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Governing for Results 13 - Washington State Digital Archives

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Department of Printing<br />

Merge Purge<br />

The Department of Printing (PRT) frequently receives customer mailing lists that<br />

contain duplicate names and/or addresses. Traditionally, identifying and<br />

removing duplicate records has not been feasible <strong>for</strong> customers or PRT due to<br />

the volume of mail jobs and records. This has resulted in unnecessary printing<br />

and postage expenses <strong>for</strong> customer agencies and mail recipients receiving<br />

duplicate mailings. The team implemented a process utilizing computer software<br />

that enables PRT to analyze customer databases <strong>for</strong> duplicate records prior to<br />

printing. This process eliminates duplicate records received from customers,<br />

decreases printing and postage costs associated with duplicates, and increases<br />

customer satisfaction <strong>for</strong> PRT and other agency customers.<br />

<strong>Results</strong><br />

★ Removed 11,788 duplicate records in two weeks.<br />

★ Saved customers $3,173 in printing and postage costs in two weeks.<br />

★ Increases customer satisfaction.<br />

Team Name: No More Duplicates<br />

Team Members: Chad Perschon, Glenn Bowlsby, Sharie McCafferty,<br />

Doug Dow<br />

CONTACT: Chad Perschon, (360) 570-5063<br />

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