Pitney Bowes Shares Advice As Mailers Sharpen Pencils for the 2009 Budget
STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 23, 2008--Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI), the world's leading mailstream technology
company, offers a broad range of solutions and advice for high volume
mailers in today's tight economy.
"Everyone is looking for an edge, the extra five percent, that
penny-per-piece savings," said Patrick Brand, President, Pitney Bowes
Document Messaging Technologies. "There is no silver bullet, but there
is a silver lining. During 2008, Pitney Bowes customers have taken steps
to redefine what breakthrough performance really means by creating
efficiencies and cost savings that have far exceeded their rising costs."
Pitney Bowes advises high volume mailers on proven ways to apply
innovative solutions to drive business results in five key areas:
High Performance
Pitney Bowes customers have increased net throughput by up to 28% while
drastically reducing their labor and footprint requirements by replacing
two, three or even five pieces of equipment with a single high
performance mail finishing system.
Workflow Efficiency
Production
IntelligenceTM
software enables Pitney Bowes customers to automate production
workflow, balance workloads, measure operator performance and redirect
jobs to more efficient systems--yielding savings that can be in the
millions. More intelligent document output management provides
end-to-end control and closed-loop reconciliation that tracks and
verifies each and every mail piece throughout the document lifecycle.
Waste Avoidance
By moving from pin-fed to pinless roll-fed paper, Pitney Bowes customers
have cut paper costs by as much as 16 percent. The object is to avoid
waste altogether rather than finding ways to eliminate it post
production. In addition, mail mutilation and outsort rates can be cut
significantly with migration to more reliable mail finishing
technologies.
Postage Revisited
Since postage accounts for as much as 70 percent of mail expenses, it's
the best place to look for optimization. Many high volume mailers with
Pitney Bowes solutions have already reduced costs, saving an extra
nickel on flats, meeting new move update standards and achieving
five-digit presort discounts on a higher percent of outgoing mail.
Transpromo
Today, mailers can leverage transactional documents for full color,
personalized direct mail campaigns. The new Pitney Bowes P/I Wizard can
easily convert legacy statements into revenue generating Transpromo
communications.
"If you stay with the status quo, you'll get the same results," advised
Patrick Brand. "In a tight economy, breakthrough innovations can change
the dynamics of your business to deliver the results you really want."
The flagship innovation from Pitney Bowes this year is the new Mailstream
Productivity Series, a new generation of ultra high-speed production
mail systems. This new family of intelligent ultra high speed mail
finishing systems takes virtually non-stop performance to a new level,
running up to 26,000 mail pieces per hour with greater flexibility, and
fewer stoppages and outsorts. The systems are driven by the newly
designed mailstream engine featuring interchangeable friction and rotary
feeders, high productivity inputs and enhanced envelope sealing. The
Mailstream Productivity Series redefines performance by leveraging an
18% increase in speed with a 10% increase in reliability into a combined
28% boost in performance.
With speeds of 18,000, 22,000 and 26,000 pieces per hour, the Mailstream
Productivity Series offers a built-in upgrade path. This new engineering
design enables companies to leverage their initial investment by adding
speed and expanding capabilities to their system when business needs
change.
About Pitney Bowes
Pitney Bowes is a mailstream technology company that helps organizations
manage the flow of information, mail, documents and packages. Our 36,000
employees deliver technology, service and innovation to more than two
million customers worldwide. The company was founded in 1920 and annual
revenues now total $6.3 billion. More information is available at www.pb.com.
CONTACT: Pitney Bowes Inc.
Carol Wallace, 203-351-6974
Carol.wallace@pb.com
Source: Pitney Bowes Inc.
