| 摘要 |
A mail processing system (10) and method for reducing delivery expenses is provided. When a mailer (12a,12b,12n) prepares a batch of mail pieces, the mailer will print on each mail piece information associated with each mail piece. The mailer provides the batch of mail pieces to a mail processing facility (40). The mail processing facility (40) can then combine batches of mail received from different mailers together to form a single aggregation. The mail processing facility (40) reads the information associated with each mail piece and sorts the aggregation into a plurality of batches based on the information read from each mail piece. A carrier (60) can then be selected, from among a plurality of different carriers, for each of the plurality of batches that preferably provides the desired delivery services at the lowest cost for delivery.
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