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Enterprise IMB™ |
Every organization's needs, requirements and existing production processes are unique. IMB must be tightly integrated into your production environment.
Crawford Technologies partners with you to determine your needs and requirements and then tailors an IMB solution to fit your needs and bring maximum benefits.
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About Intelligent Mail® Barcode (IMB)
Enterprise IMB™ from Crawford Technologies
Four Options to Put IMB on Paper
What is the Unique ID?
More IMB Resources
IMB Implementation
Four Levels of IMB Implementation
IMB Level 1: Getting Started
IMB Level 2: IMB Full Unique
IMB Level 3: IMB Full Tracking
IMB level 4: Enterprise IMB™.
Implementing EnterpriseIMB™ Solutions
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IMB Introduction
What is the Intelligent Mail® Barcode (IMB)?
The Intelligent Mail® barcode (previously known as the 4-State Customer barcode) is the next generation of USPS barcodes for sorting and tracking letters and flats.
The IMB also expands a mailers' ability to track individual mail pieces and provides greater visibility into the mailstream both internally within an organizations production processes and externally after the mail piece has left the facility.
The IMB combines the data that now resides in both the POSTNET and PLANETCODE barcodes as well as adding additional data.
The POSTNET/PLANET barcode below
is now replaced with the Intelligent Mail® barcode, where one line combines all services and other data that used to take four lines.
IMB Internals
The Intelligent Mail® barcode is a 31 digit code composed of two components:
- 20-digit Tracking Code (Barcode ID, Service Type ID, Mailer ID, and Serial Number)
- 11-digit Routing Code (Destination ZIP Code)
These break down into the following fields:
- Barcode ID (2 digits) is the presort makeup in conjunction with an Optional Endorsement Line.
- Service Type ID (3 digits) is either the special services requested (OneCode Confirm and/or OneCode ACS) or the Mail Class (used for automation rate discount without any special services).
- Mailer ID (6-digit or 9-digit, depending on mailer volume) assigned by the USPS, uniquely to the mail owner or mailing agent.
- Serial Number (6-digit or 9-digit, along with Mailed ID must be 15 digits) uniquely identifies the mailpiece or mailing within a 45 day window.
- Routing ZIP Code (11 digits, may not all be used) contains the Routing ZIP (None, 5, 9, or 11 digits). Must include the Delivery Point Code to obtain automation rate discount.
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For more general information on IMBs, please see:
See Implementing Enterprise IMB™ Solutions for more information on how CrawfordTech can assist you in implementing an IMB solution to fit your needs.
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