- Recycled Paper. Technological advances in paper manufacturing and processing equipment have ensured that this paper can be processed efficiently.
- Pinless Paper. Going pinless not only reduces waste paper volumes but also eliminates the labor and/or equipment to collect it.
- Lighter Weight Paper. Work with your vendor to determine whether a lighter weight material may be used, reducing your paper and postage cost.
- Address Hygiene. Improve your address quality through the utilization of software and regular updates.
- Transportation. Reduce transportation impacts by sourcing materials closer to your operations or by optimizing the use of your distributed processing facilities.
- Operational Efficiency. Improve the overall operational efficiency of your processing equipment.
- White Space Management. Reducing the amount of white space on your document will reduce the number of pages required in your mailing.
- Onserts. Utilize equipment and software to print inserts directly on your documents.
- Virtualization. Virtualization of servers in data centers reduces overall energy usage.
- Carbon Baseline. Developing a carbon footprint allows the ability to focus on those areas with the most to gain in the reduction of carbon.
John P. Baeseman [john.baeseman@pb.com] PE, EDP, is manager of Pitney Bowes' Workflow Solutions, a professional services group offering a variety of services to assist clients in improving document processing operations.
