Tag: Track and Trace

Initiate Systems Teams with Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software

Posted by | Dec 20, 2007 | |

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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Correos wins “Infoworld 2007” award

Posted by | Nov 21, 2007 | |

International Data Group announced the winners of its InfoWorld 100 Awards. The annual awards honour IT projects that demonstrate the most creative use of cutting-edge technologies to further their business goals. To be considered, projects must stretch beyond the typical, off-the-shelf solution, and must use multiple technologies in innovative ways to serve well-defined business goals.

The Spanish giants Correos is one of the 10 companies which received the accolade for the Government Solutions awards. This category includes the 20 most innovated projects in the world.

Correos was awarded for the implementation of the RFID, which allows the company to measure quality control in the logistics chain. Correos installed 2,300 aerials and 330 lectors for tracking letters and parcels. This system also prevents “bottlenecks” and improves quality of service and punctuality of delivery times.

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GrayHair Software Selects Raymond Chin to Lead Product and Development Initiatives

Posted by | Nov 13, 2007 | |

GrayHair Software announced today the addition of Raymond Chin as Vice President, Product Development and Management. Mr. Chin is a globally recognized innovator and expert in software development for postal and USPS-related applications, specifically address-related CASS implementation.

Mr. Chin was Director of Product Management for Group1’s Coding Solutions, including CODE-1 Plus, Finalist, Universal Coder, Canadian CODE-1 Plus and AddressNow. Chin is a graduate of Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD, with an advanced degree from George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Raymond and his family currently make their home in Southern Maryland.

Chin added, ” … joining the GrayHair Software team provides an excellent opportunity to capitalize on emerging needs of leading companies to fully use Intelligent Mail Barcodes in conjunction with best practice address validation and correction. In today’s world, mail tracking is critically important; our vision at GrayHair is tracking mail with unparalleled address accuracy, providing companies a streamlined business method for enhanced mail processing. Mailers know the impact this has on Customer-Managed Relationship (CMR) initiatives, and ultimately, ROI for their mail and postage investment.”

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TNT speeds up with mobile technology

Posted by | Nov 11, 2007 | |

The rollout of wearable mobile computers and scanners is paying dividends on the global mail company’s previous investment in tracking technology.
TNT has made significant improvements to its delivery services with the rollout of mobile computers.

TNT Express UK, which is the carrier’s largest division and its main business-to-business arm, has reduced vehicle loading time by 30 per cent and achieved on-time delivery rates of 98 per cent since rolling wearable computers and scanners out to its delivery drivers a year ago.

TNT Express looked to long-standing provider Motorola, to provide its MC9000 series for drivers to be able to operate the devices even when wearing gloves and has now implemented 2,750 devices for its UK van drivers, expanding to over 8,500 across the Europe, Middle East and Africa division. The UK TNT Express Specialist Services delivery team opted for 900 smaller, lighter MC70 devices.

TNT Express also wanted a scanner that left workers’ hands free, to optimise productivity and vehicle loading time. As a result, TNT played an integral part in the beta testing of the WT4000 wearable scanner. It is currently using 155 of these wearable mobile computers in the UK and has plans to implement a further 800.

TNT is now planning to implement further wearable mobile computers and MC9000s worldwide and is currently investigating how the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology can help its business.

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MapChart goes Scandinavian

Posted by | Nov 6, 2007 | |

Norpost – a leading postal service company from Norway announces a value added web service. Dedicated to business customers, the new business mapping solution is a perfect tool to simplify requests for unadressed direct marketing campaigns.

Norpost AS, a Norwegian specialist in customer oriented door drop marketing, leaflet distribution and spatial segmentation services is offering its customers an online geoinformation system for campaign planning.

By using the new technology of the German MapChart GmbH customers in Norway are now able to select in a fast and easy way target and distribution areas together with the latest houshold figures. The MapChart Stage technology is an application service provided with software and updated maps. The software and mapping data is hosted with a high performance and was integrated from the MapChart server directly in the Norpost web project.

Based on the corporate design of the Norpost web service the application was customized accordingly concerning colors, language, interface design and handling.

Advantages for the customers of Norpost are faster ordering process of marketing services, transparent information on the demographic structure in Norway and current display of the postal code areas for the planning of the distribution areas.

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