On July 6, 1976, the USPS offered the first workshare discount for First-Class Presort mail. Thus began the opportunity for mailers to save money by “sharing the work;” sorting and preparing

Numerous surveys and studies across the country overwhelmingly prove direct mail’s success as a marketing tool capable of driving positive results. As postage prices have climbed in past years and... View More

The USPS Electronic Verification System (eVS) allows shippers to submit electronic documentation and pay for postage electronically instead of producing paper manifests and statements. eVS start... View More

Everyone has figured out how to sort mail. Each year, high-volume mailers earn billions of dollars in discounts, taking advantage of USPS workshare concepts first introduced over 25 yea... View More

Creating a fully automated print and mail workflow is an important goal to maximize any-sized print and mailing operation. Many of the largest providers already recognize the significant cost sa... View More

Rochester, NY – June 7, 2016: Today, BCC Software™, a leader in postal preparation and address quality solutions, released the Integratec™ API Platform. The presort toolkit is immediately

With the recent rollback of the exigent surcharge, we should be experiencing a savings in our postal spend. But have you reviewed your jobs to make sure you are squeezing every dollar you can?... View More

There is plenty of buzz about inkjet. Print service providers and in-plants with a long history of using cut sheet toner-based printers for producing bills, statements, notices, and other transa... View More

I won’t repeat what has been written many times and is at the core of many inkjet vendors’ whitepapers, exalting the benefits of transitioning to inkjet equipment. Instead, I will discuss... View More

We manage some of the largest mailing equipment fleets in the world and find the same issues happening in every organization that leads to overspending, fees and lost postage. It does not matter... View More

This past September, I was at a meeting with the National Postal Policy Council (NPPC) where I serve on the board. Delivering value was the main topic of discussion at this NPPC meeting. James (... View More

Fewer than 10 years ago, most mail centers were processing mail and packages by hand. However, an era of e-commerce and data driven technology emerged, creating an exponential increase in purcha... View More

Compliance. It's a word that can cause many managers to shudder. So difficult, so time-consuming, so... impossible to achieve, right? Not necessarily! In this new whitepaper from Neopost USA, they di... View More

If you were to design a print and mail operation today to process transactional documents how would it look? Would you plan for a big warehouse to store pallets full of custom pre-printed shells... View More

Today’s sophisticated transactional and direct mail offers a complex logistical challenge that has more in common with consumer product manufacturing than it does with most people’s idea of

With the acceptance of cloud based applications by corporate America, enterprise class technologies are now more affordable than ever. When looking for the absolute best of class Shipping System... View More

For mailers, don’t expect 2016 to be business as usual. Businesses of all shapes and sizes will see a continued increase in sending costs, which include everything the organization sends out... View More

I was watching a television show recently that told the story of a company with a production throughput problem. The business owners didn’t seem to know how to fix it. The company wasn’t pro

Postalnews.com--The Mail Handlers Union has announced that the USPS has dropped plans to outsource the handling of non-machinable parcels (NMOs). The USPS had contracted with United Parcel Service to... View More

Purchasing software can be big and scary because it’s probably not something you do regularly. It’s much like purchasing a car – you’ve finally realized you need to make the investment,... View More