Press Release
- The Deutsche Post subsidiary increases its competitive edge with Beta Systems due to faster mail processing and achieves significant reductions in postal charges for its customers
Berlin, Germany. 20 February 2007 – Beta Systems Software AG (Prime Standard: BSS), provider of high-quality software products and services for secure and efficient document management, today announced that Deutsche Post In Haus Service GmbH (DPIHS), a subsidiary of the German Post Office, has selected Beta Systems' mail scanning solution to process large quantities of letters. The Enterprise Content Management solution is comprised of scanner hardware as well as image processing and recognition software. It has been in use since autumn 2006 at DPIHS' Munich-based service centre, where tens of thousands of letters from three large customers are captured and sorted using the mail scanning technology. The system underpins DPIHS' initiative to transition from manual sorting to automated mail processing. Very large volumes of letters can now be processed at high speed and with a minimal error rate. In addition, the Beta Systems solution sorts outgoing mail, optimises postage, and automatically logs returns from mailings in the master database. DPIHS is currently planning to equip other service centres in Frankfurt, Augsburg and Koblenz with the new technology in the near future.
Cost Savings with Fast and Accurate Mail Sorting
Deutsche Post In Haus Service GmbH (DPIHS) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Post AG
(the German postal service) and handles the entire spectrum of upstream and downstream mail
processing tasks for its customers throughout the country. Large-scale enterprises in particular
are increasingly outsourcing areas like mail processing, as they are not part of their core
competencies.
Against this backdrop, more than 190 enterprises spanning all industries have already
outsourced their entire corporate mailroom service to DPIHS. Several of these have been expanded
and are now service centres in their own right, handling all incoming and outgoing mail for other
companies in the same region.
In one of its largest service centres in Germany, the Munich-based corporate mailroom of
Siemens AG, DPIHS started out using the Kleindienst MailScanner SC60HC-MN and the image processing
and recognition software ProSort 3. This centre handles outgoing mail for three large customers –
public authorities in Munich – which benefit from postage rebates due to the quantity of letters
they send. By quickly sorting all outgoing mail, the MailScanner performs a valuable service for
the postal firm.
Impressive Read and Sort Performance
The MailScanner's mechanical sort performance is particularly impressive here, with core
features including a reloadable feeder mechanism and the separation of outgoing letters, as well as
throughput checks and final sorting that is accurate to at least 98 per cent. As for read
performance, the recognition rate is over 90 per cent for printed addresses that are
machine-recognisable, while exceeding 99.5 per cent for barcodes.
Processing Steps Run Automatically; Flexibility to Cater for Special Requests
Beta Systems' technology automates the multiple processing steps involved in handling such
large volumes, enabling them to operate several times faster and with a significantly lower error
rate. Dieter Bauer, DPIHS' head of resource management: “Every day, in our Munich service centre,
we have to sort tens of thousands of letters by format, postage and postal region and separate out
handwritten letters. This is simply made more economical with Beta Systems' technology. ” As a
result, DPIHS has been able to maintain and extend its competitive position in a market opening up
to other service providers. Its customers benefit from faster turnaround and significant savings on
postage costs. Alongside DPIHS' Munich service centre, there are plans to acquire additional
MailScanners for similar centres in Augsburg, Frankfurt and Koblenz.
In addition, DPIHS is already capable of handling special requests for its customers. “The
MailScanner technology enables us to fulfil our customers' specific requirements, such as billing
by cost centre,” comments Alfred Braun, subsidiary manager of DPIHS’ Munich service center.
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Deutsche Post In Haus Service GmbH
Deutsche Post In Haus Service GmbH is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Post AG
and is well-positioned in Germany for upstream and downstream mail handling services.
About Beta Systems Software AG, Berlin, Germany
Beta Systems Software AG (Deutsche Börse - Prime Standard: BSS) is a leading
supplier of infrastructure software for enterprise critical applications for the automation and
protection of business processes. Beta Systems provides software in the following areas: Identity
Management (IdM), Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and Data Centre Infrastructure (DCI). All
solutions are able to process high-volumes of information and throughput. They secure business
critical data and help achieve compliance by addressing regulatory requirements. The ECM product
range includes scanners and sorters from Kleindienst - a brand owned by Beta Systems Software AG.
Beta Systems, headquartered in Berlin, has been listed on the Deutsche Börse (German stock
exchange) since 1997 and currently employs about 700 people. The company has 17 subsidiaries
worldwide, as well as numerous business partners. Beta Systems’ worldwide customer base comprises
more than 1,000 IT service providers and large organizations from the fields of finance and
insurance, manufacturing, commerce, telecommunications, logistics and energy supply, along with
public sector organizations. For further information please visit:
www.betasystems.com
Press Contacts
Local UK Media Contact:
JGC PR
Jack Gocher
Phone: 0044-(0)1494 724113
Mobile: 0044-(0)7815 780931
Email:
jack@jgc-pr.co.uk
Beta Systems Software AG
Thomas grosse Osterhues
Senior Manager Marketing Communications
Beta Systems Software AG
Phone: +49 (0)30 726 118-570
Fax: +49 (0)30 726 118-881
Email:
thomas.osterhues@betasystems.com
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