Postal Automated Redirection System

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Postal Automated Redirection System (PARS)
Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC)
November 7, 2002 ? Washington DC
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• What is PARS
• Key Concepts and Components
• Processes Automated by PARS
• Change of Address Order PS Form 3575
• Distribution Process Today
• PARS Concept
• PARS and Move Update
• Timeline

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WHAT IS PARS

• A System to Identify Undeliverable As
  Addressed Letter Mail at the First Machine
  Handling and Redirect It Automatically to the
  Current, Correct Destination.

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DISTRIBUTION PROCESS TODAY
Correct Destination
Origin
Delivery Unit
CFS Unit
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THE PARS CONCEPT
Origin
Correct Destination
The PARS System Will Significantly Reduce
Handlings for UAA First-Class and Standard Mail.
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KEY CONCEPTS and COMPONENTS

• Change of Address Forms Processing System (CFPS)
• 86 CFS Sites Will Scan
• RECs Will Verify Images
• PARS - Interception/Forwarding/Return to Sender
• CIOSS Machine (Combined ISS/OSS)
• CARS (Change of Address Record Server)

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PROCESSES AUTOMATED BY PARS

• Notification to Mailer PS Form 3547
• Delivery Unit Receives Cards from NCSC Bearing
  Image of Mailpiece and Collects Fees
• Address Change Service
• Electronic Enhancement to PS Form 3547
• UAA Information is Provided Electronically to
  Mailers by NCSC Versus Hardcopy Notification PS
  Form 3547

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CHANGE OF ADDRESS FORM PS FORM 3575
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PARS AND MOVE UPDATE

• Pre Mailing
• Move Update Products
• NCOA
• FASTforward
• The mailer resolves address moves as much as
  possible before entering the mailstream for
  worksharing discounts and higher quality mailings.

• Post Mailing
• PARS
• Postal Service resolves as much as possible after
  mailpiece has been entered into the mailstream at
  the lowest cost to the Postal Service.

Residue UAA Mail
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PARS AND MOVE UPDATE

• PARS and Move Update Working Together for an
  Improved Solution.
• PARS provides Move Update Information When the
  Mailpieces first hit the Mail Stream.

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TIMELINE

• December 2002 OCR-Compatible Change-Of-Address
  Form Will Begin National Distribution
• March 2003 In-plant Test
• April 2003 First Article Test (FAT) Final
  Field Budget Impacts Based on FAT Results
• July 2003 Start Phase 1 Deployment
• The Capability to Perform Scanning of the
  Change-Of-Address Form and Capture the
  Information
• May 2004 Complete Phase 1 Deployment