Pitney Bowes Introduces New SortEngine™ Software Platform; Receives USPS Full Service eDoc Certification
October 09 2012 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) today announced the introduction
of their new SortEngine™ Software Platform for its Vantage™,
Olympus®, Reliant™ and VariSort™ sorters. For U.S. mailers
that sort outgoing mail, these solutions can help reduce postage
costs and improve the mail preparation process.
The Pitney Bowes SortEngine™ Software Platform is designed to
help mailers better integrate sorting into their overall production
print and mail operations. The platform facilitates USPS® mailings
for First-Class™ letters and flats, and Standard Mail®
letters. It also supports metered mail, permit mail and
pre-cancelled stamps. Flexible sort density control, based on
potential postage discounts versus processing time, enables mailers
to make workflow decisions on-the-fly based on real data. Mailers
can also track postage costs and qualification-level by customer to
facilitate their own billing for a commingled mailing based on
production data.
The SortEngine™ Software Platform will also support future
options including: IntelliScheme™ Sort Scheme Optimization based on
daily expected mail; Full Service Intelligent Mail® barcode (IMb)
support; Full Service USPS® Customer Supplier Agreement support;
PostalOne!® TMS Interface; Multiple Entry Drop Ship for additional
postage discounts and better control over in-home delivery dates;
and Jackpot Manager for setting aside portions of your mailstream
for increased workflow flexibility and improved postage
discounts.
“Our new SortEngine™ Software Platform provides mailers with a
flexible solution that can be easily customized to meet their
sorting needs,” said Clint Dally, vice president, sortation
solutions and North America marketing, Document Messaging
Technologies, Pitney Bowes. “In addition, the software
platform can help mailers meet USPS® mail submission requirements,
improve postage discount opportunities, and increase the efficiency
of their production print and mail operations.”
In addition to this news, Pitney Bowes’s SortEngine™ Software
Platform and legacy PDoc software recently became certified by the
U.S. Postal Service in its Software Vendor Authorization for
Electronic Documentation (eDoc) and Full Service Intelligent Mail
barcode program. This voluntary program enables software
companies to test and validate that their solutions are
interoperable with the USPS PostalOne!® system to submit mail
through electronic documentation. Pitney Bowes is the first vendor
to receive this authorization for solutions in Multiline Optical
Character Reader (MLOCR) environments.
The certification of these software solutions can help mailers
benefit from a more streamlined on-boarding process when they are
ready to begin using electronic documentation necessary for
Intelligent Mail® Full Service. Customers who are new to eDoc and
Full Service Intelligent Mail barcode are required by the USPS to
pass certain validation tests in the “Test Environment for Mailers”
(TEM) before they are approved to submit mailings electronically.
This customer-specific testing process can now be accelerated
considerably for customers who use a vendor solution that has
already been authorized and included in the “Software Vendor
Capability Matrix.”
About Pitney Bowes:
Delivering more than 90 years of invention, Pitney Bowes
provides business communications software, mailing systems and
services that integrate physical and digital communications
channels. Long known for making its customers more productive,
Pitney Bowes is increasingly helping other companies grow their
business through advanced customer communications management.
Pitney Bowes is a $5.3 billion company with 29,000 employees
worldwide. Pitney Bowes: Every connection is a new opportunity™.
www.pb.com
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