All-In-One Sending Solution Simplifies Shipping
and Mailing, Reduces Costs and Provides Digital Platform for New
Services Through an Enhanced Client Experience
Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI), a global technology company that
provides innovative products and solutions to power commerce, today
unveiled the SendPro C-Series, which transforms the traditional
postage meter into an all-in-one office sending solution. The
SendPro C-Series is a digital multi-carrier platform that enables
offices of all sizes to easily select the ideal sending option for
every parcel, letter and flat they send, while also providing full
tracking and delivering savings across carriers, which can be as
much as 39 percent off some USPS retail shipping rates.
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The SendPro C-Series leverages the latest cloud technology to
securely deliver greater value and convenience to users through a
range of apps, analytics and services. Ongoing software upgrades
will deliver new services and value, without the need to change
devices. All models are based on an integrated Android operating
system, making this an open platform capable of running any
combination of thousands of Android applications. The SendPro
C-Series is also an access point for the Pitney Bowes Commerce
Cloud, which offers a host of valuable new applications and
services from Pitney Bowes and partners, including the USPS and
Google. Pitney Bowes is collaborating with Google and others to
develop innovative new apps and deliver new services via Google
Play, creating new value far beyond mailing.
The latest Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index, an annual report
that measures both volume and spend for business-to-business,
business-to-consumer, consumer-to-business and consumer consigned
shipments with weight up to 31.5 kg (70 lbs.), revealed that parcel
shipping grew in the US by 8.2% in 2016. While shipping volumes are
on the rise, so is complexity, with growing multi-carrier usage,
increasing fees and surcharges, new carrier services and
dimensional rating. Businesses of all types and sizes need a
unified platform that takes the guesswork out of office sending and
helps them select the ideal sending option for everything they
send, while also reducing the cost. Organizations can now securely
access package shipping, mailing services and related applications
from a laptop, mobile device or the integrated Android tablet on
new C-Series connected sending devices.
“This is a transformative moment in the evolution of office
shipping and mailing,” said Mark Shearer, EVP and President, Pitney
Bowes Global SMB Solutions. “The new SendPro C-Series is designed
to take the guesswork out of shipping and mailing. These digitally
connected sending devices allow users to better manage their
sending operations on one platform, providing the confidence that
they selected the right carrier and class of service for each
expedited envelope and package, track all shipments from one
dashboard, and provide consolidated visibility and control of
postal and carrier expenses. It also helps ensure the proper
postage for each piece so users can be certain that their item will
arrive as expected, without adding unnecessary and excessive
postage. The SendPro C-Series also provides a direct digital
connection to the Pitney Bowes Commerce Cloud, which gives users
access to enterprise-level savings, analytics, new applications and
services.”
In support of these expanded capabilities, Pitney Bowes has also
invested in widening its shipping payments capabilities to enhance
our value proposition to clients while simplifying multi-carrier
payment options. Through expanded financing offerings, Pitney Bowes
offers shipping clients better tools to manage working capital,
enhance free cash flow and simplify multi-carrier payment
management. The combination of more value and better simplicity
provides a compelling difference for clients, enabling them to
receive one consolidated monthly bill for all of their shipping and
mailing expenses, while earning rewards that can be used for
postage or other shipping costs.
The SendPro C-Series will leverage Smartlink IoT (Internet of
Things) technology to improve ease of use, enable new services and
provide visibility and control over postage and shipping spend.
AutoInk enables just in time ink deliveries at significant cost
savings. AutoPostage refills and AutoRate updates ensure the system
is always accurate, up to date and ready to use. The Commerce Cloud
Insights dashboard provides analytics on mailing and shipping
spend, trends and savings opportunities. The initial launch is
approved for use by the U.S. Postal Service and features the
leading office shipping carriers.
In addition to eliminating trips to the post office, the SendPro
C-Series allows users to link directly to existing carrier accounts
to simplify the process and access discounts, share one address
book across carriers to save time when printing shipping labels and
print carrier-compliant labels from one platform with an integrated
label printer or from your network printer.
"The C-Series system is really user friendly. Now, I can send
mail and print shipping labels right from the system. It's designed
to fit perfectly into my space, and makes me feel like we are
up-to-date with technology," said Nancie Gray, Vice President,
Marketing & Special Events, Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce.
"We send mostly with the Postal Service, but also have accounts
with UPS and FedEx. Having the rate information at our finger tips
and being able to decide the best option will save us time and
money.”
"I like that I can print shipping labels from my computer. I can
also track shipments quickly from my desk," said Georgia Laaser,
Title Associate, Real Estate Law Group. "Before I got this system,
I didn't know all of the options for shipping overnight or for
tracking packages with the Postal Service. Now I can see all the
options with their prices, which lets me pick the best way to send
something. I also like that the system checks the address for us,
and adds ZIP+4 to the Postal packages."
The C-Series is the latest innovation to join the SendPro family
of products. It is the result of the foundational work we have done
over the last few years. Last April, the original SendPro online
application was introduced. It was the first-of-its-kind, cloud
based multi-carrier shipping solution for the modern office. The
SendPro P-Series launched in July of 2016, integrating shipping and
mailing and managing incoming deliveries for high volume senders.
Now, the C-Series brings that same multi-carrier shipping, mailing
and tracking capabilities down market to businesses looking to
simplify their shipping and mailing while reducing costs. The open
platform allows third party developers to build applications, which
exponentially increases our ability to create value. There is
currently no equivalent product to the C-Series in the market
today.
The SendPro C Series will be featured in an event next week with
Google on September 12 at 9am EST, announcing Pitney Bowes’ new
Small Business Partner Program. To watch the event, click here to
register:
www.pitneybowes.com/us/events/cserieswebcastregistration.
For more information and to order, go to
www.pitneybowes.com/us/sendpro/c-series.
About Pitney BowesPitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) is a global technology
company powering billions of transactions – physical and digital –
in the connected and borderless world of commerce. Clients around
the world, including 90 percent of the Fortune 500, rely on
products, solutions, services and data from Pitney Bowes in the
areas of customer information management, location intelligence,
customer engagement, shipping, mailing, and global ecommerce. And
with the innovative Pitney Bowes Commerce Cloud, clients can access
the broad range of Pitney Bowes solutions, analytics, and APIs to
drive commerce. For additional information visit Pitney Bowes, the
Craftsmen of Commerce, at www.pitneybowes.com.
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