Mailing house DMM has installed a new finishing solution, the Rival Productivity Series Inserting System from Pitney Bowes, to address concerns of ‘operational inefficiencies’, improve its mail solutions business and save on cost. The new system is capable of running 12,000 envelopes an hour, and has replaced three of DMM’s previous machines, which it says has increased production capacity and reduced floor footprint. The Victorian provider of marketing and communications solutions, says the company’s success is because it keeps in ‘touch with technology trends and recognises opportunities for its clients’.
Fred Humphrey, managing director of DMM, says the Pitney Rival platform – which was installed in December – has helped the business cope with extra demand. Humphrey says, “We were able to increase capacity in time for the Christmas rush, as well as streamline our processes and operate with 97 per cent up time. Our first month of installation alone provided a $15,000 saving in operational costs.” He says the company conducted an evaluation of its mail solutions business in 2014, which found ‘several operational inefficiencies, including the need for several mail inserters to manage its print workload as well as lost opportunities for more complex variable print jobs’. The company then decided to invest in the Rival Productivity Series Inserting System, which it expects to deliver cost savings greater than $120,000 a year, and process jobs five-times faster than DDM’s previous systems. Jean-Pierre Deruddere, managing director at Pitney Bowes Australia and New Zealand, says, “Direct marketing offers excellent growth opportunities for our customers and we look forward to assisting the print industry enhance their ability to deliver targeted mail pieces. “This latest installation at DMM is just one great example of the opportunities available to the print industry, and how variable print jobs can offer new revenue and profit avenues.”
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