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Holiday Labor Shortages? BlueCrest Automation Maintains Throughput & Accuracy

Written at 20.11.2024 by Justin O'Donnell

Overcome holiday labor shortages with BlueCrest’s automation solutions, ensuring efficient and accurate mail and parcel handling even with a lean workforce

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Seasonal Scaling: How BlueCrest Helps Mail Production and Warehouse Automation Meet Demand

Written at 14.11.2024 by Justin O'Donnell

BlueCrest's efficient automation technology solutions help mail production and warehouses handle the holiday surge and seasonal demand. Learn how here.

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Holiday Hustle: A Blog Series for Handling Mail and Parcel Surges during the Holiday Season

Written at 11.11.2024 by Justin O'Donnell

Best strategies and solutions for efficient mail and parcel management during the peak holiday season from BlueCrest. See them here.

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Cloud-Native versus Cloud-Hosted Software: What's the Difference?

Written at 23.10.2024 by Justin O'Donnell

Moving to a cloud environment does not need to be scary. Here are ghostly reasons why your business should transition to cloud-based software.

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Haunted? Don't Let Inefficient Mail Systems Scare Your Business—Optimize Your Postal Operations

Written at 15.10.2024 by Justin O'Donnell

Optimize your postal operations by leveraging data, automation, rate management, and digital transformation to eliminate inefficiencies and boost business.

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Warehouse Automation: Are You Building a Faster Disaster?

Written at 24.09.2024 by Justin O'Donnell

Avoid the pitfalls of warehouse automation. Choose the right partner to implement efficient, scalable, customized solutions to prevent costly disasters.

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Unlocking New Heights in Warehouse Automation: The Impact of Vertical Storage and Autonomous Mobile Robots

Written at 27.08.2024 by Justin O'Donnell

The impact of vertical storage & autonomous mobile robots on warehouse automation. Learn to integrate these technologies for seamless operations and growth

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The Future of Card Attaching: BlueCrest’s Vision for a Growing Market

Written at 13.08.2024 by Justin O'Donnell

Discover BlueCrest's vision for the growing card-attaching market, addressing industry trends, challenges, and future outlook. Learn how they drive innovation and expansion into new industries.

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Don't Let Data Breaches Scare You Into Bad Decisions

Written at 4.08.2024 by Justin O'Donnell

Learn how to navigate data breaches and embrace cloud technology with confidence. Enhance security, agility and cost savings for long-term business success

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Mailing from the Cloud

Written at 8.07.2024 by Justin O'Donnell

Explore how cloud software is reshaping the way we manage and optimize mailing processes. Learn how the cloud impacts mailing industry practices here.

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5 Reasons Mailers Should Take Advantage of the 2025 USPS Promotions

Written at 3.07.2024 by Justin O'Donnell

The 2025 USPS Promotions offer exciting opportunities for mailers to enhance campaigns, lower costs, and increase engagement. Explore the advantages here.

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The Importance of Integrators in the Parcel Automation Industry

Written at 19.06.2024 by Justin O'Donnell

Integrators play a critical role in optimizing parcel automation. Learn to enhance efficiency, scalability, & customer satisfaction with expert integration

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9 Mailing Industry Myths

Written at 10.06.2024 by Justin O'Donnell

Learn why postal mail remains essential today: Debunk myths about the mailing industry, from relevance, eco-friendliness, security, marketing effectiveness

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The History of Parcel Couriers: From Ancient Relays to Modern Delivery Giants

Written at 30.05.2024 by Justin O'Donnell

Explore the history of parcel couriers, from ancient civilizations to modern delivery. Witness the communication evolution that shapes today's industry.

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Rightsizing Retail: Sorting Out Your Fit

Written at 21.05.2024 by Justin O'Donnell

Learn how retailers can optimize their sorting equipment through rightsizing, balancing efficiency and flexibility. Find out the pitfalls of over-automation and the crucial role of sortation vendors.

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What is the National Postal Forum?

Written at 14.05.2024 by Justin O'Donnell

Discover the National Postal Forum, a platform for USPS executives and industry professionals to exchange ideas and learn about the latest trends in the mailing and shipping sector. Explore NPF 2024 highlights and BlueCrest's involvement.

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USPS Announces New Pricing for July 2024: What You Need to Know

Written at 7.05.2024 by Justin O'Donnell

USPS announces new pricing adjustments effective July 2024, including a 5-cent increase in First-Class Mail Forever stamps. Learn about the proposed changes and the USPS's long-term strategy.

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Understanding Automatic Signature Verification for Election Mail Ballots

Written at 3.05.2024 by Justin O'Donnell

Explore the importance of Automatic Signature Verification for election mail-in ballots, its benefits, challenges, and the future of this crucial technology in ensuring secure and efficient electoral processes.

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8 Cost-Saving Tips for Mailing Operations

Written at 1.05.2024 by Justin O'Donnell

Check out these cost-saving tips for mail production operations.

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What the Box? The Promising Future of Corrugated Packaging

Written at 23.04.2024 by Justin O'Donnell

Future trends in the corrugated packaging industry.

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The Power of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) in Parcel Automation

Written at 18.03.2024 by Justin O'Donnell

Discover the transformative power of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) in the parcel automation industry.

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BlueCrest: Pioneering Innovations in Postal, Parcel & eCommerce Solutions

Written at 27.02.2024 by Justin O'Donnell

BlueCrest is the innovative leader in postal, parcel, and eCommerce solutions.

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The AI Revolution: The Future of Postal Optimization and Parcel Automation

Written at 26.02.2024 by Justin O'Donnell

Read how AI and machine learning are driving the future trends in Postal Optimization and Parcel Automation for e-commerce and traditional mail.

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6 Trends in Reverse Logistics for 2024

Written at 9.02.2024 by Justin O'Donnell

These 6 trends in reverse logistics for retailers and eCommerce providers are critical for businesses looking to optimize supply chains. Learn more.

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Introducing OttoMATE™—the future of work

Written at 30.01.2024 by Justin O'Donnell

New robotics for mail-inserting equipment: OttoMate, a Cobot robot by BlueCrest, is an automatic traying solution and collaborative robot application.

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What are Parcel Sorting Centers?

Written at 17.01.2024 by Justin O'Donnell

What are parcel sorting centers how they optimize logistics and ecommerce

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7 Considerations for Automated Mail-in Ballot Sorting

Written at 4.12.2023 by Justin O'Donnell

Important considerations regarding automated mail-in ballot sorting used in vote-by-mail processes.

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Rise of the Cobots

Written at 26.09.2023 by Justin O'Donnell

Today, we wanted to talk about one of the exciting technological advancements in recent years: the rise of cobots.

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Streamlining Utility Billing: How BlueCrest's Automation Transforms Paper-Based Processes

Written at 30.08.2023 by Justin O'Donnell

How BlueCrest helps revolutionize the way utility statements are processed, from data through delivery

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Make Your Move to the Cloud: Why Your Business Should Transition to Cloud Software

Written at 28.08.2023 by Justin O'Donnell

Why businesses should move their mail production operations to Cloud Software.

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The Rising Impact of Private Postal Services

Written at 21.08.2023 by Justin O'Donnell

How the rise of private postal services impacts the future of ecommerce.

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10 Reasons Why Banking and Finance Will Always Use Transactional Mail

Written at 24.07.2023 by Justin O'Donnell

Ten reasons why banking and financial institutions will continue to use transactional mail.

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BlueCrest Launches New Web Site! What's this all about?

Written at 11.07.2023 by Justin O'Donnell

BlueCrest launches new web site at bluecrestinc.com

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The Hidden Costs of Using Like Parts

Written at 11.07.2023 by BlueCrest Staff

Understand the risks when using non-OEM aftermarket or like parts in your equipment. OEM replacement parts may end up costing less over time. Learn more.

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5 Key Benefits You Get with Trained Operators

Written at 11.07.2023 by BlueCrest Staff

Postal, Parcel and eCommerce businesses run better when operators have the proper training. That's where BlueCrest Global Services can help. Learn how here

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Keep it Clean!

Written at 11.07.2023 by BlueCrest Staff

Clean your BlueCrest equipment! 15 minutes spent cleaning each shift pays incredible dividends that continuously add up. Learn more about the benefits here

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Taking a Targeted Approach with a Periodic Maintenance Plan

Written at 11.07.2023 by BlueCrest Staff

BlueCrest service is important! A custom periodic maintenance plan can pinpoint and plan for potential parts replacements before failure occurs. Learn more

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Do the math – BlueCrest Epic inserters powering IMS to new levels of compliant productivity

Written at 26.04.2023 by Justin O'Donnell

BlueCrest Epic provides IMS with end-to-end, compliance driven solution.

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Streamline Print & Mail Workflow to Get More in the Production Process

Written at 25.04.2023 by BlueCrest Staff

Create a workflow that is easy to set up and maintain, connecting islands of automation across your business. Learn more here.

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4 Things to Look for in a Service Partner

Written at 20.04.2023 by Justin O'Donnell

Here are some things to look for in a service partner.

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What is Postal Optimization?

Written at 18.04.2023 by Justin O'Donnell

Postal optimization is the process of optimizing the shipping and delivery of mail and packages through the postal system.

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In-line, automated card attaching is opening up lucrative new markets.

Written at 5.04.2023 by Justin O'Donnell

We are seeing major interest in our card attaching solutions from some of the globe’s largest mailers.

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Local Heroes – Bruce Whitby

Written at 31.03.2023 by BlueCrest Staff

BlueCrest is proud of our local heroes. Meet Bruce Whitby, Customer Service Manager (CSM) for Queensland and Western Australia.

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Tips and Tricks: Speed up On-Call Times

Written at 31.03.2023 by Justin O'Donnell

With some collaboration and simple processes in place, we can speed up resolution times and get you back up and running asap.

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