Reduce Postage Costs and Improve
Delivery, Combined Mailing Solutions
PCC Mailers Forum 2014
September 10th, 2014
Deborah Damore
Fairrington Transportation
Agenda
Overview
• Plant Verified Drop Ship (PVDS)
• How does it work?
• What is Co-Pal & Co-Mail
• Benefits
• On-Boarding
• USPS fees and requirements
• Mixed Class Combined Mailing
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Plant Verified Drop Ship
 Plant-verified drop shipment (PVDS) enables origin
verification and postage payment for shipments to be
drop shipped to destination.
 Transported by mailer (or third party) at the mailer’s
expense on the mailer’s own or contracted vehicle to
destination USPS facilities for acceptance as mail at
discounts.
 Prepared for deposit at a destination entry price
 DNDC, DSCF, DADC or DDU
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Postage Savings
 Standard Mail, Bound Printed Matter, and Periodicals
may be eligible for further discounts if the mail is entered
closer to its destination.
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Destination Network Distribution Center (DNDC)
Destination Area Distribution Center (DADC)
Destination Sectional Center Facility (DSCF)
Destination Delivery Unit (DDU)
 The discount received depends on where the mail is
entered.
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Shipment Flow
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Understanding Mail Flow
Future Mailing Strategies: Co-Pal & Co-Mail
What is Co-Pal?
Co-palletization is the process of combining addressed,
independently pre-sorted mailings from different sources into
pallet-sized drop-shipments.
Co-palletization can be completed
in house, or through a third party
partner.
Co-palletization can be applied to
Standard Letter Mail, Standard Flat
Mail and Periodical Flat Mail.
Future Mailing Strategies: Co-Pal & Co-Mail
What are the benefits?
Decrease postage trough co-palletization processing while
increasing in-home management possibilities.
 Maximize Postage Savings.
 Improve on Delivery Service, SCF/NDC vs. Local.
 No impact on content inside tray.
 Pay actual postage for your mailing.
 Opportunity to consolidate multi-cell mailings to hit
USPS on the same pallet at the same time
Future Mailing Strategies: Co-Pal & Co-Mail
Example of Co-Pal Savings
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On Boarding for Co-Pal
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Requires USPS authorization.
Requires mailers can prepare eDoc using mail.dat file with PostalOne.
Full Service mailings can still receive full service discounts in Co-Pal.
Standard Letter Co-Pal
 Postage is paid at origin on current permit account using eDoc.
 Postage is paid prior to pool processing at predetermined
SCF/NDC entry levels.
Periodical Flat Co-Pal
 Mailers open additional entry at Co-Pal site.
 Postage is paid after pool completion under mailers pub number
using eDoc.
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What is Co-Mail?
Co-Mail is the process of combining and presorting two or
more titles into a single mail-stream. This process lowers the
per/piece postage rates due to improved level of presort for
each title. It also creates deeper penetration into the postal
system, facilitates more consistent and timely delivery, and
allows mail pieces to arrive in better condition with less
handling by the United States Postal Service.
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Benefits of Co-Mail
Piece presort postage savings along with destination
entry discounts.
 Mail entered deeper into the postal stream.
 Reduced Postal handling, helps your mail arrive “inhome” in better condition.
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Example of Co-Mail Savings
Origin
Drop Ship
Co-Mail
Quantity
148,667
148,667
148,667
Carrier Route
0%
0%
37.52%
Postage
$57,777
$52,607
$42,054
Postage Saving
$0
$5,170
$15,723
SCF
0%
26.88%
88%
Cost
$3,135
$12,084
Net Savings
$2,034
$3,639
Combined Mailing Solutions
Before Co-Mailing Produced Separately
Mailing Line 1
Mailing Line 2
Mailing Line 3
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Bundles Contain Multiple Titles
Co-Mail Pieces are Presorted Together into the same
Bundles onto the same Containers
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BEAT
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Basic Co-Mail Requirements
• Addressing restrictions
• Trim Size range within a co-mail cycle is restricted
• Limited range in variance between thinness to thickest in
co-mail pool
• Polybag mailpieces are permissible (Might require testing)
• All participants together cannot exceed the number of
available pockets
• Check with your Co-Mail vendor for the minimum and
maximum requirements on height, width, and thickness
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The below does not pertain to mail
utilizing Mail Anywhere
Periodicals
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Complete USPS Form PS-3510 for additional entry at Co-Pal site.
Standard mail
Mailing permits must be opened at the USPS site servicing the CoMailer
 Complete USPS Form PS-3615
For both classes make application for CAPS account
 Submit PS-6002
Future Mailing Strategies: Co-Pal & Co-Mail
Mixed Class Co-Mail
Mixed Class Co-Mail allows mailers to combine Periodical and Standard mail flats
within the same bundle and therefore on the same pallets.
Co-mailing Periodical and Standard mail benefit mailers through:
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Increased discounts
Fewer packages and sacks
Improved drop ship penetration
Requirements:
 Participants are required to present standardized electronic mailing
documentation
 Full Service is strongly suggested, but not required.
 Mailers preparing combined mailings of Standard mail flats and Periodical
flats are required to retain written notifications, signed and dated by each
participating Periodical Publisher, disclosing the potential for pieces to
receive deferred USPS handling.
Future Mailing Strategies: Co-Pal & Co-Mail
Mixed Class Co-Mail, Prep Requirements
•Entry
• DNDC, DSCF only
• DDU, DADC not permitted
•Bundle Minimums
• Pure Periodicals – 6 pc
• Pure Standard– 10 pc
• Mixed – 10 pc
• Firm bundle – follow existing standards
•Placards, Labels, OEL
• “MIX COMAIL” verbiage required
•Piece thickness
• 3/4” maximum thickness (Not oversized)
Combined Mailing Solutions
What you should know from your vendor
•Drop schedule – how often, how regular?
•Delivery data – number of days to in-home?
•SCF / NDC % – how well penetrating USPS destination
network? Volume drives destination numbers.
•Security / disaster recovery / financial stability
•Quality Control processes?
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Resources
Ribbs website: http://ribbs.usps.gov/
Postal Explorer: http://pe.usps.com/
DMM :http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/dmm300_landing.htm
Combined mail federal register notice : http://pe.usps.com/FederalRegisterNotices.asp
USPS forms: http://about.usps.com/forms/welcome.htm
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Any Questions?
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