| The UPU Technical Standards publication gives an overview of all technical standards in the area of telematics that have been adopted through the UPU's standards approval process. It is produced and maintained by the Standards Board of the Postal Operations Council, and is constantly updated with the latest detailed specifications of all technical UPU standards. |
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| The UPU Technical Standards publication includes: |
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Bar code symbology standards (postal items, postal receptacles) |
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Identification/codification standards (airports, air carriers, countries, offices of exchange, postal consignments, postal despatches, postal receptacles, postal items, item tracking events) |
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Overview of EDI messages standards (format of message exchange, standard messages for consignments, despatches, items and transport) |
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Standards for document exchange (word processing document exchange) |
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| It is designed to provide valuable information to persons dealing with postal operations and with the automation of these operations. The prime users of this publication are: |
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Heads of postal operations departments within a Post |
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Heads of IT departments within a Post |
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Automation experts working within or for a Post |
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Standardisation experts within a Post, international standardisation organisations, and partner organisations of the Post |
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External partners of the Post that need a reference to postal technical standards |
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| The publication is produced and maintained by the Postal Operations Council's Standards Board (SB). It is published both on paper, with each standard individually bound, and on CD-ROM. Prices for both paper and CD-ROM are the same but if ordered together (copies of both paper and CD-ROM editions) a 20% discount is given. A Catalogue of UPU Standards, a General information on UPU Standards as well as a UPU Standards Glossary are included in the publication. These three parts are also available on the web. |
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| As a result of testing and further developments in technologies, standards are constantly being enhanced or new standards adopted. Decisions regarding updates/new standards are made at each SB meeting. Subsequently the updated standards are then distributed to annual subscribers thus keeping them abreast of any new developments that have been made in standard-related areas. |
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| Since the use of standards is becoming more wide-spread and the topics covered in the publication more diverse, the Standards Board decided to offer the following options for purchasing the standards: |
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Standards available in paper format with the option to subscribe to updates, please see pricing details on order form for the complete UPU Technical Standards publication |
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Standards available on CD-ROM with options for subscriptions to updates and for licensing, i.e. the CD-ROM version be accessible by multiple workstations on an internal server within one organisation please see pricing details on order form for the complete UPU Technical Standards publication |
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Standards available to purchase individually at a price of 300 CHF (150 CHF for UPU members) per standard. This price covers the cost of a single standard for a single work station license user with no subscription to updates. The Standards are available either on paper or a PDF file (via e-mail). Please see separate order form for single copies |
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| UPU Technical Standards are available in English only. |
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