Sortcode Mailsort Software from Technologies4Targeting

Helping you maximise Postal discounts. The final computing process of direct mail production – sorting your data to maximise postal discount. This powerful batch utility provides all Mailsort, Walksort and Presstream functionality. It sorts and prepares mailing output and bag/bundle labels in accordance with Royal Mail rules to ensure maximum postal discounts are obtained.

Save time and money

Sortcode Sortcode is the perfect tool for achieving the maximum savings from the Mailsort and Walksort programmes. Not only does it help you achieve the discounts offered by the Royal Mail’s Mailsort programmes but it can also help you realise additional savings in the computer automation and personnel costs, giving you both time and money to deploy elsewhere.

Fast and effective

Sortcode has an easy-to-use Windows interface that enables a Selection Code to be attached to an address in accordance with Mailsort and Walksort schemes. More recently the program has also been made available as a Unix API.

By rearranging the address file into the correct sort sequence, mail can arrive at its delivery address at the right time and at a considerable saving over the standard postal rates. What's more, Sortcode does all the hard work for you! It not only produces the sorted address file but also generates the necessary reports. Highly flexible, it can accept fixed and variable length records and address files of unlimited length, and is supported by our other addressing products.

Whether you are a large volume user, a periodical publisher or a fulfilment house you will benefit from increased effectiveness and efficiency with Sortcode.

The following table gives you an idea of the potential discounts that Sortcode help you realise:

Mailing Volume	Discount
10,000 Letters	£309*
20,000 Letters	£700*
30,000 Letters	£1170*
40,000 Letters	£1660*
50,000 Letters	£2223*
60,000 Letters	£2668*
70,000 Letters	£3184*
80,000 Letters	£3640*
90,000 Letters	£4175*
100,000 Letters	£4639*

*Calculated on the basis that the "Mailsort 3" service is used, and that the mailing contains a typical selection of addresses. Compiled by Capscan, May 2002.

The following table gives you an idea of the speed at which Sortcode operates:

Records	CPU	Time
2.8 million (CSV)	133MHz	1 hour and 15 minutes (approx.)
2.8 million (CSV)	1.8GHz	7 minutes (approx.)

Sortcode supports the following services:

Mailsort (aka Mailsort 1400)
Flatsort 3 1400
Mailsort CBC (aka Mailsort 700)
Mailsort 120
Presstream
Mailsort RSVP
Walksort

Feature and benefits

Supports both Mailsort and Walksort services to provide maximum discounts.
An easy-to-use Windows interface ensures operators can set up jobs quickly and effectively.
Contain powerful processing capability - Sortcode is typically capable of sorting millions of records per hour on a modern PC.
Accepts input files of fixed or variable length ASCII records and files of unlimited length.
Is compatible with other Capscan products like Matchcode and Zapcode.

Technical features

Tested and approved by Royal Mail.
Runs on Windows 95, 98, 2000, Me, NT4, XP and UNIX.
Data sets updated when issued by Royal Mail via the Web.