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MailStream Plus for Mail Efficiency

Maximize postal savings, boost productivity and increase customer satisfaction with precision pre-sorting.

Presort for greater efficiency and savings

To get the most out of your organization’s mailing operations and postage budgets, you need to improve the accuracy and efficiency of every step of mail production and handling. Now you can maximize postal discounts on every class of U.S. Mail with the presort software that’s PAVE Gold-certified in every single category.

The USPS® Presort Accuracy, Validation, and Evaluation (PAVE) program evaluates presort software and determines its accuracy for Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) standards. MailStream Plus®, a PAVE-certified software, enables you to maximize postal discounts for domestic mailing efforts using all classes and all types of mail.

MailStream Plus provides four-levels of presort savings and automatically generates the extensive audit trail and mail production reports you need to speed mail preparation and postal acceptance. This solution supports a wide range of platforms and operating systems, making it a smart choice mailers of all sizes.

Achieve every postal discount available

MailStream Plus organizes your CASS-certified™ mail files to earn you the maximum postal discounts, from basic to enhanced carrier route levels. MailStream Plus supports all USPS® mail classes – First-Class, Periodicals, Standard and Package Services – and every mail type, including letters, postcards (single and double), flats, parcels and bound printed matter.

  • Presorts mailings for maximum postal discounts
  • Supports latest industry and USPS®initiatives 
  • Packaged with Mail.dat Viewer 
  • Add-on modules for palletization and manifest reporting

How MailStream Plus works

MailStream Plus prepares mail and mailing summary reports according to USPS® regulations, reducing the time and money it costs to do a mailing.

  • Step 1 – Generate Presort Statistics: MailStream Plus counts name/address records to create a statistical record and searches for, among other things, the ZIP Code, ZIP+4 Code, carrier route code and piece ID.
  • Step 2 – Perform Presort Computations: MailStream Plus uses the presort statistics to create a file of detail statistics records that describe the presort of the name/address file.
  • Step 3 – Post Statistics to Name/Address Records: MailStream Plus posts the statistical information to sort name/address records into mailing sequence.
  • Step 4 – Print Reports: The report program produces a data file and reports for Mail.dat, bag/tray tags, USPS®-required documentation and internal (mail room) records.

To reduce your mailing costs with precision presorting, contact us today.

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NOTICE: Because we offer many custom solutions, it is our policy not to post pricing on our website. Please contact our knowledgeable staff to select and price products that fit your organization's budget, number of users, IT environment, data requirements, support and training needs. We apologize for any inconvenience.

PAVE Gold-certified presort accuracy

MailStream Plus®, a Presort Accuracy, Validation, and Evaluation (PAVE)- certified software, enables you to maximize postal discounts for domestic mailing efforts using all classes of mail – First Class, Periodicals, Standard, and Package Services mailings – for all types of mail – letters, flats and parcels. In addition to providing substantial cost savings,

MailStream Plus generates extensive audit trail and mail production reports, and supports USPS electronic programs such as Confirm®and PostalOne!®, letting you assemble mailings efficiently to speed postal acceptance. MailStream Plus also allows mailers to benefit from additional discounts and labor savings through drop-shipping, palletization and manifest reporting.

Save more with palletization discounts

MailStream Plus enables you to palletize mail at all allowable USPS® levels. This add-on option tracks and reports your multiple piece-weight mailings and provides the documentation necessary to comply with the USPS® Manifest Mailing System. This module lets you adjust the weight, height or volume settings for each level and lets you easily shut off optional pallet levels.

Optional manifest reporting

This optional reporting module provides an efficient way to prepare and pay for non-identical piece-weight mailings, such as billing statements. Manifest Reporting Plus provides the required manifest keyline and reports for First-Class and Standard Mail letters, flats and parcels. The software is Manifest Analysis and Certification (MAC) Batch-certified by the USPS® in every available category and supports the USPS® requirements for itemized, fixed batch and floating batch reports.

Simplified bag & tray discounts

The Barcode Bag & Tray Option™ makes it easy for you to generate the labels needed to qualify for postal automation discounts. This option meets all USPS® requirements for automation incentive rates on both bag and tray mail and is compatible with a wide range of printers.

Drop-ship and zone-skip discounts

Take advantage of drop-ship and zone-skip discounts by planning in advance and assigning minimum quantities to attain before presorting to any specific facility. If your mail quantities don’t support dropping at certain facilities, MailStream Plus will “roll” that mail into another entry point of your choice, or to a default, local entry point.

Last-minute accuracy with Mail.dat® Viewer

Make adjustments to your Mail.dat® file without IT support, with Mail.dat® Viewer. Make last-minute edits right from your production environment and ensure that the USPS® documents generated will accurately reflect what is mailed.

Go paperless with PostalOne! support

Produce Mail.dat® files that are fully compliant with the USPS® PostalOne! system, an electronic alternative to paper documentation and manual processes for mail acceptance and verification. Submit Mail.dat® files to the USPS electronically for acceptance, verification and payment systems, eliminating most of the paperwork.

Flexible parameters and options

MailStream Plus provides the flexibility to presort and prepare mail as you wish and adapts to your changing business needs. Our technology lets you:

  • Accommodate different weight pieces in the same mailing
  • Control container size by volume or weight
  • Set the number of copies in a firm-package
  • Choose drop-ship facilities using up-front entry planning

Variable minimum and maximum settings

MailStream Plus puts you in total control of your mailing and allows you to vary settings for each unique grouping of mail–so you can set different minimum and maximum qualification amounts, package sizes, bag/tray sizes and pallet sizes for every single batch.

User and operational reports

MailStream Plus produces a comprehensive array of user and operational/mail-shop reports, including: Mail Content Audit Trail, ZIP Code Detail, Mail Qualification Summary and Postage Summary. All of the reports produced by MailStream Plus can be output in a variety of formats. Users can view reports by batch, entry point, piece-ID and more.

USPS®-required reports

MailStream Plus produces all of the required USPS® reports that a mailer must submit with mailings, including: USPS® Statements of Mail (3600s, 3541s, 3602s, 3605s and 3608s), USPS® Qualification Report, Carrier Route Walk Sequence, Barcoded container tags.

Our products are designed to work within a wide variety of existing technical environments.

Supported Operating Systems:
IBM Mainframe (MVS/VSE/IMS/ZOS and OS/390)
Unix
Windows
iSeries
DEC Alpha

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