1.7 billion
Number of parcels delivered yearly in France
The delivery address, through its unique and standardized wording, becomes a perfect sort key for groupage software
ICR processing of address and indexation on the local repository optimizing mono or multi operators groupage
Number of parcels delivered yearly in France
Inoperable addresses rate by TMS
Reduction in the number of miles covered thanks to groupage
Parcel shipping to a foreign country with an incorrectly entered delivery address has negative impacts on ecology and on costs; in the worst scenario the parcel is not delivered. In addition, different wordings of a similar address are going to alter the quality of logistics grouping process, or even do it impossible.
In a delivery flow, addresses must be corrected in order to obtain a unique wording of each occurrence
Address processing with ICR, formatting addresses on the local address structure, normalizing addresses on the local repository and structuring additional datas.
Adapted to each language, each country, it guarantees the recognition and correct interpretation of any character strings in the address field.
Address fields are restructured to be compliant with the local address system (e.g. the street number has to be at the beginning or end depending on the country).
Matching process of each address from the original file to an address in the country’s address repository, at the end of this processing the same address has a unique wording and is listed with a unique ID.
Additional contents of original addresses wording such as floor, door code, hall are integrated into specific fields in the Sort&Group repository.