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C-4 Seamless Acceptance Assessment Calculations

C-4.1 Assessment Calculation Example for Undocumented (Piece) Errors

The example below explains the process and calculation of assessments for Undocumented Piece errors. For Undocumented (Piece) Errors, an additional step of calculating a mailers total average postage per pieces is required. The mailer in the scenario only exceeds the monthly error threshold for Undocumented Piece errors. Additionally, the average postage and all undocumented pieces are from the same mail class.

Table C-4.1a

Assessment Calculation Example Parameters

Example Mailer eDoc:

 

Category

Example Parameters

Total Pieces in eDoc that received an MPE Scan

10,000

Average Postage Per Piece for Marketing Mail

$.286

Average Postage Per Piece for First Class Mail

$.372

Table C-4.1b

Assessment Calculation Example Results

Monthly Seamless Acceptance Verification Results:

 

Error Level

Error Type

# of MPE Errors

# of Sampling Errors

# eDoc SA Pieces

Error Percentage

Error Threshold

Errors Above Error Threshold

Piece

Undocumented

523

20

10,000

5.15%

0.3%

493

 

Mail Class

Number of Pieces

Marketing Mail Pieces over Threshold

394

First Class Mail Pieces over Threshold

99

The process to calculate Undocumented (Piece) Error verification results and assessments is below:

  1. Error Percentage Calculation:

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  2. Pieces Above Error Threshold Calculation

    3.  

  3. Postage Assessment Calculation:

    4.  




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