Postal Optimization - An Extended Feature of RICOH

Postal
Optimization
An Extended
Feature of RICOH
ProcessDirector
Workflow Software
Achieve postage savings through
sortation and manifesting
Who needs
Postal Optimization?
Transaction statement and
mailing service providers
Financial services, telecommunications,
utility, healthcare and insurance industries
Government agencies
Service bureaus for the above
industries and agencies
Commercial printers
Postage continues to be a primary cost element of producing and delivering
mail to customers. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) offers significant postage
discounts to those who can qualify for and comply with its programs.
Postal Optimization, an optional extended feature of RICOH®
ProcessDirector™ delivered by our Professional Services organization,
integrates RICOH ProcessDirector with USPS-certified third-party software
products. The integration provides comprehensive sortation and reporting
features that help to maximize postal discounts for your mail pieces according
to the USPS Presorting Accuracy Validation and Evaluation (PAVE) standard.
With the use of Postal Optimization, you can send the mail.dat file to
the USPS electronically.
What problems can Postal Optimization solve?
The Extended Features of
RICOH ProcessDirector Workflow Software
•
Costs and slowdowns associated with running
postage meters
•
Ineligibility for postage discounts
Advanced
Document Pool
Commingle mail pieces into efficient
production jobs using database selection
•
Costs and delays due to third-party handling of mailings
prior to induction to USPS
Advanced
Workflow Tools
Build advanced workflows in a RICOH
ProcessDirector environment
Color Juice
Add or improve color within existing
Advanced Function Presentation™ (AFP™)
applications to better leverage your
color printers
Flex Print
Print and finish using your available
devices
Householding
Combine documents that have the same
attributes into mail pieces
Insert Plan
Management
Create and manage a materials library
and insert plans for your insert jobs
Mail Barcode
Assignment
Track mail pieces easily when you use
Intelligent Mail® barcodes
Job Scan
Advance jobs through the production
process with barcode scanning
Mail Connect
Achieve basic USPS compliance now and
implement advanced functions over time
Mail Insight
Track your mail through the USPS
delivery process
Benefits of Postal Optimization
•
•
Enables certification as a USPS Full Service mailer,
which brings additional postage discounts, reduces mail
turnover complexity with electronic acceptance by USPS,
and reduces fees for Accounting Service Center feedback
Expedites delivery to customers because mailings are
given directly to the USPS instead of to intermediaries
such as presort vendors
•
Eliminates the need for mechanical sorters, which have
a large footprint and are expensive to run and maintain
•
Produces an adjusted, final manifest and postage
statement, produced by the included net manifesting
capability, that reflects accurately what is actually mailed
so you don’t overpay for pieces that might not be removed
from mailing due to insert/finishing damages
•
Eliminates the need for postage meters, which are
expensive to own and can cause inefficiencies by
breaking down or by slowing throughput speeds
Multiple Input
Feed Inserter
Support
Combine multiple components of a mail
piece with integrity
•
Enhances control over and visibility into mailing status
since mail pieces are not going through a third-party
process before being turned over to the USPS
Production
History
Store mail piece production data for
look-ups and reports
Address
Matching
Cleanse addresses for reliable mailing
Change of
Address
Management
Keep up with customers’ current
addresses
Postal
Optimization
Achieve postage savings through
sortation and manifesting
•
•
Integrates with Advanced Document Pool, an optional
extended feature of RICOH ProcessDirector, to enable
commingling of multiple jobs, which increases the
opportunity for ZIP Code™ density and lowers
mailing costs
Integrates with Mail Insight, an optional extended
feature of RICOH ProcessDirector, for Address Change
Service and Intelligent Mail® barcode tracing services
How can I get more information?
Contact your local Ricoh production print specialist
or contact Professional Services directly at
[email protected]. Or, you can visit
http://rpp.ricoh-usa.com/services-solutions.
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