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Data Processing
• List & Database Maintenance
• Address Standardization
• National Change Of Address (NCOA) and USPS Fast Forward (move update) Service available.(This data would be processed by a company licensed by the USPS at a fee)
• Checks data against the National Change of Address database to be sure that addressees still reside at their current addresses.
• Barcode encoding of mailing lists, C.A.S.S. & P.A.V.E. Certified List Software
• CASS: software that improves the accuracy of matching to delivery point codes, 1ZIP+4 codes, 5-digit ZIP Codes, and carrier route codes on mail pieces.11111 The software adds the 4 additional digits on the zip code to increase discounts in automated (bar-coded) mailings.
• PAVE: Presort Accuracy Validation and Evaluation. A voluntary program in which the USPS tests vendors’ presort software and hardware products to determine their accuracy in sorting address information according to USPS standards and producing standardized supporting documentation.
• Carrier route coding (to achieve the best postal rates for large concentrated mailings)
• Zip + 4 Coding
• Merge/Purge & Duplicate Elimination
• The process of merging two, or more, mailing lists and, eliminating duplicate recipients and/or addresses.
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