On April 12, 2018, the President issued an executive order establishing a Task Force on the United States Postal System. The order directs the task force to evaluate the Postal Service’s finances and operations and will be chaired by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, or his designate. Other members of the task force include heads of… Read: President Trump Issues an Executive Order Establishing a Task Force on the United States Postal System »

On April 18, 2018 the Senate Homeland and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) held a confirmation hearing for three nominees to the USPS® Board of Governors. The three nominees include former USPS Inspector General David Williams, Philadelphia entrepreneur Calvin R. Tucker, and Kentucky businessman Robert M. Duncan. As background, at full complement, the USPS Board of… Read: Senate Holds Confirmation Hearing for Three Nominees to the USPS Board of Governors »

With constantly improving technology, it is important to keep your systems up to date to get the most out of your software. To address the numerous questions that BCC Software’s Customer Support department has received concerning software performance and hardware use for BCC Mail Manager™ platforms, we sought to create a reference you can rely… Read: Hardware Considerations for BCC Mail Manager Performance »

BCC Software’s Data Marketing Services department offers our customers the ability to send combined NCOALink® and Suppression jobs in one pass, for your convenience. For those who are already taking advantage of this, we wanted to share a few pointers: Combined jobs only accept one method of payment. This means that if you only have an… Read: Tech Tip: Sending NCOALink + Suppression Combined Jobs »

Now available via the Track N Trace website, multiple mailings can be selected and combined into a single report. You can take advantage of this new functionality by selecting multiple mailings from the “Mailings” section of any user-generated report, and the results will be consolidated into a single report across the mailings. The functionality uses… Read: Introducing Combined Reporting for Track N Trace® »

This article is authored by Anita Pursley, Senior Manager of Industry Affairs  On March 22, 2018, Senators Tom Carper (D-Del), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and Jerry Moran (R-KS), introduced The Postal Service Reform Act of 2018: Improving Postal Operations, Service and Transparency to stabilize, preserve and improve the Postal Service™ – an essential… Read: Industry Corner: Postal Reform Legislation Introduced in the Senate »

This is a guest article from Solimar Systems, a valued BCC Software partner. As a mailer, you are always looking for ways to optimize your print and mail production, as well as save on postage costs. So, how do you start the process of optimizing your production workflow? The answer is job batching.  Why is… Read: Job Batching: Are you Missing Out on Significant Postal Savings? »

With the first billing cycle of the Move Update Census coming to an end, BCC Software’s Data Marketing Services department wanted to take time to focus on what information is supplied for Change of Address, or COA, errors on the Scorecard. Because the Scorecard does not include actual address information, however, it’s essential to understand… Read: Evaluating MOVE Update Errors on Mailer Scorecards »

Warmer temperatures, green leaves, and of course, deep cleaning are all welcome signs of Spring! But for marketers and mail service providers, every day requires deep cleaning of mailing lists in order to save valuable print and postage costs. The first step to cleaning any list is to eliminate duplicate records, also known as deduping.… Read: Take Deduping to the Next Level with Enhanced Merge/Purge »

BCC Software has included support for Mail.dat 18-1 with the latest release of BCC Mail Manager™, cQuencer™, and Integratec® products. Here is a quick description of the changes: Added Mail.dat 18-1 to the Version Selection. Removed the “Bypass Seamless Acceptance” functionality. Updated the RMR value field length to accept up to 250 characters. All characters… Read: Mail.dat 18-1 Available for BCC Mail Manager, cQuencer, and Integratec Product Families »