Getting Smart About Intelligent Mail
Getting Smart About Intelligent Mail
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Pitney Bowes launches online resource for Intelligent Mail barcode
Pitney Bowes has launched an Intelligent Mail barcode resource area on its postal information site, www.pbpostalinfo.com.
“The Intelligent Mail Barcode is the key that will unlock a host of new services for mailers,” said John Ward, president of mail services for Pitney Bowes Inc. “We will have tremendous new opportunities to use information to enhance the value of each mail piece, which will help mailers, recipients and the entire mailstream value chain.”
The site includes background on the Intelligent Mail barcode, which was developed by the US Postal Service to encode routing and tracking information on mail. It first became available for use in 2006. The site also contains a link to a Pitney Bowes whitepaper called “Getting Smart About Intelligent Mail.”
The US Postal Service is currently seeking feedback on proposed rules related to the use of Intelligent Mail barcodes. According to these rules, as of January 2009, automation prices will no longer be available for the Postnet barcode. In contrast to the Intelligent Mail barcode, the Postnet barcode only encodes routing information.
Read MorePitney Bowes launches web site focused on Intelligent Mail (R) barcode implementation
Recent years have seen profound changes sweeping through the
mailing industry: postal reform, shape-based pricing, and a host of
other initiatives that have forced mailers to rethink every aspect of
their strategies and operations.
This pace of change will not let up in 2008 as the industry
prepares for the next major shift: widespread deployment of the
Intelligent Mail(R) barcode requirement, a change that will be largely
invisible to consumers but that has vast implications for mailers of
all sizes.
To help these organizations learn more about the Intelligent
Mail(R) barcode and other initiatives, Pitney Bowes maintains a web
site dedicated to providing information on such major initiatives and
has now added the latest information about the Intelligent Mail(R)
barcode.
The Intelligent Mail(R) barcode is the tool that the United States
Postal Service will use to dramatically enhance its service to
mailers. The barcode has the capacity to uniquely identify every piece
of mail entering the postal system, a first for the Postal Service.
This technology will enable unprecedented visibility into the postal
network for mailers and for the Postal Service itself, opening the
door to a host of new and valuable opportunities for companies to make
their mailings even more efficient and effective. For example, the
advanced barcode will enable mailers to track all outbound statements
and inbound payments, greatly improving customer communications when
there is a question about a bill or payment.
The Power of Intelligent Mail
The Power of Intelligent Mail
Read MoreInitiate Systems Teams with Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software
Initiate Systems, Inc., and Group 1 Software, Inc., a Pitney Bowes company, today announced a strategic alliance to jointly market a master data management (MDM) solution. This solution will comprise the Initiate Master Data Service™ Platform for accurate matching and linking of data and Pitney Bowes’ Group 1 customer data quality (CDQ) platform with third party reference data for up-to-date names, addresses and other data.
The combined solution improves the overall value of customer data integration (CDI) and MDM initiatives. Initiate identifies all of the data entities and builds a comprehensive view of the data associated with those entities, while Pitney Bowes helps ensure the address data attributes associated with those entities are correct and up-to-date. This single, accurate, enterprise-wide view of the customer will help companies make better business decisions, strengthen customer relationships and improve the bottom line.
“Combining Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software’s CDQ platform and Initiate Systems’ high-performance, matching and linking software will provide a complete, end-to-end MDM solution for companies seeking to sharpen their business decisions and deepen their customer relationships,” said Christopher Baker, president of Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software. “Improving data quality, integration and management across the enterprise can have an immediate impact on the bottom line.”
Initiate Systems’ President and CEO Bill Conroy said interoperability between the Initiate Master Data Service integration platform and Pitney Bowes’ Group 1 Software CDQ data platform can accelerate the deployment of an integrated MDM solution and the realization of business value from such a project.
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