We go to trade shows all the time. We mostly go to attract new customers for our package tracking software and to spend time with existing ones. I must say though that the folks at the National Association of College and University Mail Services (NACUMS) are the nicest and most considerate hosts to vendors we have ever seen. Just this week, Dave Dubensky and I returned from the 2013 NACUMS show in Austin Texas. Among the highlights of the show for me was being asked to teach a session about cloud computing in the workplace and the opportunity to show off our new Android App for our package tracking system. It was great fun and they really made Dave and I feel welcome.
The class was really a blast. It has been a little while since I taught, so I was a bit nervous at first, but it went smoothly. As always, after about 30 minutes of non-stop talking I became a bit tired of the sound of my own voice and did my best to elicit some feedback from the class. This was the right choice and afterward things went very well and made me feel much better.
Back at the show, the Android App was also very well received. I suppose that we should have expected this. After all, it was really the folks at NACUMS who helped guide us toward developing the app for our package tracking software in the first place. Unlike student housing, which generally receives packages at a desk or office and then has the students come to get them, more often than not, NACUMS folks are tasked with re-delivering packages around campus. When we first came to NACUMS we showed them our QR code and how to deliver a package in the field. It was good, but NACUMS folks rightly pointed out that there are a lot of times and places where there just isn’t any internet connection. It is thanks to their guidance and insight that we were spurred to develop our App. It was the high volume requirements of NACUMS members that helped us create an uber-solid and dependable app for our package tracking system that can run on either a low cost tablet or on a commercial grade Motorola MC-40 handheld device.
Need to re-deliver a few hundred packages a day, know which staff member gave which package to whom and prove it all with a signature all while miles away from wi-fi or far out of reach of your cell signal? We have an App for that, thanks to NACUMS. You should check it out.
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