
WHY DAT-MAIL?
Reduce Documentation
and Compliance Costs
Navigator:
Use the "Navigator" and
easily process your mailings including Intelligent Mail® Full-Service qualified
mail – and eDoc. The Navigator screen displays the most important information about
the presort, provides access to the most commonly used functions and reports, and
lets you edit and update your files by simply pressing a button.

Click to Enlarge
Make all the necessary changes and perform in-depth analysis without leaving the Navigator screen:
- Editing and updating Mail.dat files
- Changing piece/copy weights
- Seeing an overview of entry point levels
-
Claiming any and all eligible postage incentive savings
- Changing mailing dates
- Adding overflow sacks and trays by scanning tags
- Viewing and changing the “By/For” information
- Sending eDoc to PostalOne!®
- Viewing PostalOne! submissions
- Generating Postage Statements
- Accessing other popular functions and reports
Reduce Costs
- Eliminate re-running presorts to deal with last minute changes
- Stop manually filling out statements on paper or entering data into the
Postage Statement Wizard
- Stop handling printed postage statements and qualification reports
- Reduces paper and storage costs for postage statements and qualification
reports
- Take advantage of productivity improvements resulting from electronic transactions
with the USPS.
- Drop ship mailers can schedule FAST appointments with Mail.xml to support
eInduction.
This will soon eliminate the printing of form PS 8125
Improve Accuracy
and Control
- Eliminate human errors and variability
- Automatically confirm postage paid to USPS matches postage statements
- Receive email or SMS text messages when submissions to PostalOne! fail so
no mailing “falls between the cracks”
Enables mailers
to realize Full Service IM program benefits
- Get valuable address correction data for addresses that have changed for
free
- Know when your mail is delivered with free Confirm tracking data
- Know exactly when your mailings enter the postal system (start-the-clock,
mail induction information).
Saves Money
on Postage, Transportation and Spoilage
- Qualify for Full Service IM discounts
- Maintain your automation discounts in 2014 when Full Service IM is mandatory
- Qualify for postal incentives that make direct mail more competitive
- Qualify for current Mobile Marketing promotion and future promotions
- Drop Ship Mailers
- Optimize entry points to generate maximum net savings based on postage
discounts and transportation costs
- More accurately calculate in-home delivery dates to improve response
- Transactional Mailers
- Deduct spoilage either at the lowest rate or at actual rates with ability
to automate this process
- Reduces transportation costs and warehouse staging space by supporting
tray copalletization
Gain the Competitive
Edge
- Stay competitive by offering the highest level postage discounts and incentives
to your clients or shareholders
- Utilize DAT-MAIL to provide your clients with finalized proof of mailing
information to improve customer service and brand image
Increase Operational
Efficiency
- DAT-MAIL’s ability to automate many of its functions will further reduce
labor costs.
- DAT-MAIL’s user interface reduces time spent manipulating Mail.dat files
- DAT-MAIL can automatically download postal data updates (Labeling Lists,
destination data, and FAST re-direction data) to keep data fresh without wasting
employee’s time
- DAT-MAIL can be configured to meet your needs and additional customization
is possible
Save Time, Reduce Costs, Increase Accuracy, and Manage Changes Easily
DAT-MAIL™
is complete Mailing Data Management software that provides real world solutions
for any mailer who submits postage statements to the USPS. It lets you edit
your mailing documentation and generate postal statements & comprehensive postage
reports.
- Manage both Mail.dat® and non-Mail.dat data
-
- Update/edit piece weight and advertising percentages to reflect final mailing
- Full postage statement editing
- Generate reports to track postage, permits, clients & jobs from your final
postage data
- Easily deduct spoilage from mailings to reduce postage costs
- Access drop ship information & perform entry planning, create 8125's and
get current redirections
- Process commingle, co-palletization, and co-mailings
- Print customizable pallet placards and sack & tray tags
- Manage production overflows by creating Sibling records for Handling Units
and/or Containers
- Analyze mailings for Priority Mail Open and Distribute
Edit entry
point designations to deal with last minute transportation or long-term cost savings
situations without changing your physical manufacturing mail stream. Update
the data to reflect the last-minute changes mailers face every day in real-world
mailing situations.
Once your
changes are made, provide the USPS with accurate Qualification Reports and Postage
Statements. Mailers will develop a stronger relationship with the Postal Service
by providing Mail Verification Clerks with easy-to-read, concise mailing documentation,
on a consistent basis.
DAT-MAIL™ Supports Intelligent Mail®
- Transmit electronic documents using PostalOne! Mail.dat
- Supports USPS FAST drop ship appointments – populate 8125s with appointment
numbers automatically
- Print 24-dgit Intelligent Mail tray/sack/pallet labels
- FAST certified to use Mail.XML™ 6.0
- Print special Quality Control skid sheets
- Optimize drop shipments with Quick Plan Entry Point Analysis
- Analyze savings for Open and Distribute containers