Hardware server and technical method to optimize printing location of distributed bulk mail

A mail pre-process server, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory communicatively coupled with the processor;
• and
• a set of instructions to be executed through the processor using the memory to:
• determine that a set of bulk-mailing requests from multiple mailers are each associated with a digital pre-print mail file associated with destination addresses;
• determine that a logistical node is associated with certain ones of the destination addresses based on at least one of a mail-piece characteristic, a distance metric, and a postal destination database;
• wait for the certain ones of the destination addresses associated with the logistical node to satisfy a minimum bulk mailing quantity policy of the logistical node;
• when the minimum bulk mailing quantity policy is satisfied,
• select a first printing company near to the logistical node based on at least one of the mail-piece characteristics, and an optimization criteria associated with the logistical node;
• and
• distribute a uniquely identified print request data to the first printing company to print a print quantity of physical mail pieces from the digital pre-print mail file.

A method of a mail pre-process server, comprising:

• determining, using a processor communicatively coupled with a memory, that a set of bulk-mailing requests from multiple mailers are each associated with a digital pre-print mail file associated with destination addresses;
• determining that a logistical node is associated with certain ones of the destination addresses based on at least one of a mail-piece characteristic, a distance metric, and a postal destination database;
• determining whether the certain ones of the destination addresses associated with the logistical node satisfies a minimum bulk mailing quantity policy of the logistical node;
• when the minimum bulk mailing quantity policy is satisfied,
• selecting a first printing company near to the logistical node based on at least one of the mail-piece characteristics, and an optimization criteria associated with the logistical node;
• when the minimum bulk mailing quantity policy is unsatisfied,
• selecting a second printing company near to an aggregated logistical node associated with the logistical node for which an aggregate minimum bulk mailing quantity policy is satisfied based on at least one of the mail-piece characteristics, and an optimization criteria associated with the aggregated logistical node,
• wherein the aggregated logistical node is an aggregation center for multiple geographically proximate logistical nodes;
• and
• distributing a uniquely identified print request data to either one of the first printing company and the second printing company to print a print quantity of physical mail pieces from the digital pre-print mail file.