USPS Scorecard
Made Easy?
Rose Flanagan
Mgr Postal Strategies & Logistics
Data-Mail Inc.
Why A Scorecard?
As Business Mailers Virtually
100% of our Mail is Processed
Electronically
 Removes Subjectivity of Manual
Verifications
 Treats all Mailpieces Equally
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So What’s On the Scorecard?
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Scorecard Data – Letters & Flats
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91% Industry Full Service adoption
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63% Industry eInduction adoption
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Mailer Scorecard Ready for Industry
Automated Assessments live as of October 2016
Data
Mailer Scorecard Ready for Industry
Automated Assessments to be live in March 2017
Move Update
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Published Proposed Rule in July
Mailer Scorecard Ready for Industry
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Assessable Metrics by Program
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Who is Assessed by the USPS?
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Assessments are based on the eDoc submitter Monthly Volumes
The eDoc submitter will receive charges
The eDoc submitter may assign charges to a Mail Owner Permit #
Full Service Thresholds
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Valid MID on Container/Handling Unit or Piece
Valid STID
Correct By/For
Duplicate IMb on Container/Handling Unit or Piece
Wrong Entry Facility Container or Handling Unit
Unlinked Copal tray errors
2% ea
2%
5%
2% ea
2% ea
2%
• Threshold on Scorecard indicates 5%
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Assessable Metrics by Program
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Move Update Threshold
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Current electronic threshold 0.8% -- Proposed threshold 0.5%
of eDoc submitter monthly volume
• Note – on the Scorecard when clicking to view thresholds Move Update
Validations is already listed at 0.5% although noted Info Only
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eInduction Thresholds
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Undocumented Error
Payment Error
Duplicate Barcode
Misshipped
Incorrect Entry Point Discount Claimed
eInduction Zone Discount Errors
0.0%
0.0%
0.17%
1.05%
100%
0.01%
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Where Is My Scorecard?
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Enter thru the Business Customer
Gateway (BCG)
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Where Is My Scorecard?
1. Log into the BCG
2. Choose Mailing Services
3. Choose Mailing Reports
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Where Is My Scorecard?
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Choose ‘Mailer Scorecard’
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Where Is My Scorecard?
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Choose Who You Are
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Scorecard Electronic Data
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Scorecard Move Update Data
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Move Update Errors and UAA
Warnings Updated Daily
COA Error
COA Warnings
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What Does This Mean?
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Mail Services Providers should be
reviewing their Scorecards
Regularly
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Issues should be discussed with Business Service
Network or Business Mailers Support
Mail Owners need to be reviewing
their Scorecards & Communicating
with their Service Providers
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Issues/concerns may want to be first discussed with
Mail Service providers
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Resources
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Guide to the Mailers Scorecard
https://ribbs.usps.gov/intelligentmail_guides/documents/tech_guides/GuideToMail
erScorecard.pdf
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USPS Webinar
https://ribbs.usps.gov/mtac/documents/tech_guides/webinararchives/2015Webin
ars/MailerScorecardWebinar.pdf
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Associations
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Idealliance (www.idealliance.org)
BCC Software (email marketing@bccsoftware)
Vendors/Suppliers
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Thoughts?
Comments?
Questions?
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