New Technology Expands Pitney Bowes’s Portfolio of Solutions for
Intelligent Mail Barcode Application, Savings and Increased Visibility
STAMFORD, Conn. & MT LAUREL, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 14, 2013--
Pitney
Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) and GrayHair
Software, Inc., a leader in innovative services for business
mailers, announced they are collaborating on a new suite of solutions
for Pitney Bowes’s Presort Services customers. Pitney Bowes will offer
GrayHair Software’s new MailTrak with Commingle® solutions for those
customers seeking alternative options for Intelligent Mail® barcode
(IMb™) application, mail tracking, deeper postal discounts, and greater
visibility to their mailings. This new technology expands Pitney Bowes’s
current portfolio of solutions to help with IMb compliance and mail
tracking in the U.S.
The MailTrak with Commingle solution will be offered in four variations.
The first-tier is designed for mailers who want to add the IMb to meet
the USPS’s Full Service requirements. The second tier adds a mail
tracking option to assist mailers in moving to Full Service compliance.
Tier 3, called Comply, provides the ability to meet Move Update
compliance. Finally, Comply Plus extends the solution to include
GrayHair’s Universal Address database and provide complete address
quality compliance.
In addition to these solutions, the two companies are developing a new
service that will allow Pitney Bowes customers to gain increased
visibility to their mail pieces during the presorting and delivery
process. This new service will be available in Q2 2013.
“Our collaboration with GrayHair will make it easier for Pitney Bowes to
meet the customized needs of our Presort Services clients,” said Jim
Perkins, Senior Vice President, Pitney Bowes Presort Services. “This new
suite of solutions will help our clients with a variety of issues
including the upcoming Full Service IMb deadline to increasing the
visibility to their mail pieces.”
“As the largest user of the IMb Tracing program with over one billion
scans monthly, we are delighted to be teaming up with Pitney Bowes to
help provide a suite of solutions that can help their customers solve
today’s mailing challenges and put a more definitive and complete
collection of mailing data into one easy-to-view report,” said Raymond
Chin, GrayHair’s Vice President of Product Management and Marketing.
“These solutions will help mailers who are concerned about the 2014
USPS® Full Service IMb requirements, while offering services to support
the efficient processing for automated discounts.”
As the nation’s leading mail
presorter, Pitney Bowes enables customers to receive significant
postage discounts on First-Class™ letters and flats, and Standard Mail®.
Pitney Bowes Presort Services currently handles 14 billion pieces of
mail per year through its 36 facilities across the United States.
About Pitney Bowes Inc.
Pitney Bowes provides technology solutions for small,
mid-size and large firms that help them connect with customers to build
loyalty and grow revenue. The company’s solutions for financial
services, insurance,
healthcare,
telecommunications,
legal,
public
sector and retail
organizations are delivered on open platforms to best organize, analyze
and apply both public and proprietary data to two-way customer
communications. Pitney Bowes is the only firm that includes direct mail,
transactional mail, call centers and in-store technologies in its
solution mix along with digital channels such as the Web, email, live
chat and mobile applications. Pitney Bowes has approximately USD$5
billion in annual revenues and 27,000 employees worldwide. Pitney Bowes:
Every connection is a new opportunity™. www.pb.com
About GrayHair Software
GrayHair Software, Inc. is an innovator and industry leader in the
development of applications and services that improve and automate the
management of business mail. GrayHair’s offerings are delivered via SelectSolutions™,
a cloud-based platform that merges Software-as-a-Service with managed
services. This customizable set of critical mailing services includes
enterprise-wide Intelligent
Mail® barcode assignment, trusted
third-party mail tracking, address
quality, presort
analysis, postage
reconciliation, mail
monitoring, global
hybrid mail and consulting.
GrayHair offers direct marketing consulting services through its
GrayHair Advisors division, which provides independent and unbiased
guidance on mail-related strategic issues.
For more information, visit www.GrayHairSoftware.com
and www.GrayHairAdvisors.com.
Intelligent Mail barcode, IMb, POSTNET, USPS, First-Class and Standard
Mail are trademarks owned by the United States Postal Service.
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Source: Pitney Bowes Inc. and GrayHair Software, Inc.
Media:
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Karen King, 203-351-6189
karen.king@pb.com
or
GrayHair
Software
Bobby Tiedeken, 856-924-2253
btiedeken@grayhairsoftware.com
