DM Tactics that preserve natural and financial resources

Greener MailstreamsData Hygiene
Over 40 million Americans change their addresses every year. Maintaining accurate mailing lists can dramatically reduce the amount of undeliverable mail and hence reduce waste and costs. Transcontinental Direct is a non-exclusive licensee of the United States Postal Service. We provide in-house data hygiene solutions including NCOALink®, CASS™, LACSLink™, and DPV™. Combined, these data tools:

  • Reduce paper, ink and energy consumption
  • Reduce undeliverable mail
  • Prevent re-mail after address corrections are identified
  • Reduce postal costs

Mail Formats and Technology
Developing creative, eco-friendly and effective direct mail packages requires a close partnership between you and your service provider. Transcontinental Direct’s engineering design team works with you to identify opportunities to enhance your direct mail formats and reduce waste through a range of eco-friendly strategies, including:

  • Format review to minimize production waste 
  • Package redesign to reduce material waste
  • Portfolio of engineered creative format ideas
  • Technology such as read/write, duplex printing and digital printing
  • Forms and personalization printing using UV inks

Electronic Project Management
Transcontinental Direct’s DocProof direct mail management tool is quickly becoming the industry standard for multiple vendor environments. This web-based tool makes managing your direct mail programs easier and greener. Benefits include:

  • Digital soft proofs that eliminate on-press proofs, saving time, paper and energy
  • Online signoffs that eliminate overnight shipping costs and resources
  • Transforming multiple paper trails into electronic project management
  • Electronically communicating project information to associates and vendors

Procurement
Transcontinental Direct partners with major paper and envelope manufacturers as well as commercial printers to help you procure eco-friendly products that include:

  • Recycled papers
  • Recyclable papers
  • Chlorine-free papers
  • Vegetable-based inks

Logistics
Transcontinental Direct’s national service platform combines the power of a national production and distribution network with the benefits of a regional provider to deliver:

  • Shorter distribution runs for reduced fuel consumption
  • Coast-to-coast commingling services for more efficient logistics planning and distribution
  • More efficient production runs

Environmental and Recycling Commitment
At Transcontinental Direct, we are committed to doing our part to protect the environment. We continually evaluate our activities to identify opportunities for reducing our environmental impact, including:

  • Complying with applicable environmental laws and regulations
  • Training and instructing employees on environmental requirements
  • Recycling manufacturing paper waste
  • Providing eco-friendly solutions to our customers