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Web-to-Production Print Solution at Birmingham City Council

Birmingham city council works in partnership with other local government authorities and a number of local organisations to help support the 1.2 million residents of Birmingham and the wider West Midlands region.

About the Client

Birmingham City Council’s central mailing facility provides mail and document solutions directly to an extensive client base within the public and private sector market. Shared Services operates a centralised mail processing facility within Birmingham, which has a team of highly skilled mailing specialists to deliver outstanding quality solutions to customers.

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The Challenge

Taking a new approach to the changing mail market

  • Reduce costs while improving the way mail and document solutions are delivered to customers

  • Needed a web-based hybrid mail solution that could be deployed into any customers with little IT involvement

  • Birmingham City Council holds a DSA C9 licence with Royal Mail and wanted to improve the mailing services it provides to a number of public sector and local authorities

The Solution

Improving resilience, visibility and mail integrity

  • Deployed a web-to print solution that could cross handle communication channels and manage anything from a single letter to high-volume print mailings in a single platform

  • Installed four production printers and two high production mailers to manage demand

  • Rolled out print software to increase reliability and functionality of the printers

"We really feel that the solution has provided excellent value for money. We’re all excited to see the benefits and results in the coming months."

– Robert Lancastle, Project and Business Development Manager, Birmingham City Council

The Results

Uncovering new revenue streams with hybrid mail

  • Created a hybrid mail solution that made easier and more cost effective to manage communications across a variety of channels

  • Uncovered new revenue streams provided the opportunity to bring the technology to market with key accounts

  • As a web-to-print solution, little IT involvement was needed for customers to adopt hybrid mail

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