December 2023 ISSUE NUMBER 12
THE WAVE News and Updates for Team BlueCrest In this issue: 02 Video from Dennis Holiday message from Dennis LeStrange, President & CEO 04 BlueCrest 2.0 A look at the next 5 years for BlueCrest 08 B lueCrest and AI An article by Stephanie Triggiani 18 Effective Communication by Kim Andersen and Culture Team
Dear Team, Thank you for another great year. If you were not able to attend our All-Employee meeting in December, please take the time to review the recording. Instead of a letter this quarter, I shared a video with you before the holidays via email. If you didn't get a chance to watch, we've attached a link below. Looking forward to a successful 2024 Dennis P. LeStrange President & CEO, BlueCrest
Dennis P. LeStrange, President & CEO, BlueCrest
Happy New Year Video from Dennis!
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The Wave | December 2023
EVENTS Calendar of Activities
Customer Events NAPM
February 13-14, St. Pete's Beach, Florida NAPM's annual conference is a multi-day event held each year where our members gather together to conduct the annual business meeting of the Association. napm.memberclicks.net
Internal Events All-Employee Meetings Feb 8, 2024,
9:00 AM ET
February 25-28th, Dallas, TX
May 9, 2023,
9:00 AM ET
The Retail Supply Chain Conference is the only dedicated supply chain event built by and for retailers, grocers, and product manufacturers—with a conference program developed by a steering committee comprised of leading supply chain executives. https://www.rila.org/
Sept 5, 2023
9:00 AM ET
Dec 5, 2023
9:00 AM ET
RILA
BlueCrest Kickoff Orlando, FL
Jan 29 - Feb 1
MODEX
March 11-14th, Atlanta, GA MODEX 2024 brings together the entire supply chain ecosystem together to showcase end-to-end solutions for your operations. https://www.modexshow.com/
Innovation Summit Danbury, CT
April 2024 (dates TBD)
New Product Video
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BLUECREST 2.0 What's next. by Carl Amacker
What's next for BlueCrest? Journey since 2018 When BlueCrest ventured out on its own in 2018, we never could have imagined the ups and downs we would face over the ensuing five years. During that time, we grew up as a company, we navigated a global pandemic, and we embarked on an adventure of innovation. We acquired companies, we strengthened foundational building blocks of our core business, and we helped our clients tackle the challenges and opportunities of a rapidly changing world.
First and foremost, we will continue to build a strong, adaptable organization, an organization that can continually flex with the dynamic nature of our business environment. At the core of our company is our foundation in Mail Production and Postal Optimization solutions. . Internally, we will augment these building blocks by adding additional support in areas of operation, supply chain, quality, customer financing, and other critical areas. We will also continue to innovate. Externally, we will continue to look at market segments and business that expand our core and continue to give us opportunities for growth.
2024 and Beyond
eCommerce and Parcels
Five years later, we must ask ourselves: what does the next five years for BlueCrest look like?
It should be no surprise to you by now that our biggest short-term opportunity for growth is in Parcel Automation. We
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have invested heavily in this side of the business, and we will continue to do so. We envision this to be a key component of BlueCrest’s growth over the next five years. It contributed greatly to our growth as a company in 2023, and we anticipate this to continue well into the future. As such, we as a company will remain hyper-focused on building a robust business that leverages our relationship with Amazon, but also blossoms outside of that large customer and expands on our success over the past few years. We need to scale this business for growth.
Scale and Innovate In order to scale the Parcel Automation business, we needed to add key sales, presales, and support professionals. With a strategy to pursue Couriers, Distribution Centers, and other key
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"IT'S BEEN 5 YEARS SINCE LAUNCH, AND WE MUST ASK OURSELVES: WHAT'S NEXT?"
customers, we are putting forth a strong marketing plan to create demand and leads. As our brand recognition continues to expand into this space, we will do what we do best—innovate for our customers.
Poised for Growth We enter 2024 with a strong backlog and additional business we expect to book in the coming months. Additionally, we are looking at a clean and manageable pipeline of opportunities to build the book of business. This sets us up well to really hit the ground running in the New Year, which we hope will springboard us into an exhilarating and successful “next five years” at BlueCrest. With all of that said, building for a future in Parcel Automation will require us to adjust and realign our key resources within the core business. Since this is
one of our key growth initiatives, we will need to align our teams to focus on this goal. It’s our priority, and as our teams rise to the occasion, the sky is really the limit for us in this exciting new market.
Let’s do it again in 2024—and the next five years beyond.
Innovating a Path Forward
Carl Amacker Chief Marketing Officer
Ultimately, we at BlueCrest should be so proud of what we’ve achieved over the last five years. The future, however, is even more exciting. Whether it’s our automated Cobot solution, OttoMate, our advanced TrueSort family of sortation equipment, or our Raptor high-speed labeling system—all of these recent innovations should have us amped up for the next chapter here at BlueCrest.
Sincerely,
True, it’s not always going to be easy. It’s not always going to be smooth, but we have proven we can do it over the past five years.
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BLUECREST SOCIAL MEDIA ts h g i l h g i H
FOLLOW. LIKE. SHARE.
If you haven't seen everything BlueCrest is doing on social media, you're missing out! Be sure to follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook, and don't be afraid to take part in the great conversation. From product updates to team member stories to hot job advertisements, we're always looking for content! Reach out to JUSTIN O'DONNELL if you have an idea for a social media post.
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The Wave | December 2023
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CATALYZING CREATIVITY: BLUECREST The AI Secret Sauce
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into a scene right out of a sci-fi flick, by Justin O'Donnellcreepy AI Avatar’s included.
Evolving with the Times In the ever-evolving world of modern marketing, where trends go viral before we finish our morning coffee (cue the ‘Egg Crack Challenge’, ‘Tide Pod Challenge’, or for us old-timers ‘Planking’… none of which we recommend by the way), embracing innovation isn’t just an option – it’s a thrilling, and sometimes cringey, necessity. This is where the BlueCrest Marketing Team shines, and trust us, it’s not just because of our love for good memes. Okay, who are we kidding? It is totally for the love of good memes! But lately our obsession has shifted to the latest buzz word “Artificial Intelligence (AI)”, and how it’s turbocharging the digital marketing game. Since it’s inception in December, our Marketing Division has been making waves with an AI-infused strategy, transforming our team
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To be honest, the team’s initial reaction to AI Marketing was a chorus of raised eyebrows and nervous laughter. We couldn’t help but wonder, ‘Will robots take over our creative brainstorming sessions and be donning the infamous BlueCrest swag?’ I’m here to tell you, that while we don’t know exactly what the future will hold, embracing AI has become our secret ingredient. Why? To start, the days of a ‘one-size-fits-all’ marketing strategy has officially left the scene at the launch of the dynamic
capabilities of AI to tailor campaigns and marketing tactics. In short, if we don’t welcome it with open arms, our competitors will. AI also complements human intelligence to make processes drastically more efficient and effective than they’ve ever been. So what does this mean for BlueCrest Marketing?
Everything! Crafting Content, the AI Way: With AI Chatbot platforms like Chat GPT and plugins to HubSpot we now have a treasure trove of content at our disposal. With natural language processing (NLP), it understands and mimics human language, turning our content creation process into a delightful dance of digital creativity. This digital wizardry not only saves us time but also keeps our audience entertained and engaged like never before. Did you know? All of our team members leverage A/B Testing: Our traditional approach to A/B testing involved changing variables or elements (like adding emojis to one email but not the other or changing images, send times, or even who the sender is) and analyzing results over time, but with AI, we can conduct these at warp speed. This means we can explore an array of subject lines, copy and visuals in a fraction of the time it would take manually. We build out the initial campaign, dump it into AI and
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DID YOU KNOW
The ChatGPT model has over 175 billion parameters and has been trained on a diverse range of text sources. As a result, it can perform a wide range of language-related tasks, including content writing, translation, coding, and answering questions (whether accurate or not).
ask it to spit out an alternative. Did you know? We A/B tested Personalization vs. Non-Personalization and found that our open rates increased by over 20% with personalization! Tailored Campaigns, Transformed: Campaigns used to be a bit like throwing darts in the dark. But not just one quick game of darts, a long painful game that takes many stakeholders and lengthy creative brainstorming sessions. Thanks to platforms like Chat GPT and Google Bard, AI analyzes extensive customer data, allowing us marketers to craft highly personalized messages. It goes beyond surface-level insights, diving deep to understand not only what works better but why. This precision empowers us to fine-tune campaigns, boosting engagement and conversions to new heights. Did you know? Since we launched HubSpot with AI enhancements we increased our open rates by greater than 4% and climbing! Social Media, Supercharged: Our content is no longer just visually appealing;
it’s a well-calculated masterpiece. AI add-ons in platforms like Canva are helping us understand which images, colors, themes, styles, and times of day resonate with different audiences. As a result, our posts don’t just popthey entice, engage and they drive meaningful interactions. Did you know? We increased our social media followers by over 60% Y/Y!
valuable virtual assistant, helping us brainstorm creatively, conduct research efficiently, and present alternative approaches swiftly. It's a tool that complements our expertise, and as we move forward, we'll continue to utilize it to enhance our marketing efforts and adapt to the evolving digital landscape.
Lights, Camera, AI: You know that actors strike against AI? Well, we aren’t helping support our guild members. Currently we are testing different AI media platforms that leverage AI “humans” that look and speak like you and I to articulate the value of BlueCrest. Where is John Connor when you need him? Did you know? In the very near future you may be scratching your head wondering whether that person on the screen actually works at BlueCrest or not.
And, just so you know, it's not as complicated as it sounds – in fact, it's downright easy and surprisingly fun! We invite you to explore how you can harness the AI magic in your divisions... after getting the green light from IT, of course! - Stephanie Triggiani
COMING SOON: •Ad enhancement and targeting •Customer-facing chat bots To wrap this up neatly, AI isn’t steering the overall ship when it comes to marketing, content, or communication strategy. The helm is still firmly in the hands of our ingenious Marketing Team, steering us toward creative horizons. However, AI serves as a
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BLUECREST ICARE AWARDS od by Mimi Wo
Karyn Bridges
Karyn is an invaluable asset to the Order Management team. Karyn keeps everything organized, is a great resource, and is an integral part of accomplishing our month-end objectives. We're incredibly thankful for all her hardwork.
William Morrill
Bill earned recognition for his hard work, cool demeanor and persistence in helping to complete the installations of several VBM customers in an effort to recognize revenue for the customers. He gets others involved as necessary to help resolve issues, and keeps a great attitude in a very challenging environment.
Amrbish Parekh
Ambrish has always been very happy to help colleagues. He goes beyond his normal duties to help the team. He recently took the ownership of a part sourcing issue and found the way to organize the missing parts for an upgrade project we are undertaking. Job well done!
Incognito Thomas
Joe Simoes
Joe has been an integral part of BlueCrest, providing relevant information for so many employees. He is very knowledgeable in the D365 system and can provide a quick answer, or point you in the right direction. He is a valuable asset for the Order Management team. Thank you, Joe!
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Brad Swinford
Brad was asked to assist the supply chain team in setting up over 500 items in D365 in 24 to 48 hours. Supply Chain was provided very short notice to complete a task, which required assistance from engineering to close a supplier issue. Brad received the information and began to work on the problem immediately. Brad overachieved and completed the necessary work in just a few hours, and initial estimates were a few days. Supply Chain really appreciates the support Brad provided, and his actions clearly demonstrate teamwork & accountability. Well Done and thanks Brad!
Team Award Marcin Dobija and Thomas Bate
The UK needed resources over a weekend to install an antenna on the Isle Of Man Truesort. We needed volunteers and both Marcina and Thomas stepped up, Thomas was a new team member with no sortation experience. The feedback from TSS was that both of these guys were fantastic, using initiative, teamwork and hard work to get the job done within the weekend. Great job and really well done both.
The Wave | December 2023
Congratulations to our ICARE Applause Winners from Q3 2023! They were drawn from the ICARE High-Five winners. Who will be next? Recognize a colleague or team today!
Radames Vargas
Rad has be seamlessly been managing the shipping activities over the past two weeks solo! Great attitude supporting the factory floor especially when working alone while other team members are on vacation. Additionally, he has been pulling parts for work orders on the floor to keep system integration progressing and on time. Thanks, Radames!
Kayla Volpe
In spite of her extremely busy professional and family life, Kayla stepped in 'on a moment's notice' and without hesitation to coordinate the largest and longest-running Volunteer Project in PB/BC history. The BlueCrest Blood Drives are held 5x/year, involve 30+ passionate BC donor volunteers, and include a valued partnership with the American Red Cross. Kayla has been Innovative and Resourceful in promoting the events and pulling in donors. She has been collaborative in working closely with the ARC staff and volunteers and BC donors to make these events run smoothly. She is accountable for the drive successes and occasional set-backs. Anyone that knows Kayla knows that she is always enthusiastic, as she was when presented with the opportunity to play a huge role with these on-going events that she knew would make a significant impact to BC employees and more importantly to the health and well-being of so many CT residents. Thank you, Kayla!
Ginger Waldschmidt
Support of our client's print consumable orders is critical to our end users' production readiness and our printing system revenue results. Success requires managing, tracking, and communicating with suppliers and many client locations. Due to constraints, August was a challenging period that prevented us from promptly shipping consumables. Ginger consistently worked to keep end-users informed of their deliveries and, as required, professionally delivered difficult news to them regarding ship dates. Ginger managed these communications with clients to keep them informed and aware. She distinguished herself with her resourcefulness and enthusiasm.
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BLUECREST NEWS
introducing
OttoMATE
Steve Varga Chief Technology Officer on OttoMate
"BlueCrest has been and continues to be the breakout leader in mail production automation. With the introduction of OttoMate, we are leveraging our powerful intellectual property and industry knowhow to dramatically bolster productivity on the client’s production floor."
Meet OttoMate™: BlueCrest Unveils First Collaborative Robot Automation Solution, Paving the Way for a Workcell Family of Innovations to Come In response to the prevailing labor challenges in the mailing market, including high turnover rates causing disruptions in recruitment, training expenses, operational delays, and productivity losses, BlueCrest presents OttoMate as the ultimate solution. Eddy Edel, VP of Global Inserting, Digital Solutions & Strategy at BlueCrest, emphasizes, "With the introduction of OttoMate, these challenges will be significantly reduced." Read More
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The Wave | December 2023
Press Release
500th Epic
Press Release: 500th Epic Sold!
BlueCrest was proud to announce the official installation of its 500th Epic Inserting System at Printing United 2023 alongside client partner HM Document Solutions!
Watch the Recording
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Celebrated at Printing United 2023
The celebration of the 500th Epic Inserting System at Printing United 2023 exemplifies BlueCrest's dedication to innovation and customer satisfaction. As BlueCrest continues to push the boundaries of technology in the postal and parcel markets, clients like HM Document Solutions and industry professionals alike look to BlueCrest for pioneering innovations. Read More
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BLUECREST NEWS by Patricia K
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BlueCrest Made Waves at Printing United 2023 BlueCrest made waves at the Printing United Expo 2024, unveiling the OttoMate Trayer automation solution and launching the Strata Sphere and Strata Output Manager cloud-based software solutions. The booth was filled with excitement as clients and prospects were eager to learn about our new collaborative robot solution. While Otto took center stage, the spotlight also shone on our Strata cloud-based offerings, generating numerous opportunities through engaging demonstrations. Held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA, the event featured 800 exhibitors and drew 22,000 attendees. Our booth emerged as a hotspot, fostering engaging conversations and creating valuable opportunities. The numbers speak for themselves: 187 leads and 32 VIP meetings, solidifying Printing United 2024 as one of our most successful events to date! The growth in subscriptions has been remarkable, with three consecutive years of steady expansion. What initially began as a groundbreaking initiative has now become a thriving and vital component of the vote-by-mail ecosystem. BlueCrest's subscription model has ensured consistent and sustainable support for customers year after year. BlueCrest remains dedicated to enhancing its technology solutions and providing industry-leading software that meets the ever-evolving needs of the market. The ReliaVote Ballot Manager Software exemplifies their dedication to innovation and customer satisfaction.
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The Wave | December 2023
Dear Team, As part of the transformation required to grow our business, build our exceptional products, increase efficiency, and improve quality, we are excited to make the following organization announcements across Operations, Service and Engineering. Effective, January 8th, 2024, Gary Owens, currently the Director of Solutions Engineering and Delivery will be promoted to the Sr. Director, Manufacturing role. Gary is a seasoned professional with over 37 years of expertise and first-hand knowledge of our products. In addition, Gary has graciously supported integration at month-end and quarter-end for a number of years. He will lead the following teams: Production: Anya Reed will be promoted to Sr. Manager of Production for both Insert and Sortation. The Production Insert and Sortation team members will report to Anya. Integration: John Morais will be promoted to Sr. Manager, Integration for both Insert and Sortation. In addition, he will be responsible for leading the shipping function. The Insert and Sortation Integration team members as well as shipping team will report to John. Greg Martin will be leaving BlueCrest at the end of the year. He has made many contributions (thank you Greg!) during his time at BlueCrest. We wish him all the best as he moves on to future endeavors. Process Engineering: Franco Zezima and the PE team will move back into Operations, specifically Manufacturing, and report directly to Gary. The following will continue to report to Franco: Bill Nelson, Kelsey Danuszar, Brittanie Albera and Michael Huy. Quality: Dave Holland, James Smith, George Menzies, and John Weber will move back into Operations, specifically Manufacturing and report directly to Gary. Kevin O’Dea who has been leading the Process Engineering and Quality teams (thank you Kevin!) for the past three+ years under Steve Varga will remain in Engineering as Director, Engineering Services reporting to Steve. ReMan/Retro Fit and Custom Build Coordination: Mark McGuigan, who has been the Interim Head of Manufacturing following Mike Santos’ retirement, (thank you Mark!) will utilize his expertise and return his attention to the ReMan , Retrofit and Custom Build functions. Tom Sullivan, Tommy Rodriguez and Kailey Adams will continue to report to Mark. Production Control will continue to be led by Bill Hubbard and he will now report to Gary. Jason Brown will move into a new role as Director of Operational Excellence, reporting to Gary.
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Facilities: Jill Soderholm and the Facilities organization will now report to Gary. As a result of Gary’s move into Operations/Manufacturing, the following moves will occur within John Kline’s Solutions Engineering organization: Kurt Steiger will be promoted to Sr. Manager, Solutions Engineering and report directly to John. His team members in Applications and Systems Engineering will continue to report to him. Scott Westberg, as the Director of Product Support role will expand to include support of the complete sorter product line and will report directly to John. David Lauer as the Manager of Technical Assistance Center will continue to report to John. Craig Shaeffer, the Director Solutions Engineering for Print and SW will continue to report to John. The Service Engineering team: will report directly to John Kline. The Technical Learning & Development team: will report directly to John Kline. Rich Rochford, Technical Lead, will continue to report to John. These changes are significant and represent meaningful opportunities for our team members to grow and functions to align. They are also a culmination of deep collaboration amongst operations, service, and engineering. We are confident that these changes, created with the talent and expertise of our team members in mind, will allow us to continue to excel in 2024. This is an important re-organization for our company, and with this alignment of functions, we look forward to continued success. Please join me in wishing everyone well in their new and/or expanded roles. - Dennis LeStrange, President & CEO
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PRACTICING EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION by Kim Andersen
From the Culture Team: Effective communication plays an important role in our culture. Effective communication helps build trust, grow relationships, increase productivity, resolve conflict, and reduce the chance of misunderstandings. The Culture Team is thrilled to introduce our new and improved Communications Guidelines, focusing on the values of being Respectful, Responsive, and Responsible. We're rolling this out organization-wide, aiming to make it a seamless part of our daily work routines. Take a moment to check out the attached guidelines and incorporate these positive actions into your day-to-day tasks. As a truly global company with employees in 16 countries, we're dedicated to building a framework that transcends functions, geography, and embraces a global BlueCrest culture.
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Each one of us plays a crucial role in enhancing communication and collaboration within our teams.
Remote Meetings - Team members should be prepared to
attend meetings on camera or in-person - Cameras should generally be turned on at beginning of meeting and anytime you are speaking. - Use mute when you are not speaking to avoid disruptive noises. - Use company provided virtual background, especially with customers. - Dress appropriately as if you were at an in-person meeting. - When camera is not used, your profile picture on any company technology should be updated to a work-appropriate picture of yourself.
In-person Meetings - If at the same physical location (ex. Danbury office), attend the meeting inperson, in the meeting room - Focus your attention on the speaker(s), engage in the topic(s). Attendees should be courteous and should not be scrolling on their phone or laptop, doing other work. - Arrive on-time to the meeting or notify the organizer prior to the start of the meeting that you will be late.
- When possible, meetings should be started - For in-person meetings where there are a minute or two early to ensure technology is remote attendees, try to keep them engaged as well and offer an opportunity for them to working. join the discussion or ask questions first. - Check if someone is available prior to - Try to reserve use of the video conference calling them via Teams capable rooms for meetings where there are - “Make eye contact” and ensure you speak remote attendees. clearly and into the microphone. - Be courteous and respectful to each other, and if topics get heated or are out of scope for the meeting, consider taking them offline to a separate discussion.
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"Effective communication helps build trust, grow relationships, increase productivity, resolve conflict, and reduce the chance of misunderstandings."
Meeting Scheduling - Every meeting organizer should provide an agenda in advance, in the invite, so that all attendees understand the purpose of the meeting and how they will be expected to contribute. - Check attendee’s calendars first when scheduling meetings to try and find the most mutually convenient time. - Make sure your calendar is kept up-todate for availability, including any company holidays - Propose an alternative meeting time if you will be unavailable, or offer an alternative person/delegate who will be responsible for representing you and providing updates to you. - Schedule meetings for the time required. - Be mindful of attendee time zones. - Provide meeting materials in advance of the meeting so attendees may review and come to the meeting prepared. -Conversely, if pre-reads are provided, please read them and come prepared to discuss. 17
INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATIONS From Across the Globe
CELEBRATING MARK CLENDINNING The Danbury Engineering team had a gathering recently to celebrate Mark Clendinning’s retirement after 24 years with the company. Thank you, Mark!
JAPAN: Apple AirTag Ingenuity
JAPAN: Apple AirTag Ingenuity (continued)
Operation AirTag in Japan
Benefits: Because the timing of the shipment to the customer was critical for Q3 revenue, the AirTag allowed us to know the location of the cargo without having to ask the forwarder or trucker for the location, giving us peace of mind. Although there were no unexpected hold-ups for this shipment, if there were, the location information would have allowed us to make alternate decisions and take action.
An Apple AirTag was attached to the chassis of the MSE in Danbury to be delivered to Japan to track its whereabouts in semi-real time. The Air Tag was enclosed in a shock/ water resistant casing. Total cost: about $40.
FINLAND: FIRST SALE OF NE
Results: The location of the machine was accurately tracked every step of the way, despite the AirTag being enclosed in a wooden crate.
How it works: When anyone with an iPhone/ iPad comes roughly within 30 meters of the AirTag, the AirTag connects to the iOS device using low-power Bluetooth, and uses the GPS coordinates of that device to send its location to the cloud without the owner's knowledge or intervention. This location can be viewed by the "Find My Device" function on the iPhone which the AirTag was originally paired with.
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The Wave | December 2023
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CELEBRATING DAN WILLIAMS Dan Williams retires after 24 years of mechanical engineering brilliance at PB and BlueCrest. Best wishes, Dan!
UK: EMPLOYEE CHARITIES
FRANCE: Highlights from France
Dinner with Clients Raising Awareness for Charities
A new employee driven initiative in the BlueCrest UK office aims to support charities that are important to our colleagues. Each month, our UK office now raises awareness of a charity, chosen by an employee. Starting in November with Pancreatic Cancer In Action and more recently Save The Children, the events provide an opportunity to talk about causes that are important to members of the team and raise awareness from dressing in charity colors. Scheduled the first Tuesday in the month, colleagues also know that people will be in the office, and this creates a day to get together. - David Jefferies
A nice dinner with our partners and customers of Groupe Diffusion during the "Caractères annual event."
Television Appearance
New interview of BlueCrest through the well known France media channel "Challenge."
New Italy Service Contract
Additionally, the Italian team has started a new service contract for Post Italiane. A 3 years contract to support Sitma products for more than 1m$ per year . Bravo Stefano, Ingmar, Paolo and all the service team. -Gael Boudergue
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TEAM MEMBER Engagement MILESTONES Fourth Quarter, 2023 45 years Raymond Barling
40 years Scott Failla William Nelson Douglas Haake Neil Harrington Bernard Mothersill Joseph Canapetti Fortunato Capomolla
35 years Kelly Beckham Uwe Albers
Every quarter, we like to celebrate the many team members who have reached milestone achievements of 5, 10, 15, 20 years—and beyond! Thank you to each one of you for all that you to do make BlueCrest great.
25 years George Choudetzanakis Kristoffer Vandervoet Michel Alexandre Guillaume Gueguen Melvin Serrano John Pugh Richard Houston 30 years William Glennon Bruce Barrows Thomas Westermeier Erik Padgett Franck Moreaux Timoteo Antonio Kenneth Bailey John Masotta
20 years Teodoro Mirasol Brian Ellis Kip Lackey Tom Mante Carl Snider Kenneth Davis
15 years David Rich Luc Barlet Leela Karanam
10 years Darin Lonergan Anthony Swope Gary Warby Hans Noren Michael Gajdzik George Cruz
5 years Timothy Palmer Jeff Devlin MaryJo Gavigan Vikas Singh Hiroshi Hiyamoto Daniel Spangler 20
Derrick Roush Travis Rylander Franklin Sellers Lynne McGuigan, Dominique Castelain Terrance Draper
Kosi Eho Jarlath West
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WISHING YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR! Got Content? Send an email to Justin O'Donnell for consideration! justin.odonnell@blucrestinc.com
The Year by Ella Wheeler Wilcox What can be said in New Year rhymes, That's not been said a thousand times? The new years come, the old years go, We know we dream, we dream we know. We rise up laughing with the light, We lie down weeping with the night. We hug the world until it stings, We curse it then and sigh for wings. We live, we love, we woo, we wed, We wreathe our brides, we sheet our dead. We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear, And that's the burden of the year.
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