S.M.A.R.T - The Mail Solution That Changed Business
Having various mail machines in the office can greatly elevate your business. Not only does your company save time, but the return on the investment your business acquires can be substantial. However, Quadient machines can also be equipped with an amazing robust system that can take your whole mailing environment to the next stage.
S.M.A.R.T by Quadient is a mailroom software solution that combines mailing, shipping, accounting, reporting, and tracking functionalities with a single, user-friendly dashboard. In this article, we will dive into some of the ways S.M.A.R.T is elevating business and why you’ll want to consider investing in this solution.
Flexible Mailing Integration
S.M.A.R.T integrates with any iX-series postage meter to collect all data in real time. This includes postage meters as compact as the iX-3 to the high-volume output of the iX-9. Regardless of the postage meter, your report will be available in minutes, allowing for a smooth, seamless workflow.
Additionally, you can process mail from your company computer as well. S.M.A.R.T integration is compatible with all types of computers from desktops to laptops and works whether it be touch-screen or by mouse. The device will only need to meet the minimum specifications to install the software, and it will work professionally and seamlessly.
Easy Flexible Shipping
With S.M.A.R.T, you can easily process USPS, UPS, FedEx, and DHL from a single dashboard. What’s more, you can even compare various shipping rates across multiple carriers on a single screen. Furthermore, this software will even automatically identify both the lowest costing and fastest delivery method to get your parcel to its customers.
Batching capabilities also help to greatly reduce the time and hassle your mailing could take. You can import up to 10,000 addresses to the public address book and up to 1,000 addresses to the private address book per user, effectively eliminating errors caused by manual address entry. Additionally, you can create up to 100 identical shipments for different addresses at one time. With S.M.A.R.T you can streamline shipping workflows easily with batch processing capabilities.
Superb Tracking and Monitoring
S.M.A.R.T assists in ensuring every package is delivered that your business sends out. Customers can be kept informed at every step of the delivery process, keeping them in the loop as their package reaches them. This helps to provide a sense of relief for the customer and can greatly reduce the need for them to constantly call your business.
Tracking history can also be kept for up to 13 months, allowing for an efficient year-end review of your mailing process. You can filter, sort, and search shipping activity across all carriers. Additionally, the data you retrieve can be emailed in seconds. You’ll be able to see what improvements your business could make to better serve your customers, by comparing month to month history.
Reporting Analysis
Your tracking history isn’t the only information S.M.A.R.T provides. This software provides robust reports for a variety of different data surrounding your mailing environment. It has the capabilities to generate expense reports by mail class, weight, presort, register values, operator, and pre-defined or custom time periods. S.M.A.R.T can provide reports by usage data, by department, or account. It can provide the usage for mailing/shipping carriers, as well as the postal class used. This allows valuable insights into what shipping trends are working best for the company and if there needs to be a pivot in one direction or another. You can also use date ranges based on daily, weekly, monthly, or whatever custom ranges your business needs or desires to explore the mailing data needed.
Furthermore, these reports can be exported in pdfs, csv, slx, and html. You can customize these reports using visualization through colorful graphs and charts. With report scheduler, your business has the potential to automate your reports and have them emailed to certain recipients to analyze. This software will consolidate all your reporting tools to one platform, removing the expense of using other software while making it intuitive for any employee to learn quickly and efficiently.
In summary, S.M.A.R.T is an amazing tool to help enhance your mailing environment. It will easily integrate into your mailing equipment and make shipping intuitive and easy with its exceptional dashboard interface. Thanks to its capability to track deliveries and usage, your business will be able to ensure that packages reach their destination as well as generate reports to help evaluate your mail environment. This software will help to keep your mailing organized while providing data that your business will be able to utilize to make decisions on the most cost-effective and efficient approach for your business workflow. To learn more about S.M.A.R.T and various mailing solutions consider scheduling a free assessment with Summit. Our experts will do a full analysis of your office environment, seeing what solutions are right for your business.