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Australia Post is Crushing the Market - and You Should, Too!

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However, as time passed, people realized th<strong>is</strong> wasn’t <strong>the</strong> most efficient<br />

way of exchanging parcels, letters, <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r deliverables. They needed a<br />

systematic way to manage <strong>the</strong>ir deliverables efficiently <strong>and</strong> in a timely<br />

manner.<br />

25th April, 1809, th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> when <strong>the</strong> <strong>Australia</strong> <strong>Post</strong> commenced its journey<br />

in <strong>Australia</strong>n counterparts. Today, <strong>the</strong>y are <strong>the</strong> largest retail log<strong>is</strong>tics<br />

network in <strong>Australia</strong> processing around ​2.6 billion letters a year​ <strong>and</strong><br />

delivering <strong>the</strong>m to ​11.7 million delivery points​ across <strong>Australia</strong>.<br />

As Amazon has now entered <strong>the</strong> diaspora, <strong>the</strong> market share for <strong>the</strong><br />

ecommerce parcels’ delivery for <strong>the</strong>m <strong>is</strong> going through a serious scrutiny.<br />

They had to come out <strong>and</strong> find new ways to keep <strong>the</strong>ir edge - <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

market share. They chose to be innovative with <strong>the</strong>ir methods of<br />

delivery.<br />

They started trialing <strong>the</strong> use of robots to deliver parcels. ​Billy <strong>the</strong> Box.<br />

Yes! That’s what <strong>the</strong>y call <strong>the</strong> tiny postie robot. The purpose of th<strong>is</strong> new<br />

invention <strong>is</strong> to deliver <strong>the</strong> goods faster <strong>and</strong> quicker. Currently, th<strong>is</strong> robot<br />

<strong>is</strong> mainly used as an option to re-deliver <strong>the</strong> parcels out of business hours<br />

when <strong>the</strong> recipients are most likely to be home.<br />

“We know that receiving a ‘Sorry We M<strong>is</strong>sed <strong>You</strong>’ card can be frustrating.<br />

So we’re looking at new ways to re-deliver parcels after hours.” -Tien-Ti<br />

Mak, <strong>Australia</strong> <strong>Post</strong>’s Chief Technology Officer.<br />

The <strong>Australia</strong> <strong>Post</strong> <strong>is</strong> striving hard to make things better with innovation<br />

<strong>and</strong> new techniques. It <strong>is</strong> crushing <strong>the</strong> entire log<strong>is</strong>tics industry across<br />

<strong>Australia</strong> with a total revenue of $6.8 billion in 2017 only. With new<br />

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