Data Services Processing Tips

The BCC Data Services team has developed the following tips to help you streamline your Data Services job processing, and secure quicker turnaround times:

• CASS™ encode addresses before sending your list for NCOA^Link® processing, and review the data for any importing/data issues.
• Do not limit the number of months for which COA data is accepted below 18 months.
• While reviewing NCOA^Link job "Data Quality," make sure all name, company and address information that will be used on your labels is included for processing. If any additional data is supplied on the labels, the USPS could potentially flag "COA not updated by mailer" during Move Update Validation testing.
• Manually correcting and CASS encoding after NCOA^Link processing gives the USPS an opportunity to find additional moves.
• Always review NCOA^Link results and remove the "bad" addresses such as Z4 and Return codes 23, 26, 27 & 28.

The dedicated BCC Data Services team is ready to assist you with address correction issues. e-mail Data Services or call (800) 337-0372 with any questions.

See You at ACUMS and
Document Strategy Forum Next Week

BCC representatives will discuss mailing and document-processing innovations at the Association of College and University Mail Services show, October 4-6 at Ithaca (NY) College; and at Document Strategy Forum, October 5-7 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Chicago.

Visit the BCC booth at these shows to discuss current mailing initiatives and to test your sample mailpieces for barcode compliance with the Mail Verifier Plus.

Print and bring this form to the show to receive a free ticket to the Document Strategy Forum.

Week of September 28, 2009

BCC Professional Services Update

BCC will host a three-day Power Classroom Workshop October 14-16 in Rochester. Power workshops are ideal for mailers with existing Mail Manager knowledge who want to advance their expertise and boost their productivity. Topics include advanced presorting options, ZIP + 4® encoding, list selectivities, BCC Data Services user-defined reports and more. Register today (limited registrations are available).

For more information call (800) 453-3130.

Operating System Consolidation to Begin in March

To streamline development priorities and help guide ongoing programming efforts, BCC will discontinue support for Windows 98, NT and ME operating systems beginning in March 2010. BCC products will continue to run on these platforms, but new software installations will no longer be tested on them.

Upcoming Free Express
Learning Sessions

Mailing Basics 101
Wednesday, Oct. 7, 3pm ET

Introducing Mail Manager
Thursday, Oct. 8, 3pm ET

Using BCC's Data Services
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 3pm ET

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