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piggy bank with postage stamps with money bags

10 Postal Optimization Tips to Reduce Postage Costs

FSSI logo Kelly McConville on May 31, 2019

How to Optimize Your Mailing Practices and Lower Your Postal Rates Your ultimate goal as a mailing service provider is to get the lowest possible postage rates for your customers. There are many readily available ways to save on your postage and mailing costs without sacrificing the design of your mailpiece or...

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postal terms glossary header

Postal Terms Glossary

FSSI logo FSSI Marketing on March 7, 2019

Glossary of Postal Terms: USPS Mailing Terminology Defined 123 | A | B | C | D |E | F | G | H | I |J | | K | L| M | | N | O | P | Q |R | S | T | U |V | W | X | Y | Z 123 2DAD (2D document assembly) –Instructs inserter on how the document is assembled, ie: how many pages, where one document ends and a new...

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Glossary of Printing Terms

FSSI logo FSSI Marketing on March 7, 2019

Glossary of Printing Terms and Graphic Design Terminology A | B | C | D |E | F | G | H | I |J | | K | L| M | | N | O | P | Q |R | S | T | U |V | W | X | Y | Z A Achromatic – This a designating color perceived to have zero saturation, meaning no hue. These are colors like neutral grays, white, and black. It...

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graphical depiction of a commercial printing facility

In-House Printing vs. Print Outsourcing: Is It Time to Make the Switch?

FSSI logo Kelly McConville on January 25, 2019

In-House Printing vs. Outsourcing Print and Mail There are many benefits of outsourcing printing. For one, outsourcing high-volume printing and mailing jobs is one way to ensure that you can reduce costs and maximize profits, focus on higher-value, revenue-generating tasks, better allocate your company’s resources,...

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stacks of paper with dollar signs

Why is the Price of Paper Going Up?

FSSI logo Kelly McConville on November 21, 2018

6 Factors Affecting the Cost of Paper In the last few years, there has been a combination of factors leading to increased overall costs for paper. With a combination of price hikes, increased demand, availability issues, and other related factors, the following dynamics are responsible for the recent shift in the pulp...

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person paying bills on multiple channels

Improve Payment Remittance and Collections with Multichannel Payments

FSSI logo Kelly McConville on October 30, 2018

Tips to Improve Payment Remittance for Customers In business, getting paid on time is very important to the success and health of a company. Most businesses provide a service, bill their customers, and await a remittance payment. When payments are delayed, the problem may be out of your control. According to...

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a commercial printer with printed statement examples

Benefits of Outsourcing Print and Mail for the Insurance Industry

FSSI logo Kelly McConville on October 22, 2018

How Can Outsourcing Benefit the Insurance Industry? Managing the myriad of policyholder documents involved in the insurance industry is no easy task. Many growing insurance companies are still printing their policyholder information in-house. While this method may seem more cost-efficient, in-house document processing...

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collection of cardboard boxes

Myth Vs. Fact – Should We Get Rid of Paper Packaging

FSSI logo Kelly McConville on August 1, 2018

Should We Stop Using Paper and Paper Packaging? Paper-based packaging is not only made of recycled material but it can also be recycled and has an excellent environmental record. The primary function of packaging in all its forms; plastics, tins, glass, and paperboard are to protect goods while in transit, storage, and...

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