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Next generation OCR within PostNL, Centralised OCR for letters, flats, parcels, small parcels and international mail. Presented at the Post-Expo 2011 by PostNL Shore, director Mario Suykerbuyk
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Next-generation OCR within PostNL
Post-Expo 2011Mario Suykerbuyk
Agenda
● The challenge for PostNL
● The answer
● Future OCR
● Results
The challenge
Declining mail volume PostNL in the Netherlands
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 Q12010
The answerThe answer
Off shoring Video Coding
Old Proces
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FlatsFlats
LettersLetters
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SortingSorting
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OCROCR
OCROCR
VideocodingVideocoding
VideocodingVideocoding
SortingresultsSortingresults
SortingresultsSortingresults
New proces after offshoring videocoding
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FlatsFlats
LettersLetters
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SortingSorting
SortingSorting
OCROCR
OCROCR
VideocodingVideocoding
SortingresultsSortingresults
Added more processes
FlatsFlats
ParcelsParcels
SmallparcelsSmall
parcels
LettersLetters
ScanimageScanimage
ScanimageScanimage
ScanimageScanimage
ScanimageScanimage
SortingSorting
SortingSorting
SortingSorting
SortingSorting
OCROCR
OCROCR
OCROCR
OCROCR
VideocodingVideocoding
SortingresultsSortingresults
SortingSortingOCROCR8
Inter-national
Inter-national
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New Proces PostNL: Centralised OCR
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FlatsFlats
ParcelsParcels
SmallparcelsSmall
parcels
LettersLetters
ScanimageScanimage
ScanimageScanimage
ScanimageScanimage
ScanimageScanimage
SortingSorting
SortingSorting
SortingSorting
SortingSorting
OCROCRVideocodingVideocoding
SortingresultsSortingresults
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Inter-national
Inter-national
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SortingSorting
Results for PostNL
● Just one machine interface
● Same OCR engines for multiple processes
● Huge Cost savings in hardware and maintenance
● Less investments in OCR in the future
● Realtime
● Total cost reduction 80% !!
