SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONTAINERIZED SHIPPING OF MAIL PIECES.

摘要

A mail delivery system for facilitating delivery of a plurality of mail piecessorted into a plurality of containers to a postal service. The mail delivery systemincludes a mail piece information apparatus for determining information abouteach of the mail pieces, such as by scanning delivery addresses of the mail pieces.A sorting apparatus associates an identifiers of the containers with mail piecessorted into the containers. A tracking system tracks the containers throughdelivery using the container identifiers. Paperless manifests describingthe mail pieces in the containers and delivery of the containers to a postal servicelocation are generated by the system by correlating tracking information onthe containers with contents information for the containers using the identifier.The mail delivery system is also configured to implement quality control processesand billing using the tracking and manifest information, resulting in time savingsand increased billing accuracy.