Mailing & Fulfillment — Looming Changes for Mailers

Meanwhile, the agency will soon conclude its rulemaking about address placement on flats. That initiative, designed to enhance carrier efficiency and not related to FSS equipment needs, will require changes in mailpiece design and in the addressing and production of flats. Although the final rule has not yet been issued, mailers and their clients need to recognize the agency's strong interest in standardizing address location on flats and use the proposed rule (published last October 10) as a guide to what the final rule may contain.