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Getting Smart About Intelligent Mail®
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Address Quality Hub™ Demonstration
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Address Quality Hub™ vs. Address Element Correction
Group 1 Software
- Address Quality Hub™
- The Address Quality Hub™ leverages the total strength of Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software's premier addressing technologies by delivering the most advanced coding algorithms, comprehensive databases and patent pending address correction methodologies to help corporations maximize postal discounts and mail deliverability.
- Module 1 — Coding Uplift Engine
- The ZIP + 4® Coding Uplift Module provides CASS™ coding uplift using additional address cleansing and correction modules that employ programming logic and advanced algorithms beyond the capability of any single CASS coding engine.
- Module II — Delivery Point Correction
- For CASS Cycle L, the USPS® is requiring delivery point validation for all addresses. The CASS Cycle L regulations require mailers, when processing addresses, to validate primary house number in order to ZIP + 4 code address records.
USPS
- CASS Coding
- The first requirement of USPS postal address correction requires addresses to be coded through commercial CASS engines. Rejected or non-match records are then eligible to be presented to the Address Element Correction system.
- Address Element Correction (AEC)
- Address Element Correction is a quality process developed by the USPS with industry support. AEC focuses on inaccurate addresses, specifically those deliverable addresses that cannot be matched to a USPS ZIP + 4 code or does not DPV™ confirm using commercially available, CASS Certified™ address-matching software. If an address is missing an element, CASS Certified address-matching software may lack sufficient information to determine the correct or most accurate match to ZIP + 4 product and, therefore, may not provide a ZIP + 4 code. After an address goes through this process and is not resolved, it becomes a candidate for AEC.
- Address Element Correction II
- AEC II™ is an enhancement to the existing Address Element Correction service, which identifies and corrects "bad" addresses using a complex computer program. "Bad" addresses that cannot be resolved using AEC are submitted, via AEC II, to delivery offices for review and resolution by the same people who deliver the mail for you every day. When USPS delivery personnel are able to identify and correct address errors, or to identify addresses that do not exist, address quality is improved.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Group 1 | USPS |
|---|---|---|
| CASS enabled | Yes | Yes |
| Single Pass | Yes | No |
| Immediate results | Yes | No, 30, 60, 90 day return period |
| Results available | Yes at end of job | Posted every Friday |
| Data File kept within client environment | Yes | No |
| Human corrected | No | Yes (AEC II) |
| Maximum files/records — AQ Hub vs. AEC II | No | 1 File per day with 15,000 records per day |
| AQ Hub Module 1 vs. AEC Pricing | Licensed rights | Per Job $15/1000 |
| Average Price per record | $.02–.04 for both Module 1 & Module 2 | $0.015 |
| AQ Hub Module 2 vs. AEC II Pricing | $.02–.04 for both Module 1 and Module 2 | Per Job $25 minimum $0.25 per correction |
| Payment | Licensed rights | Postal CAPS account Pre-payment required |