Escher Group CTO Wayne Haubner
Wayne Haubner, CTO at the Escher Group, talks about advances in technology in the post office world:
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Keeping POS technology simple while offering a greater range of over-the-counter transactions
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The user experience and what that means for training costs and error rates
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Integration between retail systems and other internal systems
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Communicating between different POS platforms – including mobile POS – in real time
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Advantages of in-store mobile POS
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Pop-up retail stores (including parcel collection)
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Cashierless stores, such as Amazon Go – could they work in the postal world?
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Customer loyalty programmes and the in-store customer experience
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How technology can help in finding new revenue streams
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Automation and self-service in post offices
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Real time data enabling customised delivery (interactive delivery management)
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Integrity of data in cross-border shipping (including blockchain)
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