enterpriseAdvocate© Provides a Central Repository for All Mailings

enterpriseAdvocate© Provides a Central Repository for All Mailings Our team will enter each mailing invoice into enterpriseAdvocate© and assign each line item to a main category (Material, Data Processing, Mail Automation, Printing, Mail Preparation, Postage, Email, Transportation, Data Storage and Misc) and a sub-category to be able to benchmark each project.  This will allow you to do the following: See total cost across all vendors and the details of each project. Benchmark projects and providers based on the different categories. See trends in mailing spends. See the changes based on implementing Postal Advocate savings recommendations. Provide access to this information in a secure environment to those that need it. Mail Equipment and Postage Creating visibility and driving savings on the cost of mailing equipment and metered postage run through your locations. Home and Small Office Mail Creating a simplified process of distributing, printing and accounting for postage generated in small offices, work from home staff or while travelling on business. USPS® Permit Accounts Simplifying the oversight, visibility and access to postage processed through direct USPS® accounts used for large mailing projects and Business Reply Mail. This includes finding… Outsourced Mail Services Having a central view to all outsourced mailings and Presort service providers. Savings are derived through invoice validation and contract optimization. Collateral View the collateral below to learn more about how we can help you gain visibility and create savings. We work with clients in a wide variety of industries. Industries We Serve Steps to Visibility View Our Client Savings Visibility is the Key to Success Optimize How You Are Sending Your Mail Optimize Your Mail Service Providers Continual Audit of All Mail Spends enterpriseAdvocate© Provides a Central Repository for All Mailings Contact 888-977-MAIL (6245) customerservice@postaladvocate.com
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Enterprise Mail and Shipping

Enterprise Mail and Shipping The main difference here vs. Enterprise Online Postage is these systems offer more robust rate shopping tools to optimize your carrier spends (UPS®, FedEx®, USPS®, DHL® etc.) across the enterprise.  They will let you see the different cost choices by time of expected delivery for your users to make the best choices for every item.  They also allow customized rules to be set-up to control what users see, how you want them to send, and to be able to report on what happened. Organizations rely on free carrier tools like UPS CampusShip® or FedEx.com®, but the issue is that the end user only sees the options from that carrier.  It will also not easily show the least expensive options like ground services in the same screens as the more expensive overnight choices.  These enterprise systems can put all carriers and service levels in one place to select the most economical options.  Some plaforms give the options to print USPS® stamps that can further reduce costs.  The question needs to be asked is that does every item have to go at $5-15 when a $.51 stamp might be sufficient?  The issue for most remote users is that they do not have the ability to print a USPS® stamp, so they use the free carrier provided tools that default to these more expensive options. Postal Advocate Services: Review available solution options. Run an analysis on your current carrier and postal spends documenting potential savings areas. Manage vendor bids and contract negotiations. Implement platform with the end users validating scales and starter supplies arrived, new solutions are set up, users are trained, first use has occurred, current equipment has been removed and old postage accounts have been refunded. Act as the system administrator performing the following functions: Adding/removing users, setting up user credentials, running accounting reports, managing location chargeback data, being the first responder to location questions, managing cases through the enterpriseAdvocate© system, and running monthly or quarterly reviews documenting the system status, savings, and issues. Mail Equipment and Postage Creating visibility and driving savings on the cost of mailing equipment and metered postage run through your locations. Home and Small Office Mail Creating a simplified process of distributing, printing and accounting for postage generated in small offices, work from home staff or while travelling on business. USPS® Permit Accounts Simplifying the oversight, visibility and access to postage processed through direct USPS® accounts used for large mailing projects and Business Reply Mail. This includes finding… Outsourced Mail Services Having a central view to all outsourced mailings and Presort service providers. Savings are derived through invoice validation and contract optimization. Collateral View the collateral below to learn more about how we can help you gain visibility and create savings. We work with clients in a wide variety of industries. Industries We Serve Steps to Visibility View Our Client Savings Online Postage Enterprise Online Postage Enterprise Mail and Shipping Remote Printing Contact 888-977-MAIL (6245) customerservice@postaladvocate.com
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Remote Printing

Remote Printing It is not efficient for small office and work from home users to print larger mail jobs because they will not have the proper equipment, supplies or staffing to get them out the door effectively.  Organizations will need to be able to send documents to areas with the proper infrastructure.  There have been tremendous developments in the technology to do this efficiently and at lower costs.  There are two main ways this can be done: Onsite Production Facilities – There is software in place that can create a virtual print driver on the desktop where the job can be created. It can then be sent to a location inside your organization that has the staff, equipment and support to get the pieces out in a more efficient and lower cost method.  This eliminates the need to have mailing equipment scattered throughout your locations when there can be trained staff and higher-level automated solutions in a central location more suited to process this mail.  Sent to a Professional Mail Service Provider – Using a similar virtual print driver, the same job could be sent to a third-party company that specializes in this type of work. They will have the infrastructure in place to process your mailings quickly and at the lowest postage costs.   Regardless of which model is chosen, there are significant benefits in having mail produced in a central environment. Postage discounts – As you can see in the chart below, moving mail from single piece rates to automation with barcodes provides huge savings. Flexibility with output – Through the newest tools, they give the flexibility on how the item is sent. This can include paper, or electronic client delivery as an email, fax or text. Mail moves faster from central automated processes. Mail tracking capabilities. Documents are archived for retrieval in a central repository. Postal Advocate Services: Review available solution options. Run an analysis on your current carrier and postal spends documenting potential savings areas. Manage vendor bids and contract negotiations. Implement platform with the end users validating new solutions are set up, users are trained, and first use has occurred. Act as the system administrator performing the following functions: Adding/removing users, setting up user credentials, running accounting reports, managing location chargeback data, being the first responder to location questions, managing cases through the enterpriseAdvocate© system, and running monthly or quarterly reviews documenting the system status, savings, and issues. Mail Equipment and Postage Creating visibility and driving savings on the cost of mailing equipment and metered postage run through your locations. Home and Small Office Mail Creating a simplified process of distributing, printing and accounting for postage generated in small offices, work from home staff or while travelling on business. USPS® Permit Accounts Simplifying the oversight, visibility and access to postage processed through direct USPS® accounts used for large mailing projects and Business Reply Mail. This includes finding… Outsourced Mail Services Having a central view to all outsourced mailings and Presort service providers. Savings are derived through invoice validation and contract optimization. Collateral View the collateral below to learn more about how we can help you gain visibility and create savings. We work with clients in a wide variety of industries. Industries We Serve Steps to Visibility View Our Client Savings Online Postage Enterprise Online Postage Enterprise Mail and Shipping Remote Printing Contact 888-977-MAIL (6245) customerservice@postaladvocate.com
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Online Postage

Online Postage Postal Advocate has implemented over 10,000 Online Postage installations and is the leading expert on what solutions will best meet your needs.  Whether it is a single location or thousands that need to be controlled on an enterprise dashboard, we can design and implement a plan that works for you. Online Postage systems allow you to print packages and stamps from any computer with an internet connection and a local (or network) printer.  They will print 4 x 6 shipping labels onto either regular paper (To be taped to the item), or on Avery® type labels that can be purchased at any office supply store.  When printing postage stamps, you can either print directly onto your envelope or purchase blank sheets of stamps from the Online Postage providers, that can be loaded into your printer (Most common).  There are custom label printers that can be ordered, but they are not required. This is the fastest growth segment of the mailing industry for the following reasons: Inexpensive compared to postage meters and typical costs range from $10-30 per month. Cloud based and can be accessed from any device. This means it will work from home, while travelling and in locations without other metering technology. Easy to deploy and use – You will receive your login credentials, a scale and starter labels. There are simple online tutorials to get you started quickly. Visibility to all history and package tracking statuses. Significant postage savings – As you can see from the chart below, the USPS® provides extra discounts because the package level detail is being submitted electronically. It is worth noting that some newer postage meters may come with a Online Postage subscription to get these rates Some systems have multiple carrier options to process UPS®/FedEx® Mail Equipment and Postage Creating visibility and driving savings on the cost of mailing equipment and metered postage run through your locations. Home and Small Office Mail Creating a simplified process of distributing, printing and accounting for postage generated in small offices, work from home staff or while travelling on business. USPS® Permit Accounts Simplifying the oversight, visibility and access to postage processed through direct USPS® accounts used for large mailing projects and Business Reply Mail. This includes finding… Outsourced Mail Services Having a central view to all outsourced mailings and Presort service providers. Savings are derived through invoice validation and contract optimization. Collateral View the collateral below to learn more about how we can help you gain visibility and create savings. We work with clients in a wide variety of industries. Industries We Serve Steps to Visibility View Our Client Savings Online Postage Enterprise Online Postage Enterprise Mail and Shipping Remote Printing Contact 888-977-MAIL (6245) customerservice@postaladvocate.com
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Enterprise Online Postage

Enterprise Online Postage Enterprise Online Postage is the same as standard Online Postage with the main difference being how multiple locations can be controlled under a central administration license.  This offers the following benefits: Simplicity of onboarding new users. Reporting on all location and user activities from a central dashboard. Managing billing for subscriptions, supplies, and postage. Controlling user access (This includes removing users who are no longer active). Single Sign On – Some systems have this option to link to an active directory to eliminate password management. If you have more than 10 locations using Online Postage, we recommend having them controlled through an enterprise license. Postal Advocate Services: Review available solution options. Run an analysis on your current carrier and postal spends documenting potential savings areas. Manage vendor bids and contract negotiations. Implement platform with the end users validating scales and starter supplies arrived, new solutions are set up, users are trained, first use has occurred, current equipment has been removed and old postage accounts have been refunded. Act as the system administrator performing the following functions: Adding/removing users, setting up user credentials, running accounting reports, managing location chargeback data, being the first responder to location questions, managing cases through the enterpriseAdvocate© system, and leading reviews documenting the system status, savings, and updates. Mail Equipment and Postage Creating visibility and driving savings on the cost of mailing equipment and metered postage run through your locations. Home and Small Office Mail Creating a simplified process of distributing, printing and accounting for postage generated in small offices, work from home staff or while travelling on business. USPS® Permit Accounts Simplifying the oversight, visibility and access to postage processed through direct USPS® accounts used for large mailing projects and Business Reply Mail. This includes finding… Outsourced Mail Services Having a central view to all outsourced mailings and Presort service providers. Savings are derived through invoice validation and contract optimization. Collateral View the collateral below to learn more about how we can help you gain visibility and create savings. We work with clients in a wide variety of industries. Industries We Serve Steps to Visibility View Our Client Savings Online Postage Enterprise Online Postage Enterprise Mail and Shipping Remote Printing Contact 888-977-MAIL (6245) customerservice@postaladvocate.com
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