BCC Software Releases Truck Direct Mail Online Logistics Engine for BCC Customers

Rochester, NY — BCC Software, a BÖWE BELL + HOWELL company and a leading developer of high-performance software and solutions for professional mailers, has released Truck Direct Mail, an online logistics engine that generates free, no-obligation quotes for mailings drop shipped to Destination Entry points by private carriers. If the quote is accepted trucks are arranged and dispatched to the mailer location for mail pickup and dispatched to the appropriate USPS drop ship destination. All arrangements private carrier arrangements are performed by the Truck Direct Mail system. After months of development and testing, Truck Direct Mail — the product of a strategic alliance between BCC and Direct Logistics, Inc. — is now available all BCC customers seeking tighter shipping costs and improved overall delivery efficiency.

To access Truck Direct Mail, BCC customers can simply login at the user-exclusive BCC Customer Portal (https://portal.bccsoftware.com) and click the Truck Direct Mail link within the Services section. (Prior registration, free to all active BCC customers, is required to enter the Portal.)

Truck Direct Mail offers a hassle-free method of assessing the savings available by using a private carrier to transport eligible mailing jobs further into the mail stream. When the user accepts the logistics quote, that approval is sent straight to Direct Logistics, where transport is arranged per the mailer’s instructions — at a savings of as much as 20 percent over standard United States Postal Service® (USPS®) shipping costs. After being verified at the appropriate Bulk Mail Entry Unit and returned to the user’s facility, the job is then delivered by private carrier to specified USPS Bulk Mail Centers (BMCs) or Sectional Center Facilities (SCFs). In most cases, the process reduces overall costs and delivery times.

“Truck Direct Mail and the follow-through services offered by Direct Logistics represent significant potential savings, achievable with virtually no extra effort,” said Ted Seward, BCC’s Vice President of Marketing. “Beta users have enjoyed outstanding results, and we’re excited to make this resource available to the greater community of BCC users. This value-added tool can significantly reduce costs and increase efficiency — especially in the face of pending postage increases.”

Destination Entry drop-shipping typically generates the greatest return on investment for shipments that have low individual piece weights (between 0.5 and 1.5 oz), number in the thousands or tens of thousands, and/or require specific in-home delivery dates.

The final stage in the development of Truck Direct Mail will be to integrate the quote engine directly into Mail Manager 2010, BCC’s flagship presorting and list-management solution. This integration is scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2005.

For more information regarding Truck Direct Mail, visit www.bccsoftware.com/prodserv/mus/tdm or call (800) 453-3130.


About BCC Software
For more than 25 years BCC Software Inc has offered high-performance software and solutions for professional mailers. The company is committed to providing clients with the highest level of customer service and technology training. Current BCC clients include Harvard University, The Miami Herald, Anheuser-Busch Company, Inc., Wal-Mart, Papa John’s, R.R. Donnelly, K/P Corporation and The U.S. House of Representatives.

About Direct Logistics
Direct Logistics is an 11-year old third-party transportation logistics company specializing in the timely distribution of direct mail promotions to postal facilities nationwide. Based at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, the company has the ability to arrange pickup of shipments from all origins within the United States and delivery to all 29 USPS Bulk Mail Centers and 465 Sectional Center Facilities.


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