Pitney Bowes yesterday launched its newest entry in the mail sortation market, the Pitney BowesVantage Sorting Solution, at Post-Expo in Copenhagen.
The new machine is designed to automate more mail sorting processes, including weighing andpostage metering, thus saving time and reducing expenses, the company announced.
The Vantage Sorting Solution is intended to deliver superior performance along a number ofdimensions, including productivity, reliability, flexibility and ease of use, for a greater totalreturn on investment. Its new feeder technology allows for greater variability of mailpiecethickness than current systems, without compromising system speed. The increased loading capacityand L-shape feeder deck design simplifies workflow. Sorting integrity—a critical component ofmeeting stringent postal and business requirements—is enhanced by tracking each mailpiece to itsfinal sort pocket destination and by an innovative new double-detection technology that can evendistinguish tabbed mailpieces.
“This solution is the culmination of countless conversations with our global customers about thespecific capabilities they require. In fact, the Vantage Sorting Solution is designed specificallyto help mailers to create real value in the mail sorting process,” said Grant Miller, vicepresident for global strategic product management at Pitney Bowes Document Messaging Technologies. “ Posts, service bureaus, presort shops, enterprise mailers and mail consolidators will all findthis powerful, flexible and scalable new solution can help deliver results for their business.”
One of the key value propositions, Miller noted, is the ability to offer integration of mailsorting with other processes, such as inline weighing and postage metering. This automation of moremail processes not only streamlines the overall way mailpieces are handled, but also allows mailersto accept mail from more sources and expand their service.
The Vantage Sorting Solution’s ergonomic design takes the safety and comfort of its operatorsinto account as well. All optional equipment, such as printers, are housed in the chassis andbehind covers for improved accessibility and quieter operation.
Pitney Bowes backs up the Vantage Sorting Solution with optional service packages that can helpkeep the system operating with superior performance over the long haul. Pitney Bowes’s speciallytrained customer service organization can help the system run at its optimal efficiency, enablingmailers to provide aggressive Service Level Agreements to their clients.
“The Vantage Sorting Solution takes our years of experience in mailing technology andexceptional customer service and puts it all together. It delivers superior quality, higher overallthroughput speed and ease of operation that will enhance our customers’ business operations,”commented Miller. First placements of the new systems are expected in the fourth quarter of2010.
