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Intelligent Mail-Doing it Right the First Time Around!
by Lloyd Moss
7/26/2007
4:43:47 PM
When mailers decide how they will implement Intelligent Mail® the benefits they can derive will be based on the level of uniqueness they will assign to the Intelligent Mail® Barcode number. Even if there are no immediate needs to take advantage of these potential benefits, mailers would be wise to design their IMB implementation to assign barcode numbers unique to the mailing and the addressee so that Intelligent Mail® benefits can be enjoyed at a later date without another implementation project.
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- Postal News
Calculating the Value of Software Investments - 2 of 3
by Michael Overturf
7/9/2007
5:17:26 PM
Our goal at Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software is to create value for our clients. Our software products are intended to simplify our customers’ business processes and/or improve their revenue stream.
We are often asked to quantify this benefit, because our customers want to offset the cost of our software with savings in their business. A frequent question our customer have is: What is the productivity benefit, in real terms, of installing your software?
This is the second in a three part series that describes how to measure the productivity benefit of our software. Here we’ll discuss hands-on quantification of the impact of software investments.
Enterprise Address Management as a common resource for location intelligence
by Michael Overturf
6/19/2007
2:36:44 PM
Enterprise Address Management is an information management principle that provides centralized management and access to location intelligence, designed for large, diverse enterprise data environments.
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- Customer Data Quality
- Business Geographics
Mailing Efficiency Newsletters
by Raymond Chin
5/29/2007
1:53:07 PM
Check out our important mailing efficiency newsletters and be sure to subscribe to get your own copy delivered to you via email.
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- Postal News
Intelligent Mail Barcode Getting Shorter
by Everette Mills
5/23/2007
5:28:11 PM
The USPS has agreed to lower the minimum height for the new Intelligent Mail Barcode (IMB) to .125 from .134 inches. This was a move pushed for by many in the industry, but especially those utilizing ink jet printing technology. The change should dramatically reduce costs associated with switching to the IMB from POSTNET barcode methodology.
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- Postal News
Move Update Changes On the Clock
by Everette Mills
5/23/2007
2:10:08 PM
The time for comments on the new USPS rules related to move update have started ticking. The deadline is June 22, 2007. No significant changes occurred in the regulations from what had previously been reported, but a direct link to the proposal is now available.
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- Postal News
Move Update Changes in the Works
by Everette Mills
5/18/2007
5:00:25 PM
A recent notice in the Federal Register will have a dramatic impact on Move Update requirements for both First Class and Standard Class mailers. This appears to be part of the USPS plan for incremental increase in address and data quality in order to ensure greater deliverability and efficiency to postal operation.
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- Postal News
What's the Hubba on Address Coding for CASS
by Raymond Chin
5/11/2007
9:17:23 AM
Wow-we have been very busy with our clients working on CASS Cycle L preparation. After countless calls and various industry meetings, I've come to some conclusions...
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- Postal News
R2006-1 Rate Case Poses New Challenges
by Lloyd Moss
3/29/2007
6:00:27 PM
The implementation of the R2006-1 rate case in two phases on May 14, 2007 and July 15, 2007 poses new challenges to mailers and the USPS. It is full of nuances that can affect your postage and workflow in unexpected ways. This is a series where we will present a few of these at a time.
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- Postal News
DPV and LACS Processing
by Raymond Chin
2/8/2007
1:19:19 AM
DPV and LACS are really coming to your CASS coding process. For months, the vendor community has been working with the USPS to inform the mailers about the upcoming coding rule changes for CASS software.
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- Postal News
Finalist Compatibility Interface Support
by Raymond Chin
9/12/2006
10:40:41 PM
Group 1 Users of Finalist are asked to log in and comment on the proposed Compatiability Interface Support.
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- Customer Data Quality
Mail Tracking and Process Flow Impacts
by Everette Mills
4/5/2006
11:46:20 AM
The mail tracking system works the same for each mail piece once it has entered the mail stream, however for each company that deploys a mail tracking system the work flow and process flow can vary slightly.
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- Data Integration
- Document Composition
Addressing Gets Its Spotlight
by Raymond Chin
4/5/2006
8:31:24 AM
It was not American Idol, the Academy Awards, or Broadway Show production where there were lines and standing room only; it was the National Postal Forum Address Quality Symposium. Yes, standing room only... for addressing?
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- Postal News
Phase III: Enterprise Integration Assessment and Deployment
by Everette Mills
3/30/2006
3:23:34 PM
Phase III will determine how to seamlessly integrate mail tracking data to improve existing systems and processes.
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- Data Integration
Return Mail and Undeliverable As Addressed to be Highlighted - Do you care?
by Raymond Chin
3/26/2006
9:22:34 PM
From the looks of the pre-show National Postal Forum and recent articles, work groups and advertisements, it looks like Addressing will be the highlighted hit of the show. So what is the real problem? Lets chat about it.
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Phase II: Data Aggregation and Management
by Everette Mills
3/21/2006
9:28:28 AM
Phase II will focus on data transfer, ingestion, and delivering a robust data system.
What is 4 State Barcode? What is OneCode Solution (TM)?
by Raymond Chin
3/18/2006
7:23:26 AM
What is 4 State Barcode? Is there new technology being offered very shortly? The soon to be released OneCode ACS Solution (TM) by the USPS (TM) will be formally announced and the use of 4 State Barcodes will be coming out for Letters. Be sure to start preparing.
How to deploy Mail Tracking
by Everette Mills
3/9/2006
3:17:53 PM
The implementation of any enterprise level solution needs careful examination of the current environment, a goal for the future, and a detailed plan to get to that point. An enterprise mail tracking system is no exception. Several key items in the procedure will be examined in this post; process flow, tracking bar code application, enterprise data integration, and business case validation. All of these areas require close interaction between customer and vendor(s) to ensure a smooth and reliable implementation of the mail tracking service.
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- Electronic Document Management
Maximizing ZIP Code Densities To Earn Better Postage Discounts
by Lloyd Moss
2/17/2006
1:05:53 PM
Mailers looking to improve their postage discounts by commingling the different mailings that they do each day should first look to and see if they can be commingled electronically. This type of commingling may require changes to the way they document their mailings but it is very cost-effective. If this is not possible in-house machine based sorting solutions and outsourced machine based solutions may be good options for mail that can not earn 5 digit discounts and in some cases, 3 digit disounts.
Shortened City Name - Time for a Re-Design?
by Raymond Chin
2/12/2006
9:44:55 PM
Abbreviated city names or truncated city names - either way could still be problematic depending on your business solution. Some of the challenges are listed and we are looking for some other strange and unique city name challenges in your business.
Mail Tracking, Who? What? When? Where? How?
by Everette Mills
2/7/2006
11:31:47 AM
In my meetings with customers I find a basic series of questions comes up on a regular basis, so over the next several weeks we can discuss and bring forward the issues involved.
ANKLink
by Kevin Conti
2/1/2006
9:46:40 AM
A quick description of ANKLink, its features and related fees.
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- Postal News