Mailing/Fulfillment - Hardware

IN A CLASSIC "Peanuts" comic strip, Schroeder confronts Charlie Brown with scores of numbers to illustrate the ineptitude of their eternally winless baseball team. He builds quite a case, and when he finally finishes recounting the team's blundering exploits, Charlie Brown offers a curt reply.

Named Mail Center of the Year by the In-Plant Printing and Mailing Association, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield's full-service mail facility received its award at IPMA's conference in Charleston, S.C. Catherine Ciardi, director of Document Services for the Rochester, N.Y.-based in-plant, accepted the award for her team of 15 mailing professionals.

Until a year and a half ago, match mailings were either done by hand at Penn State University's Multimedia & Print Center (MPC) or they were outsourced. The 60-employee in-plant had two older inserters from the '70s and '80s with limited capabilities.

In this digital age, not everyone views the subject of printing in an optimistic light. But Catherine Ciardi feels she has the perfect surfboard underneath her to navigate and tame the wave of the future.

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Mail Services has modernized its operation

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Mail Services has modernized its operation.

University Mail Services at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was selected as Mail Center of the Year by the In-Plant Printing and Mailing Association, in recognition of its outstanding improvements in technology, cost savings and processes.

Wes Friesen, manager of Revenue Collections and Community Offices for Portland General Electric (PGE), was presented with the prestigious Franklin Award at the recent MAILCOM 2010 Annual Convention in Atlantic City.

Roundup of just a few of the inserting machines on the market for in-plants, plus reports from a couple installations.

Ever wonder what makes a good direct mail piece, which creative pulls the best results and why some mailing lists are better than others?