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Modern Post is actively working in the sector of logistics, postal banking, catalog trade and direct mail, actively developing information technology and e-commerce. What delivery technologies are the most effective today?
Delivery technologies that transform today's mail into the service of the future.
Every year on October 9, the world celebrates Mail Day. In this regard, the editorial staff of PaySpace Magazine presented several facts about the development of mail in different countries of the world, as well as about innovative technologies that are actively being introduced by postal services.
Delivery technologies:
whose post is the most innovative?
(rating of the Universal Postal Union)
At the end of 2017, the rating of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) is topped by Switzerland, the Netherlands and Japan. It is these countries that have the highest postal development index (2IPD). In particular, Switzerland is in first place for the second year in a row, having achieved the most balanced results in four aspects of postal development: reliability of delivery, availability of delivery, portfolio of products and services, and innovation.
The countries of Eastern Europe and the CIS are more uniform in terms of postal development. High positions in the ranking are occupied by Poland, Slovenia and Estonia, which are in the TOP-15 of the best postal services in the world.
In 2019, Ukrposhta received the prestigious international award The World Post & Parcel Awards in the nominations "postal technologies for e-commerce" and "socially responsible programs" for the E-Export project.
The Asia-Pacific region demonstrates stable work of postal operators. The leaders here are Singapore, China and Thailand. Moreover, it is the first country that is characterized by high reliability of postal services among other representatives of the region.
Among the Arab countries, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and Morocco occupy high positions. In particular, Tunisia has been leading in its region in the UPU ranking for several years. It is noted that the volume of letters has not decreased in this country since 2012. In addition, Tunisia provides a high level of international communication, actively cooperating with postal operators from 169 countries.
In the community of Latin America and the Caribbean, Brazil, Colombia and Jamaica are leading. Thus, Brazil has managed to maintain its leadership in its region due to the high demand for its postal services compared to other countries in the community.
So far, postal services are developing worst of all in African countries. Despite this, Nigeria, Mauritius and Ghana are the best here.
Mail innovation in action:
drones couriers and robotic postmen
Despite the development of e-mail, we are still interested in high-quality and reliable postal services: from sending letters and any kind of documentation to the delivery of large-sized parcels. However, today most email services need optimization. After all, the efficiency of delivery, the process of receiving in the branches, reliability - these are the main factors that need to be constantly improved.
Delivery technologies
Many countries are already working to create the mail of the future. In most cases, well-known companies help them. For example, Mercedes-Benz is working on the Vision Van project, a robotic system for delivering parcels using a van and a group of quadcopters. Everything happens according to the following principle: a robotic arm places orders in a van, on the roof of which there are two platforms for landing drones. Drones can take off directly from a car with a package, the weight of which should not exceed 2 kg, and they are capable of delivering luggage within a radius of 10 km.
Another example of innovation in email services is the wheeled postman robot developed by Starship Technologies, which is owned by the founder of Skype. With the help of such a device, you can deliver parcels weighing up to 18 kg at a distance of up to 5 km. The robot based on the algorithm can navigate the terrain, avoid various obstacles, and also respond to traffic lights. Customers can track the location of the robot by installing a special application on their smartphone. In addition, the program will help them unlock the compartment where the package is located and pick it up.
Robot postman from Starship Technologies
Such delivery technologies are already used in Bern, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Tallinn and other cities.
One of the largest logistics companies in the world, DHL, has become interested in using drones to deliver goods. For the first time, tests of a new delivery method using a drone called Parcelcopter were carried out in 2013 in the German city of Bonn. Then the parcel was transported across the Rhine river.
The next tests took place a year later - in the fall of 2014. Then the flight route passed over the North Sea - from the city of Nordieich (Germany) to the island of Juist (Germany), and its length was 12 km.
In 2017, DHL began testing robotic technologies. The PostBOT courier robot moves at a speed of up to 6 km / h and can carry loads up to 150 kg. This device works in the accompaniment of a human courier and plays more of the role of a vehicle for the transport of goods.
PostBOT Courier Robot
Self-driving courier robots have also appeared in Beijing, represented by the Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com. While they are delivering orders made on the marketplace website. So, one robot can carry up to 30 parcels, and the maximum speed of its movement is 15 km / h. The devices have built-in radars and sensors that allow them to navigate the terrain and recognize traffic signals.
Courier robots powered by the Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com.
Other examples of using robots for delivering mail
Sidewalk courier robot for delivering correspondence and small parcels around the city. Developed by Superum in conjunction with DHL
Swiss startup TeleRetail has developed a messenger robot designed for rural areas and suburbs: the device is capable of delivering goods over a distance of about 80 km
A device called Gita is not only a street courier robot, but also an autonomous suitcase or personal cargo service robot.
Next
If we talk about Ukraine, Nova Poshta began testing drone delivery here in April 2018. Ukrposhta planned to launch a pilot project for the delivery of parcels by drones back in 2016. Then the company was going to use the unmanned devices of the Israeli company Flytrax, which are capable of delivering parcels weighing up to 3 kg over a distance of 23 km.
But so far not a single project has been launched for mass use.
Unmanned device of the Israeli company Flytrax for Ukrposhta.
Parcel terminals are another way to receive a parcel without a courier
A postal machine or an automated postal station is a point of reception and delivery of small-sized parcels in the form of a terminal with many cells of different sizes. Loading or receiving a parcel into the parcel terminal is carried out using access codes that must be entered on the touch screen.
The first parcel machine appeared in 2001 thanks to the collaboration of the Austrian technology company KEBA and the courier service DHL in Germany. Today automated postal stations are located both in Europe and in other regions.
And some countries are already trying to replace parcel machines with more modern devices. So, in Singapore, they invented intelligent postal kiosks.
DHL parcel terminal in Nuremberg (Germany)
The post office in Hesperange (Luxembourg)
This is what the pickpoint logistics service looks like
Australia Post, a public postal parlor located in Pyrmont, Sydney
Post machine of the national postal operator of Belarus
Post office in Helsinki (Finland)
Post office of the Ukrainian logistics operator "Nova Poshta"
Several unusual stories and facts about mail and letters
(c) psm7.com
Delivery technologies that transform today's mail into the service of the future.
Every year on October 9, the world celebrates Mail Day. In this regard, the editorial staff of PaySpace Magazine presented several facts about the development of mail in different countries of the world, as well as about innovative technologies that are actively being introduced by postal services.
Delivery technologies:
whose post is the most innovative?
(rating of the Universal Postal Union)
At the end of 2017, the rating of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) is topped by Switzerland, the Netherlands and Japan. It is these countries that have the highest postal development index (2IPD). In particular, Switzerland is in first place for the second year in a row, having achieved the most balanced results in four aspects of postal development: reliability of delivery, availability of delivery, portfolio of products and services, and innovation.
The countries of Eastern Europe and the CIS are more uniform in terms of postal development. High positions in the ranking are occupied by Poland, Slovenia and Estonia, which are in the TOP-15 of the best postal services in the world.
In 2019, Ukrposhta received the prestigious international award The World Post & Parcel Awards in the nominations "postal technologies for e-commerce" and "socially responsible programs" for the E-Export project.
The Asia-Pacific region demonstrates stable work of postal operators. The leaders here are Singapore, China and Thailand. Moreover, it is the first country that is characterized by high reliability of postal services among other representatives of the region.
Among the Arab countries, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and Morocco occupy high positions. In particular, Tunisia has been leading in its region in the UPU ranking for several years. It is noted that the volume of letters has not decreased in this country since 2012. In addition, Tunisia provides a high level of international communication, actively cooperating with postal operators from 169 countries.
In the community of Latin America and the Caribbean, Brazil, Colombia and Jamaica are leading. Thus, Brazil has managed to maintain its leadership in its region due to the high demand for its postal services compared to other countries in the community.
So far, postal services are developing worst of all in African countries. Despite this, Nigeria, Mauritius and Ghana are the best here.
Mail innovation in action:
drones couriers and robotic postmen
Despite the development of e-mail, we are still interested in high-quality and reliable postal services: from sending letters and any kind of documentation to the delivery of large-sized parcels. However, today most email services need optimization. After all, the efficiency of delivery, the process of receiving in the branches, reliability - these are the main factors that need to be constantly improved.
Delivery technologies
Many countries are already working to create the mail of the future. In most cases, well-known companies help them. For example, Mercedes-Benz is working on the Vision Van project, a robotic system for delivering parcels using a van and a group of quadcopters. Everything happens according to the following principle: a robotic arm places orders in a van, on the roof of which there are two platforms for landing drones. Drones can take off directly from a car with a package, the weight of which should not exceed 2 kg, and they are capable of delivering luggage within a radius of 10 km.
Another example of innovation in email services is the wheeled postman robot developed by Starship Technologies, which is owned by the founder of Skype. With the help of such a device, you can deliver parcels weighing up to 18 kg at a distance of up to 5 km. The robot based on the algorithm can navigate the terrain, avoid various obstacles, and also respond to traffic lights. Customers can track the location of the robot by installing a special application on their smartphone. In addition, the program will help them unlock the compartment where the package is located and pick it up.
Robot postman from Starship Technologies
Such delivery technologies are already used in Bern, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Tallinn and other cities.
One of the largest logistics companies in the world, DHL, has become interested in using drones to deliver goods. For the first time, tests of a new delivery method using a drone called Parcelcopter were carried out in 2013 in the German city of Bonn. Then the parcel was transported across the Rhine river.
The next tests took place a year later - in the fall of 2014. Then the flight route passed over the North Sea - from the city of Nordieich (Germany) to the island of Juist (Germany), and its length was 12 km.
In 2017, DHL began testing robotic technologies. The PostBOT courier robot moves at a speed of up to 6 km / h and can carry loads up to 150 kg. This device works in the accompaniment of a human courier and plays more of the role of a vehicle for the transport of goods.
PostBOT Courier Robot
Self-driving courier robots have also appeared in Beijing, represented by the Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com. While they are delivering orders made on the marketplace website. So, one robot can carry up to 30 parcels, and the maximum speed of its movement is 15 km / h. The devices have built-in radars and sensors that allow them to navigate the terrain and recognize traffic signals.
Courier robots powered by the Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com.
Other examples of using robots for delivering mail
Sidewalk courier robot for delivering correspondence and small parcels around the city. Developed by Superum in conjunction with DHL
Swiss startup TeleRetail has developed a messenger robot designed for rural areas and suburbs: the device is capable of delivering goods over a distance of about 80 km
A device called Gita is not only a street courier robot, but also an autonomous suitcase or personal cargo service robot.
Next
If we talk about Ukraine, Nova Poshta began testing drone delivery here in April 2018. Ukrposhta planned to launch a pilot project for the delivery of parcels by drones back in 2016. Then the company was going to use the unmanned devices of the Israeli company Flytrax, which are capable of delivering parcels weighing up to 3 kg over a distance of 23 km.
But so far not a single project has been launched for mass use.
Unmanned device of the Israeli company Flytrax for Ukrposhta.
Parcel terminals are another way to receive a parcel without a courier
A postal machine or an automated postal station is a point of reception and delivery of small-sized parcels in the form of a terminal with many cells of different sizes. Loading or receiving a parcel into the parcel terminal is carried out using access codes that must be entered on the touch screen.
The first parcel machine appeared in 2001 thanks to the collaboration of the Austrian technology company KEBA and the courier service DHL in Germany. Today automated postal stations are located both in Europe and in other regions.
And some countries are already trying to replace parcel machines with more modern devices. So, in Singapore, they invented intelligent postal kiosks.
DHL parcel terminal in Nuremberg (Germany)
The post office in Hesperange (Luxembourg)
This is what the pickpoint logistics service looks like
Australia Post, a public postal parlor located in Pyrmont, Sydney
Post machine of the national postal operator of Belarus
Post office in Helsinki (Finland)
Post office of the Ukrainian logistics operator "Nova Poshta"
Several unusual stories and facts about mail and letters
- The oldest post office is located in the small Scottish village of Sankuhar. She has been working since 1712.
- An underwater department is located in the Pacific state of Vanuatu. So, on land there is a special store where you can buy waterproof postcards, and then, having plunged to a depth of three meters, give them to an underwater postman or put them in an underwater mailbox.
- San Francisco has the World's Smallest Postal Service (WSPS). This post office does not have a separate office, but only one person works there. However, customers who contact WSPS can send the world's smallest letters from there.
- In 1916, an American businessman mailed over 80,000 bricks in small parcels. He wanted to build a bank, so he decided that shipping building materials by mail would be much cheaper. After this incident, the American Post introduced a restriction: per day one person can send parcels to a maximum of 91 kg.
- In the German city of Eutin there is an oak tree that has its own postal address. A romantic story is associated with this tree: in the 19th century, a girl who lived in Oitin left messages to her lover in the hollow of this oak tree. As a result, the couple got married under a tree. Since that time, lonely people who wanted to find a couple began to bring their messages to the oak tree. Thus, the tree was assigned a postal address, and letters are delivered there from all over the world. At the same time, anyone can read the messages and respond to them.
- It turned out that the Pope receives the most letters in the world. The Vatican post office delivers thousands of messages to him every week. Also, many letters are sent to the Finnish Santa Claus - Joulupukki. So, from 1985 to our time, he received more than 18 million letters and postcards.
- Every minute, mail from all over the world processes a total of 5 million items.
(c) psm7.com
