Mail.dat
Palletization
BCC Mail Manager Network Option
TaskMaster
Package Services
Enhanced Merge/Purge
Firm Packaging
Mail Manifesting
Priority Mail
Data Preflight
MOVE Manager EU / LSP / FSP
Customized Market Mail
Flat Rate NCOALink LSP/FSP
Track N Trace Reseller
Bulk Mailer® SMB
BCC Software™ Delivers on Promise of Expanded Technology with Changes to Pricing and Packaging
Subscription Pricing, Product Enhancements, and new Bulk Mailer® SMB Package Highlight List of Improvements ROCHESTER, NY – November 14th, 2019: Today BCC Software, the leader in postal preparation and address quality solutions, is announcing several improvements to their line of desktop software solutions. BCC Software has introduced a new Bulk Mailer SMB package, offered at subscription… Read More
Bulk Mailer® SMB & BCC Mail Manager™ FAQ
Thank you for choosing to explore BCC Software’s expanded offerings! Below you will find the FAQ pages for our new Bulk Mailer® SMB presort desktop software and our enhanced BCC Mail Manager™. If you have any questions or want to learn more, please contact us at: 1-800-337-0442 Which package is right for you? Average Mailing… Read More
BCC Mail Manager LE™
Oops! We’re sorry, the BCC Mail Manager LE™ page no longer exists. You have been directed to this page because BCC Software is no longer selling new licenses of BCC Mail Manager LE. Are you a current BCC Mail Manager LE customer? No need to worry – BCC Software is continuing to support existing customers… Read More
Episode 33 – Industry Corner Podcast
BCC Software™ Announces New Vice President of Sales
Experienced Sales Executive to Lead Sales Team for Rapidly Growing Company ROCHESTER, NY – November 6, 2019: Today, BCC Software, the leader in postal preparation and address quality solutions, announced the addition of Marcus Banks as Vice President of Sales. In this role, Marcus will leverage his proven background as a Senior Sales Executive to… Read More
DIRECT MAIL: WHAT CONSUMERS WANT
Despite the surging popularity of digital marketing, direct mail continues to hold a significant position in today’s industry. In fact, over 140 billion pieces of mail (first-class and marketing) were sent through the USPS mail system in 2016. It’s not just marketers who are keeping direct mail alive, though—consumers agree that direct mail remains an… Read More
How to Use Manage Server to Clean Up Mailing Files
A Server Management Utility was added to Bulk Mailer® Business that cleans up mailing files that were removed from Bulk Mailer. These files are no longer accessible within Bulk Mailer, but they still exist in the Mailings folder. This can happen when a Folder on the Home screen in Bulk Mailer is deleted, but Mailing… Read More
Transferring Data Marketing Services Jobs Using HTTPS
Within BCC Mail Manager™, there is now a HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) file transfer option for securely uploading Data Marketing Services jobs. This method of transferring was implemented for several reasons: Added Security – BCC Customer Portal authentication is used Firewall Friendly – It uses single inbound port, which many firewalls allow by default… Read More
Setting Up Schedules in BCC Software’s Track N Trace®
Many BCC Customers are signed up to use our Informed Visibility® based mailpiece tracking service Track N Trace®. This service groups up Informed Visibility scan data by job allowing you to track each mailing as it moves through the postal system. One of the most important features is the ability to generate various reports to… Read More
Episode 32 – Industry Corner Podcast
Episode 31 – Industry Corner Podcast
COMING SOON – Big Improvements to Import Functionality!
Import has always been one of the most important functions in BCC Mail Manager™. The import tool helps you clean up data as it’s being brought into your environment. This helps you ensure that customer data is actionable and mailable before you find a problem and have to re-work a whole job. What if Import… Read More
How to Use New EDDM® List Creation Tool
In July, BCC Software announced the release of a new EDDM® list creation tool in BCC Mail Manager™. This month we wanted to further spotlight this and discuss how to utilize it. This tool allows users to painlessly and quickly create and prepare an EDDM list based on a user selected list of ZIP Codes™ and Carrier Routes. Previously, users had to manually create or import a list prepared for EDDM.… Read More
BCC Post-Presort MAILdb™ Helping Scorecard Errors
Two of the most common issues we see with scorecard errors are By/For errors and Barcode errors – duplicate barcodes, or undocumented pieces. By/For errors are typically caused when the owner and preparer are not properly identified in the Mail.dat™ file. The Mail.dat file holds the owner information in two places – the MPA (Mailer Postage Account)… Read More
Important Industry Updates – UPU Decision and New USPS® Board of Governors
Last week, the USPS® announced their decision regarding their involvement with the Universal Postal Union (UPU). In her official statement, Postmaster General Brennan shared that an agreement has been made “that accommodates the concerns of the United States and other countries” regarding the current payment system and therefore the United States will not withdraw its… Read More
Print and Mail Changes You May Not Require, But Will Want—And the ROI to Boot
Today is a normal day; as you read the BCC Newsletter, and this article, processes are happening around you on the print production and mailing floor. And those processes are, hopefully…if it is a good day, happening just as they happen every day. So why look at changing it…in the immortal words of Burt Lance… Read More
Episode 30 – Industry Corner Podcast
BlueCrest
Konica Minolta
New USPS® Board of Governors holds first meeting Oct 2-3
Per an Industry Alert issued by the USPS® on September 16, 2019: Now that the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors has enough members to constitute a quorum, the Temporary Emergency Committee (TEC) has been dissolved and the new board will meet on October 2nd and 3rd in closed meetings. Although an agenda is not… Read More
CORRECTION – INDUSTRY ALERT Informed Delivery Promotion Discount
Per an Industry Alert issued by the Postal Service on Friday September 13, 2019 Please take note of this important Industry Alert issued by the Postal Service on Friday September 13th, regarding the Informed Delivery Promotion. If mailers submitted ID campaigns during the period of September 1st through the 5th, they may not have been… Read More
Episode 29 – Industry Corner Podcast
New: MAILdb Quick Edit (QE)
In keeping with our promise to bring you expanded technology and personal support, we have improved BCC Post-Presort MAILdb® to give you an enhanced Post-Presort solution. BCC Post-Presort MAILdb is a power user’s playground for editing and manipulating data contained in a Mail.dat™ file. However, sometimes other users need to make small edits but it’s not… Read More
Changes to Truck Direct Mail (TDM) Functionality / Introducing TDM 2.0
Truck Direct Mail has upgraded their service to version 2.0 on September 1, 2019. Along with this change at Truck Direct Mail (TDM), there are some changes to the functionality you know today with your installation of BCC Software. What’s changing now: “Show Summary” report will continue to work as it does today. Refinements have… Read More
Episode 28 – Industry Corner Podcast
BlueCrest Partners with BCC Software to Provide Technologically Advanced Software Solutions, Postal Optimization, and Mail Tracking for Clients.
BCC Software, a leader in postal and presort software solutions in North America for over 40 years, has signed a partnership agreement with BlueCrest, an industry-leading global technology provider and supplier of a comprehensive line of enterprise software, printers, inserters, sorters, and parcel solutions, to offer best-in-class postal optimization and mail tracking capabilities for their… Read More
USPS Officer Announcements
Per an Industry Alert issued by the USPS® August 23, 2019 Postmaster General Megan Brennan has announced the following new officer roles, effective immediately: Joshua D. Colin has been detailed to the position of Vice President, Processing and Maintenance, reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President. Responsibilities of this position cover… Read More
Plus One
Earlier this month the Postal Service filed a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to conduct a Market Test of a new product called “Plus One.” According to the USPS® filing, Plus One is “an addressed advertising card that may be mailed as an add-on piece with the USPS Marketing Mail Letters ‘marriage mail’… Read More
Episode 27 – Industry Corner Podcast
Developments of Information Management
Developments of Information Management This is a guest article from Racami , a valued BCC Software partner. The problem with technology… Information technology (IT) began about five decades ago, however, the number of IT products have expanded more rapidly in the past 10 years than the 30 years prior thanks to consumer devices. By the… Read More
Communicate the Right Way or Fail!
Communicate the Right Way or Fail! Did you miss the session Steve Luke presented at Gartner Tech Growth and Innovation Conference in early June? Don’t worry! We’ve got you covered and we’re here to spread the word. One recent study by research firm InfoTrends found that transactional documents are opened and read by 90%… Read More
Episode 26 – Industry Corner Podcast
Postal Service Leadership Changes
Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer, Megan J. Brennan, has announced the following leadership changes: Jeffrey (Jeff) C. Johnson has been named Vice President, Enterprise Analytics, effective July 20. He has been acting in this role since January 19, 2019. Jeff has successfully championed our Informed Mobility initiative and is continuing to lead efforts… Read More