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I am looking for any universities that are currently utilizing a telephone switchboard service. Is it an automated service? A call center? Which provider do you use? What has been your experience so far? At my university we are experiencing some challenges finding a provider that can fit all of our needs, especially when it comes to them lacking institutional/local ... Read More

I'm looking for information about Chowbotics Sally and pizza robot vending machines from a campus that currently has one of these units. How much did it cost? Has it been successful? What are the pros/cons? If repairs are needed, are there local repair people that can work on this unit? What are the repair and maintenance costs? ... Read More

Hey Jessica, Millie and I chose the same vendor. In terms of RFP's it was easier and it appears that the Board of Regents has our best interests at heart...so with a few personalized tweaks, our contract is a pretty good one.  Feel free to reach out of you have any questions about anything you see in the link that Millie provided.  Thanks, Douglas ... Read More

Hello Jessica, I hope you are doing well. We completed an RFP in 2020 – I have linked the Georgia DOAS Procurement site that houses all documents publicly below. We awarded to Aladdin Food Services and are in year 2. Please let me know if you have any questions, I would be more than happy to help!   https://ssl.doas.state.ga.us/gpr/eventDetails?eSourceNumber=ES-RFP-58300-81&sourceSystemType=eq ... Read More

Hi Casey-- At Rider University, we installed food lockers from Apex locker solutions. We use them as a ghost kitchen for Jersey Mike's. The lockers are room temp with no refrigeration or heating. We put both hot and cold orders in them. If they are not picked up within 30 minutes, we dispose. In a year of having them, I can count on one hand how many ... Read More

We have a vendor handling our print and mail and they've come up with a couple interesting twists on this. First, we have package lockers and hanging folders for letter mail and other non-parcel deliveries, meaning students have to come to a window to ask for their non-parcel mail. As such the vendor will happily distribute any flyer for free ... Read More

Hi Timothy, We are going through the same process as you. Eliminating our mailboxes and working toward a locker solution for our parcels. The mail has gone into standard bookshelves, with book ends to hold the folders up. The process is not as clean cut as hanging folders, which is the most convenient. I agree with Buz's comment. Definitely do your ... Read More

Hello Timothy, We discontinued the practice of adding advertisements in student mail boxes, in particular the on-campus departments. We found that students didn't pick up the Ad and would leave them in the box nearly the entire year. Even with other mail to pick-up, they would disregard the advertisement. We would find many flyers in the garbage as ... Read More

Join Zoom Meeting https://nacas.zoom.us/j/7370221810 Meeting ID: 737 022 1810 One tap mobile +16465588656 ,,7370221810# US (New York) +17207072699 ,,7370221810# US (Denver) ------------------------------ Ashley Vercellone NACAS Senior Director of Events Operations Charlottesville VA United States ------------------------------ Read More

We are opening a new Marketplace at Oklahoma State University in the Fall of 2023. We want to provide food lockers for pickup of food from our Ghost Kitchens. I would appreciate any feedback that you have on Food Lockers that you are currently using. We would like the ability to offer both hot and cold options. Casey Enarson Assistant Director of Dining ... Read More