Pitney Bowes Shipping Software Now Includes RDI(TM) Residential Delivery

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STAMFORD, Conn., Aug. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI) today offers customers an enhancement to its Ascent(R) Package Management and PB TMS transportation management software that includes RDI(TM) Residential Delivery Indicator. The technology provides insight into carrier surcharges that may apply to residential deliveries so that shippers can compare charges from multiple carriers and identify the best rates and service.

The residential home delivery business is a fast growing, competitive market, in part because of the increase of Internet shopping and home businesses," said Johanna Boller, Product Management Director, Pitney Bowes Distribution Solutions. "Our customers need to make informed shipping decisions about the costs of residential deliveries and RDI provides better information upon which to base their shipping decisions."

While some carriers may bill users a surcharge for residential deliveries, the Postal Service(TM) delivers to every address in the United States without any surcharges. RDI data, supplied directly to customers via a licensing agreement with the Postal Service, gives Ascent(R) and PB TMS software users more information about shipping fees by automatically determining if the USPS(R) considers the address to be residential or commercial. With this information, shippers can better identify the complete cost of shipping to the address.

Ascent(R) and PB TMS software users will have access to RDI starting on September 1 by purchasing the new tool. Other Pitney Bowes shipping system products will offer the RDI tool in the future. To learn more, call Pitney Bowes Sales Support at 1-800-888-6226 or visit http://pb.com.

About Ascent(R) Package Management

Pitney Bowes' Ascent(R) multi-carrier package management software helps companies of all sizes make the correct shipping decisions for each package, lowering costs and maximizing productivity. The Ascent(R) software helps shippers and mailers reduce transportation costs while streamlining mail and shipment processing. This powerful multi-carrier shipping solution supports on-line carrier automation including UPS, USPS(R), FedEx, and DHL. The software's Smart Shopping function selects only carrier services that meet your delivery and cost of delivery requirements for each package. E-mail and fax shipment notifications significantly reduce customer phone calls and improve customer service.

About PB TMS Web-Based Transportation Management System

PB TMS is a Web-based, multi-carrier shipment management system. It offers tools such as shipment processing, integration with host systems, custom report generation, and shipment planning. PB TMS draws on the industry's most extensive library of carrier rate and routing data to provide the most intelligent shipping decision support tool available. PB TMS allows authorized employees and authorized individuals outside the organization to access the most current delivery status information from any Web browser, anywhere. A single PB TMS installation can also be extended across the Web to manage and track shipments originating at multiple sites. The use of modular, extensible Web-based software design also simplifies the ability of PB TMS to integrate with leading enterprise resource planning, financial-analysis, enterprise accounting and warehouse management and order management software.

About Pitney Bowes

Pitney Bowes is the world's leading provider of integrated mail and document management systems, services and solutions. The $4.6 billion company helps organizations of all sizes reduce costs, increase effectiveness and enhance customer relationships. The company's 80-plus years of technological leadership has produced many major innovations in the mailing industry and more than 3,500 active patents with applications in a variety of markets, including printing, shipping, encryption, and financial services. With approximately 33,000 employees worldwide, Pitney Bowes serves more than 2 million businesses through direct and dealer operations. The Pitney Bowes Distribution Solutions division is a leading provider of software and services that extend control and visibility of the supply chain throughout the enterprise, and enable electronic transactions between business partners and suppliers. Its portfolio of inbound and web-based outbound software solutions helps customers manage critical shipping and mailing information.

The following trademarks are owned by the United States Postal Service(R): RDI, USPS and Postal Service.

Pitney Bowes is a non-exclusive licensee of the United States Postal Service.

     Media Contact:  Celeste Gervais
                     Weber Shandwick
                     952-346-6195
                     cgervais@webershandwick.com


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