Production of mail batches in a cloud environment and improvement in mail production system by which a mail batch can be easily distributed to multiple remote production sites

A method for producing mail batches on at least one inserter from a plurality of inserters equipped with scanners and located at multiple production sites each comprising at least one printer, the method comprising:

• preparing a print job containing several individual documents and a job file for a mail batch
• allocating the mail batch to at least one production site with a production software running on a production server,
• flagging the mailpieces for the at least one production site,
• sending the print job to the at least one printer of the at least one production site,
• printing the individual documents,
• delivering the individual documents to at least one inserter of the at least one production site,
• scanning a first mailpiece identifier on a first document,
• sending an initial request to the production server including the first mailpiece identifier and identifying the inserter and the at least one production site,
• verifying with the production software that the first mailpiece identifier is valid, and
• sending back to the at least one inserter a confirmation message for processing the mailpiece,
• wherein the confirmation message includes a list of valid mailpiece identifiers neighbouring the first mailpiece identifier in the job file.