Oct 15, 2009

DMM Advisory

Pricing — keeping you informed about the prices and mailing standards of the United States Postal Service

To Postal Service Customers:
Many of you have expressed concerns regarding mailing costs for 2010. The tough economic climate has presented significant challenges to all of us and pessimistic speculation has suggested that postal prices could increase by as much as 10 percent.

As we begin a new fiscal year and as many of you, our business clients, are preparing your 2010 operating budgets, we want to end all speculation.

The Postal Service will not increase prices for market dominant products in calendar year 2010.

Simply stated, there will not be a price increase for market dominant products including First-Class Mail, Standard Mail, periodicals, single-piece Parcel Post. There will be no exigent price increase for these products.

This is the right decision at the right time for the right reason. Promoting the value of mail and encouraging its continued use is essential for jobs, the economy, and the future of both the Postal Service and the mailing industry.

While increasing prices might have generated revenue for the Postal Service in the short term, the long term effect could drive additional mail out of the system. We want mailers to continue to invest in mail to grow their business, communicate with valued customers, and maintain a strong presence in the marketplace. Changes in pricing for our competitive products—Priority Mail, Express Mail, Parcel Select, and most international products—are under consideration. We expect to announce a decision in November.

We are committed to working with customers to find ways to grow the mail through innovative incentives like the Summer Sale and contract pricing. Mail is the most effective means of communication and advertising and we will continue to work together to increase the value of the mail. Mail is a smart investment for the future.

The Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) is available on Postal Explorer (pe.usps.com). To subscribe to the DMM Advisory, send an e-mail to dmmadvisory@usps.com. Simply indicate "subscribe" in the subject line.

Aug 18, 2009

NPI and Mid-South Technologies are please to announce we have received LPE certification for our FASTForward® Black Box solution from the USPS.  

The USPS is no longer providing the black box computers and will not be able to replace your black box if it goes down.  A dead black box means an inactive FASTForward® system which prevents MOVE compliance and the associated automation discounts for the mailing.

If you are looking at replacing your current USPS supplied system, adding FASTForward®, or want to purchase a back up black box for your operation, please contact your local NPI/Mid-South sales representative as soon as possible.  To find your local representative, please call 214-634-2288 Ext. 209 or e-mail Sales@NPISorters.com.

Jun 25, 2009

USPS APPROVES NPI BUNDLE BASED SOLUTION

Bundle Based Processing works great in a letter shop environment that knows how the mail will qualify before it is produced, but is not quite so friendly in an MLOCR environment in which the mail must first be read and sorted before qualification can be determined. The problem lies in the fact that the Bundle Based Processing rules do not allow less than full trays. This is a problem in the world of MLOCR operations which create logical trays based on the volume sorted during the First Pass of the mail. To solve this problem, NPI has developed a Bundle-Based feature as part of our Postal Manager software that produces USPS Standardized Postal Reports for First Class mailings. The first benefit of this software is it allows you to analyze your mailing as Tray Based, then re-analyze as Bundle Based to determine if the additional savings justify the labor required to sort to bundles.

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NPI Featured in Postal Technology International Magazine

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02/04/08

(Dallas, Texas) NPI, an industry leader in postal automation, announced today that Ty Inman has been named Product Manager for all MidSouth and NPI Commercial US Software products. 

“Ty has been extremely successful in this capacity for the development of the MidSouth product line” noted Mike Anderson – President of MidSouth Technologies and National Sales Manager for NPI.  “Ty’s experience and knowledge of the presort industry will bring significant value to the future development of both the MidSouth and NPI Commercial US Software products, ensuring  their compatibility with each other and ability to meet the needs of our customers and this industry.”