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What is a "Presort
Mailer”?
A
“presort mailer” is a mailer that sorts it
mail or has it sorted for it by postal ZIP Codes prior to
presenting it to the U.S. Postal Service.
A mailer earns a (worksharing) discount that reflects the reduced
cost to the U.S. Postal Service of processing presorted Mail.
In
the early 1990s, the U.S. Postal Service extended the worksharing
concept by introducing discounts for "automated” mail.
Automated mail is mail that is not only presorted by ZIP Code,
but also has an eleven-digit, delivery point barcode applied to each
piece of mail. The presence of an eleven-digit, delivery point barcode
of a piece of mail allows the U.S. Postal Service to sequence that piece
of mail for delivery on its delivery barcode sorters ("DBCSs").
Automation
mail earns larger discounts than mail that is presorted, but not
barcoded. The amount of the discount depends on the "depth of the
sort." Automation
mail can be sorted to any one of three levels, the 3-digit level, the
5-digit level, and carrier route level.
The further down the mail processing and delivery stream mail can
be entered before it must be worked by the Postal Service or "the
deeper the depth of sort," the larger the discount as the costs
avoided by the Postal Service increase as the depth of sort increases
and mail goes further downstream before the Postal Service must work it.
What is a
“Presort Bureau"?
A
“presort bureau’ is a company that presorts and/or automates mail
for mailers who are the bureau’s customers. Some presort/ automation
mailers presort and/or automate only their own mail.
Presort
bureaus sort and automate (apply eleven-digit, delivery point barcodes
on their customers mail.
By consolidating and sorting together the mail of several
mailers, it is possible to sort a larger portion of each mailer’s mail
to a greater depth and thus to increase the discounts. This benefits all
the mailers involved as well as the U. S. Postal Service. A presort
bureau may sort mail for as few as a dozen customers or as many as
several hundred mailers.
Presort bureaus charge a fee or keep a portion of the worksharing
discounts as compensation for the services they render.
Address
General Correspondence & Remittance To:
Sue Herdrich,
Administrative Assistant
National Association
of Presort Mailers
14 Illescas Way
Hot Springs Village AR 71909-6027
Phone: 800-500-NAPM
(6276) |
Fax: 501-915-9978
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Joel J. Thomas, Executive
Director, CEO
National Association
of Presort Mailers
PO Box 3295
1195 Mace RD
Annapolis MD 21403-4330
Phone: 877-620-NAPM (6276) | Fax: 410-990-1182
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