MTAC

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MTAC 95 UpdateFAST for Periodicals

• November 2, 2006
• Washington DC

2
Progress

• Pilot of FAST Periodicals appointment process on
  10/8
• The pilot is design to validate the advance
  notification process for Periodicals Mailers
• Refine partial load process
• Participating Mailers include
• Pilot is limited to the New York Metro Area and
  the San Francisco Plant

• Brown Printing Company
• Computerworld Inc.
• Condé Nast
• Crain Communications Inc.
• ESPN
• Hassett Air Express
• McGraw-Hill

• Newsweek
• Perry Judds
• Quad/Graphics
• Quebecor World
• RR Donnelley
• Time Inc

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Progress

• FAST for Periodicals functionality included
• Recurring Appointment Requests
• Joint Periodicals Mail Scheduling
• Publication and Mail Owner Visibility
• Full mail.dat and Web Services support will be
  rolled out in early 2007
• Meeting on 10/31 reviewed the new IDEAlliance
  specifications and the mail.dat support process

4
Field Communications

• Continued to work specific plants where issues
  have occurred to ensure that they understand the
  current policy that Periodicals must be accepted
  any time the facility is open and staffed
• FAST is working on a letter to send to the Area
  Vice-Presidents to the emphasize the policy
• SOP will be sent along with the letter to the
  field

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Next Steps

• Assess lessons learned from the Pilot
• Finalize Design for Periodicals Web Services and
  Mail.dat support
• Finalize plan to extend pilot
• Turn on Periodicals Appointments in Spring 2007