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Advanced Tools for Improving Address Quality |
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Address Management |
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National Customer Support Center |
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Would You Recognize a Bad Address If You Saw It? |
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Poor Address Quality |
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No Such Number |
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Insufficient Address |
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Other |
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Change-of-Address |
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Customer Has Moved |
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Forwarding Order Expired |
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Attempted, Not Known |
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CASS-Certified Products Can Identify Common
Addressing Deficiencies |
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Full Understanding Of CASS-Certified Product
Capabilities By End-Users Can Assist In Achieving Improved Address Quality |
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One Capability Of CASS-Certified Software Often
Underutilized By Mailers Is The CASS Qualitative Statistical Summary |
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On Average, Mailers Cannot Determine A ZIP+4
Code For Approximately 8% Of The Addresses In Their Lists |
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AEC Uses Specialized USPS-Developed Logic to
Resolve Ambiguous Addresses |
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AEC Typically Corrects About 40% Of Addresses
Processed |
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Cost for AEC Processing is $15 / 1000 Addresses |
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The DSF File Contains Every Address That The
USPS Delivers |
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Mailer Access to DSF Data Is Available Through
Commercially Licensed Firms |
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DSF Service Providers Listing Available In
USPS Certified Product Guide |
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Use of DSF Provides Mailers With: |
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Delivery Address Validation |
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Detection Of Potentially Undeliverable Addresses |
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Delivery Address Attribute Information |
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Vacant |
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Seasonal |
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Drop Address |
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Residential / Business |
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LACS Is An Address-Quality Tool Designed to
Update Addresses Changed: |
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Due To Local Community 9-1-1 Address Conversions |
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Community-Initiated Street Renumbering or
Renaming |
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LACS Processing Provided Through Commercial
Licensees |
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DPV Allows A User To Confirm The Validity Of
Address Information - Right Down To Apartment And Suite Number |
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DPV Provides A “YES / NO” Response To An Inquiry
Such As: |
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“Is 612 King Ridge CV in ZIP Code
38017 A Valid Address?” |
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DPV Will Work In Conjunction With Existing
CASS-Certified Address Matching Products To Validate Addresses |
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DPV Cannot Correct Missing Or Incorrect Address
Components |
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DPV Product Release Announced October 10, 2001 ! |
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DSF2 is an Expanded Version of DPV
Based Upon Secure Hash Algorithm Design |
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DSF2 Will Replace the Existing DSF
Program in Late 2002 |
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DSF2 Will Provide All the Same
Attributes as the Current DSF System |
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More Than 1.7 Million New Delivery Points Are
Established Each Year |
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Currency of ZIP+4 Products Used Impact Quality
Of Address-Matching Processes |
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Approximately 6% Of All New Addresses Have The
Potential To Be Miscoded Between ZIP+4 Product Update Cycles |
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Early Warning System Identifies Addresses
Subject To Potential Miscoding |
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Web-Based System Used by Postal Carriers to Make
Address Corrections to Unresolved Addresses |
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Beta-Test Scheduled Mid-April Through June 2002 |
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Production Rollout Planned Late 2002 |
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Consolidated File Containing 113+ Million
Permanent COA Records |
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NCOA Database Contains 4 Years of
Change-of-Address Information |
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NCOA Service Provided to Mailing Industry Via
Licensees |
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Customers Submit Address List on Electronic
Media |
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Matching Logic Strictly Controlled by USPS |
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Individual Versus Family Matching |
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Typical Match Rate is Approximately 4% |
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200 Billion Address Records Processed by NCOA
Licensees in FY 01 |
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8 Billion Address Records Updated for
Change-of-Address |
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USPS-Licensed Technology That Enables Mailers to
Obtain Change-of-Address “In-House” Prior to Mailing |
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FASTforward Typically Consists of: |
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Tamper-Proof Microcomputer System With Defined
Interface Protocol |
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Vendor-Supplied Interface To USPS FASTforward System |
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Two Separate Versions Are Available for
Licensing: |
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Multiline Optical Character Readers &
Remote Video Encoding Version |
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Updates Mailpieces Directly |
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Computer-Based Mailing List Correction
Version (MLC) |
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Updates Address Records Maintained in Computer
Format |
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COA Database With 12-Months of Permanent
Change-of-Address Records |
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COA Database Updated Weekly Via CD-ROM |
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FASTforward Licensed Directly to End-User |
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Licensees Are Routinely Audited by the Postal
Service to Confirm Proper Use of the FASTforward Technology |
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Post-Mailing Service That Provides Electronic
COA Notices For Mailpieces Undeliverable Due to Customer Move |
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Mailers Apply A Participant Code And An Optional
Keyline To Mailpiece |
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Using ACS Customers Can Reduce Cost Associated
With Manual Keying of Data |
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Endorsements Used Upon Mail Piece to Indicate
Mail Piece Disposition |
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Endorsements Consist of Variable Keyword Plus
“Service Requested” |
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Address |
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Forwarding |
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Return |
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Change |
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Notes