Understanding Print and Mail Operations

Fallon wrapped up his session with a description of PLANET Codes, a bar code technology developed by the U.S. Postal Service that allows you to place an additional bar code that provides the tracking information on outgoing mail. Every time a mail piece goes through a bar code sorter, the PLANET Code is read and the whereabouts of that piece is captured. This technology will provide more accurate information on mail processing and promises to improve postal customer service.