Thursday, November 10, 2011
11:00a.m. - 12:15p.m.
POCAD: Improve Your Accuracy, Improve Your Results
The direct path to success on the Point of Call (POCAD) Address Accuracy Program calls for maintaining an ongoing conversation amongst members, software developers and Canada Post. Undeliverable items are a cost to Canada Post, so there is an incentive to fix addresses. There are 140 million pieces of undeliverable mail annually, and
75 per cent is due to NCOA (National Change of Address) moves. The economic impact of this is $10 million-included in the operating costs on which rates are based. Business mailers don't just want the cost burden shifted to them. What are the tools available for mailers to increase accuracy and delivery? How can mailers work the Program to their advantage, save $s, and contain rates? Join us for this lively session.
Moderator: Kristi Kanitz, Flagship Software
1:30p.m. - 2:45p.m.
The Five Best Ways to Incent Mail Use - What's on Your Wish List?
Learn the top five incentives that members of Canada's Postal Association are advocating to increase mail usage and lower cost. Then contribute your ideas to the NAMMU Wish List during the brainstorming session. Ensure your best ideas are tabled and actioned through NAMMU. Join this round table discussion and get mail back up on the leader board!
Moderator: Kathleen Rowe, President, National Association of Major Mail Users (NAMMU)
3:15p.m. - 4:30p.m. 2011 NAMMU Awards
Friday, November 11, 2011
11:00a.m. - 12:15p.m.
Canadian Business and Curbside Collection-Increased Funding Responsibility
With an understanding that "change is constant", there exists no better an example than the Canadian landscape as it relates to sweeping changes towards how solid waste management programs are funded across the country. Long gone are the days that municipalities fully funded curbside collection programs through municipal tax revenue, regardless of the material placed curbside. Canadian businesses have (and will continue) to see a greater allocation of funding responsibility required to cover such costs.
Specific to the postal industry and all stakeholders, printed paper is already firmly entrenched in Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programs, also referred to as Stewardship Programs in Ontario, Quebec and of recent Manitoba. Other Provinces have also announced plans to proceed with such programs as a method for business to contribute funding towards the advancement of waste reduction and diversion of the goods that are produced.
Join us for this timely session. Learn the current status of EPR programs, where they are going in Canada and what your business must do to remain compliant within the Canadian regulatory landscape.
Moderator: Dave Douglas, President-VisionQuest Environmental Strategies Corp.
1:30p.m. - 2:45p.m.
VAM (Value Add Mailer)-Canada Post Partner Program
The Partner Program was launched in 2009 and there are now approximately 400 registered partners. Canada Post revealed through focus groups that most people don't realize the complexity of mail and the benefit of using a service provider to reduce that complexity. The new Canada Post Registered Partner Portal has now launched, and once logged in, Registered Partners have immediate access to everything they need to succeed with direct mail. The newly enhanced Partner Directory responds to the Partner and client feedback, as of July 2011.
Whether you are already a Registered Partner or just want to know more about the program and its benefits, sign up for this session.
Moderator: Laura Artibello, Mailennium, Chair: NAMMU VAM Council
3:15p.m. - 4:30p.m.
POCAD: Improve Your Accuracy, Improve Your Results
The direct path to success on the Point of Call (POCAD) Address Accuracy Program calls for maintaining an ongoing conversation amongst members, software developers and Canada Post. Undeliverable items are a cost to Canada Post, so there is an incentive to fix addresses. There are 140 million pieces of undeliverable mail annually, and
75 per cent is due to NCOA (National Change of Address) moves. The economic impact of this is $10 million-included in the operating costs on which rates are based. Business mailers don't just want the cost burden shifted to them. What are the tools available for mailers to increase accuracy and delivery? How can mailers work the Program to their advantage, save $, and contain rates? Join us for this lively session.
Moderator: Kristi Kanitz, Flagship Software
The Mail Clinic: The Mail Docs are at Your Service
Meet up with our expert "Mail Docs" for a one-on-one consultation about your postal and mail issues. No questions too tough, no questions unanswered, NAMMU has a Doc on site for all mail types and services.
How can we help?
Thursday November 10 & Friday November 11, 10:00a.m. - 5:00p.m. and Saturday November 12, 10:am -4:00 pm NAMMU booth #3436
