NetSort^® Solutions
Outbound Sortation Software

Maximized Discounts

NetSort supports common best practices in mail sorting, and our knowledgeable engineers and support team also routinely help forward-thinking customers implement advanced sorting approaches to solve their unique processing challenges.

Scalable Architecture

NetSort uses a client-server architecture between the sorters and the server and has a browser-based user interface for all other users. This allows the same software to be used for a site with just one sorter, as well as sites that have numerous sorters for both mail and parcels. NetSort can also be configured with a backup server, for added security of mailing data.

Item-Level Tracking and Archival

With an enterprise-strength database, NetSort has item-level tracking for all pieces run on all networked sorters. Item-level data with unique barcodes can be saved even after mailings are archived, for investigation later on, if necessary.

User Login and Access Rights

NetSort supports the setup of users mapped to different roles, with different access rights to allow only the required levels of interaction with the software, minimizing the risk of user errors.

Matchback

Many mailers have a need to associate a unique identifier on the envelope (such as a 2D barcode) to the postal barcode used by the carrier. NetSort provides the ability to accomplish this, and also use the unique identifier to retrieve tracking information.

Benefits from Full-Service

• Savings from free Address Correction Service (ACS™), using OneCode ACS® and free start-the-clock information
• IMb Tracing™, with the option to integrate to Fluence’s Track N Trace® for improved mail integrity, visibility, and monitoring of delivery standards leveraging the 45-day uniqueness
• Additional discounts from the USPS

Item-Level Tracking

• Validate expected vs. actual pieces with an item-level difference report by the client
• Track individual items at every stage of the process
• Link other identification methods to the unique IMb™
• Improve billing/chargeback accuracy

Maximize Savings by Merging Mail from Other Sites

• Be more competitive by reducing your mailing costs with the multi-site option in NetSort
• Earn greater USPS® discounts with better qualification levels by merging mail from other sites
• Analysis indicates an improvement of up to 25% in 5-digit qualification levels
• Item-level tracking via a "validation mode" accounts for mail moved between sites (required by USPS) and minimizes errors

Address Quality Services

• Apply address-cleansing functionality used in data and list-processing environments with optional integration to BCC Mail Manager™
• Achieve higher read rates by processing previously incorrect addresses
• Improve delivery by reducing UAA mail
• Save valuable sorter time by minimizing the number of passes
• Addresses to be cleansed can be obtained from:
• Mailing lists used for mail creation
• OCR information from envelope images processed by the reader
• ACS information received from USPS

Base Platform Improvements

• True client-server architecture with Web-based access to the server
• Enterprise-strength database to handle item-level data
• Remote diagnostics capability to quickly engage specialists over the Internet for complex issues
• Structured archival of mailing data and reports, with automated back-up
• Advanced user-login set up with configurable access to various functionalities
• The template-based approach reduces errors and maximizes productivity
• Item-level data structure provides the ability to extend tracking upstream or through the USPS® network

Sabre®:

Sabre is an advanced OCR Reject Processor that can process reject mail in real-time and online.

Key features and benefits include:

• Enhance 11-digit assignments without the wait for remote video encoding
• Eliminate the need to repass your rejected mail
• Sort up to as many as 40,000 letters per hour while running MMT SABRE Plus
• Increase your total sorting capacity, which enables you to generate more revenue
• Easily install and use MMT SABRE Plus – you will not need to disrupt your operations for installation
• Expand your customer base – the mail you could not accept before because of low read rates is now something you can profitably handle with MMT SABRE and MMT SABRE Plus.

Parascript:

Parascript helps high-volume mailers, postal operators, major corporations, and government agencies to streamline and automate the sortation of the full mail stream, including letters, flats, parcels, forwarded mail, business reply mail, and bundles. It automatically reads and sorts all types of incoming mail, helping facilities that range from high-volume postal mail processing centers to mail rooms of large corporate organizations significantly reduce inefficient, labor-intensive mail flow.

IMb-Vestigate®:

Avoid fines for improperly labeled and reported mail or packages. IMb-Vestigate sorting software compares unclaimed postage reports against data from the NetSort Sorting Platform or imported Mail.dat files, providing data to validate or dispute USPS results. It quickly scans up to one year of mail production data to identify discrepancies in the USPS scorecard results. The findings are quickly detailed and presented in a series of displayed data, text files, and reports. The data import method for these large batch-style searches matches the format used by the USPS, making file format conversion unnecessary. When only a few samples are needed, you may perform simple queries for individual IMBs.

Key features include:

• Mail.dat historical information helps improve accuracy by showing trends over the past year
• Easily exportable mail piece result reports and CSV files for clear data comparison
• Mail.dat importing means maximum system flexibility
• Time-saving file-based unclaimed postage report importing uses the same format as USPS provides, no file manipulation is neededThe IMb-Vestigate system uses the same computer hardware as the NetSort Server system. This allows the IMb-Vestigate PC to be used as a repository for NetSort Data backup files or temporarily act as a NetSort server if needed.