BlueCrest Spotlights
National Postal Forum Facing the Future Together by David Bush
The industry had high expectations for the 2022 National Postal Forum. In 2019 and 2020, NPF had to cancel in-person attendance due to the pandemic, instead relying on a virtual platform. This year, a noticeable excitement permeated the air as attendees descended on Phoenix, Arizona for the first gathering in years. With the theme of this year’s NPF being “Facing the Future Together,” customers, vendors, and postal industry personnel were prepared to maximize their time together. Reflecting this theme, BlueCrest positioned all three of its company booths next to each other—with the BCC Software and WindowBook booths standing adjacent to BlueCrest’s, which now presented the recently acquired Fluence Automation products as part of the BlueCrest brand. The proximity of the three booths led to a great time of collaboration between teams and customers. Attendees enjoyed a keynote address to kick-off the postal forum from USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. During his presentation, DeJoy highlighted the continued focus Above: Postmaster General DeJoy with Dennis LeStrange and Carl to transform the postal service under his leadership. He Amacker | Below: BlueCrest making waves at NPF. stressed that the USPS is in a better financial condition than it was a year ago, but that changes would continue to be made including the need to “reinvent the delivery network.” After the keynote address, the show floor opened for traffic. The BlueCrest booth stayed buzzing for the entire show, thanks in part to all the excitement generated by the mixed mail stacker. Many customers and prospects were eager to see how BlueCrest handles mixed mail on its new range of sorting equipment. Also, in the booth drawing a lot of attention was the OneSort Workstation Solution with Sort Engine 360, as well as a digital kiosk showcasing BlueCrest’s software solutions. New this year to the Postal Forum was the inclusion of an additional day, Thursday, for people specifically in the Vote-by-Mail segment of our industry. Multiple BlueCrest team members attended and got involved with the one-day Election Mail Workshop. The BlueCrest team really appreciated the opportunity to reconnect with many clients in-person for the first time in a few years. Overall, National Postal Forum 2022 was a smashing success—and, echoing the theme of the show, we truly excited to face the future—together.
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The Wave | July 2022
