SWS GROUP INCREASES MAILING PRODUCTIVITY WITH THE SI-76 FOLDING & INSERTING SYSTEM
Since its inception in 1957, the SWS Group has become one of the largest organisations of its kind in Ireland. With head offices in Bandon, County Cork, the Group serves the diverse needs of its client base within five distinct areas: Agriculture, Outsourcing, Business Services, Property, & Natural Resources. John Carroll, a manager at SWS Group, works hard to provide outstanding service to the Group’s many customers. John and his team are responsible for the accurate insertion and posting of some 20,000 mailings per week. Those mailings can include everything from invoices and pamphlets to critical animal passports and similar documentation. For that reason, he requires reliable and flexible equipment to ensure mailing folding and inserting accuracy, while also achieving increases in back-office productivity.
Eight Years of Good Advice
‘The SWS Group has had a solid relationship with Neopost, and has purchased its equipment, for eight years,’ John says. ‘We have purchased a variety of systems from them including KAS inserting and folding equipment, and Neopost franking machines. Recently, we required yet another folding and inserting system to meet our expanding requirements.’ To meet their needs, the Group purchased an SI-76 Folding and Inserting System from Neopost. ‘The SI-76 was chosen because it is reliable, flexible, and fit within our budget,’ John continues. ‘We’re completely satisfied with its performance.’
The SI-76: the Compact Mailroom Assistant
The SI-76 is a compact folding and inserting system that works to increase productivity and flexibility by meeting a wide range of mailing requirements. With a small machine footprint, easy to use, and highly flexible, the SI-76 can be expanded to grow as company needs grow, and can fold and insert up to 8 separate items into appropriate envelopes. Accuracy and increased productivity are assured due to a number of capabilities unique to Neopost systems: the SI-76 incorporates intelli-Deck, a facility that automatically diverts duplicate or faulty documents from the folding process even while the system is in use. Additional capabilities such as secure’n Feed measures the thickness of every document from each feeder, while secure’n Sert measures the thickness of the entire mailing set right before insertion. These capabilities not only increase accuracy, but also maximise insertion rates and productivity. In that the SWS Group has also purchased franking machines from Neopost, all Group mailing can be kitted and despatched quickly to meet tight postal deadlines.
Easy to Use and Flexible
The SI-76 is also exceptionally user-friendly, thereby promoting speed, flexibility and ease of use. ‘The system is fast and easy to use,’ John continues. ‘The SI-76 can be pre-programmed for a number of different mailings. The operator uses a simple screen to recall the appropriate inserting and folding programme, inserts the relevant mailing contents into the bins, and presses “start”. The system does the rest.’ The SI-76 can be pre-programmed for up to 20 different mailing combinations. ‘Load’N Go’ controls promote accuracy while providing clear operating instructions. In fact, anyone familiar with a common Photostat machine can use the SI-76. And with a processing speed of up to 3,500 units per hour, the SI-76 has been designed with a busy mailing operation in mind. Pre-programmed capabilities also provide exceptional operating flexibility. Operators of the SI-76 can change from one mailing configuration to another within minutes. ‘We must move from a single insert mailing to a multi-insert mailing quickly,’ John states. ‘This flexibility is required to meet the diverse needs of our operation, and we find that the SI-76 is capable of meeting that need.’
Rugged Reliability
John is also impressed by the system’s reliability. ‘The SI-76 is easy to maintain, and is quite reliable,’ he continues. ‘If anything does go wrong with the equipment, we simply ring Neopost’s Cork office. Their people work hard to right any problem quickly.’ Neopost knows that customers using its systems rely on them to work the first time, every time. With over 75 years of experience, Neopost designs equipment that can put up with the pressures of high volume mailing room requirements.
‘We know that we can rely on systems provided by Neopost,’ John concludes. ‘The SI-76 can be counted on to do its job. I would recommend Neopost and their systems to other companies without reservation.’
For More Information
For more information on the SI-76 Folding and Inserting System, and the wide range of mail insertion and office equipment from Neopost, contact us now on 1850 33 44 55 or email info@neopost.ie