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PAVE™
What is PAVE™?
The United States Postal Service®, in cooperation with the mailing industry,
has developed a process of evaluating presort software known as Presort
Accuracy Validation and Evaluation (PAVE™) certification. The process is
available only to software and hardware manufacturers who actually develop
presort software or manufacture presorting equipment either for retail or
for internal use. PAVE™ provides a common platform to measure the quality
of presort products and determines there accuracy in sorting address file
according to the requirements set forth in the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®).
The purpose of PAVE™ is to improve the accuracy of presorted mailings,
thereby improving the flow of your mail.
There are two levels of certification: Gold and Standard. Products that
achieve Standard certification participate in an extensive manual review of
all documentation. The USPS® Qualification Report, PS forms, bar-coded tray
and sack tags, and other user documentation are analyzed for compliance with
DMM® regulations. Products that achieve Gold certification participate in
the same extensive manual review of documentation but are also
electronically analyzed. Electronic evaluation allows for in-depth
examination for each piece of the test mailing to ensure compliance,
particularly with sequencing routines, optional endorsement lines, numeric
translations for bar-coded container tags and other elements of a mailing
that are not easily inspected via the manual process.
The PAVE™ Certification Developers List contains products that have passed
the rigorous testing procedures of the PAVE™ program. The list is organized
alphabetically be company name. Each product’s listing includes sales
contact information and indicated the certified presort categories,
presort-related options supported, hardware, software platforms and price
range. Please keep in mind that the product information is for quick
reference purposes only; contact the developer directly for specifics
concerning their product.
Each product provides the required USPS® Qualification Report (standardized
documentation) needed for mailing under the Classification Reform
requirements effective July 1, 1996. Some products also provide postage
statement facsimiles bar-coded tray/sack tags, and additional documentation
for the mailer’s use. These options and others are indicated in the
“Options Supported” section for each product listing.
Developer Categories
Software Developers For Retail
Companies whose products have successfully completed the PAVE™
certification process and are developed for use/purchase by the general
mailing public.
Service Bureau/Provider
Companies that have successfully completed the PAVE™ certification process and provide presorting services for mailers who do not have their own presorting software.
In-House/Proprietary Use
Companies that have successfully completed the PAVE™ certification process and presort their own mailings.
In-House/Proprietary Use
Companies that have successfully produced USPS-approved postage statement facsimiles that are developed for use/purchase by the general mailing public. These products do not perform the presorting function but properly calculate rates and postage totals for each PS form listed.
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