Canadian Address Hygiene

Production Data Corporation postal certified data address hygiene process uses the Streetsweeper Program as a vital tool helping mailers maintain their address accuracy rate for each direct mail campaign in addition to ensuring continued quality in their internal house file databases. Canada Post encourages mailers to address mail accurately for more efficient processing and delivery of mail.

Additional benefits of the pdc process include improved merge/purge results and saved money.

Like all software programs, the true benefit is the experience of the individual running it. pdc's people have proven the difference over and over again.

Canadian NCOA

Canada
Population 33.6 million | 16% annual movers

Update your mailing list or your internal house file data with the most recent Canadian change of address information by using our Canadian NCOA process. Our Canadian NCOA file helps to ensure the most recent address changes. When name and address data information from your mailing list matches name and "old" address data information on NCOA, you will receive the new address data for your customer.

Canadian NCOA can help reduce the cost of maintaining data on a list, reduce the cost of mailing, help increase the number of pieces that reach their intended destination, and help reduce the time it takes for your mail to be delivered. Our Canadian NCOA process is the most cost-effective way to obtain change of address data.

Production Data Corporation is listed as a CPC certified vendor for Canadian NCOA processing.

United States Address Hygiene

U.S. Zip+4 Appending and Address Standardization with CASS Certification

Receive the best postal discounts available by using our U.S. postal certified software. Also enhance your internal house file data and merge/purge results by standardizing your records with data from the USPS.

U.S. NCOA

United States
Population 329.4 million | 18% annual movers

A consolidated data file of mover information spanning the last 48 months. Each data record contains the relocating postal customer's name along with an old and new address data. The old address data is the one compared to the address data on the customer's mailing list for matching purposes and the new address data is the one returned, if a match is made, for the purpose of updating the customer's mailing list or internal house file data.

The NCOA provides CASS certified data output, data address standardization, zip+4 data, zip correction data, and carrier route coding data. The NCOA meets move update requirements, allowing mailers to qualify for postage discounts.