/Accounting  Intelligent Mail  Mailing Services  Mailing Standards  Pricing & Classification  Processing  Retail Operations

Approach  Review the various business models that use Reply Mail products  Review USPS vision and specifications for Intelligent Mail® Barcode and Reply Mail  Prepare workgroup deliverables  Develop recommendations resulting from the work effort

Results  Identified several areas of opportunity and developed recommendations to overcome the barriers to IMb adoption  Identified areas of opportunity to create more revenue for the USPS and the industry

Opportunities for Improvement 1.PostNet retirement: Voluntary 2.Recommend extending transition time  Complex Technical Migration  Inventory Management 3.Technical specifications support current Origin Confirm program AND optional use of Mailer ID 4.Short term focus: consistent use of Existing BRMAS  Postal Service/Industry partnership on vision for further automation based on IMb 5.Online Reply Mailpiece Design Tool.  generates a fully formatted, print ready form (pdf) that would contain all the required elements of a BRM properly located and formatted

Next Steps  Poll Workgroup members to ensure concerns and recommendations have been captured;  Revise as necessary;  Finalize document and submit to MTAC Leadership.