Application of LBs in the express delivery industry (medium)

 

The express delivery industry is an industry that deals with addresses. The address is not a bus. It is fixed and the latitude and longitude are there, the change is that parcels are moved from one place to another, and the express delivery industry is moving services from one city to another. The express delivery industry has been well resolved, what we want to talk about is the final one-kilometer application of LBs in express delivery.

Imagine that if I were a courier and I hoped to arrive at your door, you had already opened the door and signed a ticket to receive the parcel. I don't need to call and send a text message to confirm with you. The most depressing thing is that you are not at home downstairs. If we can know that you are not at home, we don't need to send it, the time saved can be better than others.

What we had to worry about when we received the goods was that we didn't know when the courier came to the door or where it was delivered? When can it be delivered? I wonder why this kid hasn't called yet?

What about express delivery companies? After the courier received the parcel, he sent the parcel for half a day, and did not finish sending the parcel for one day. What did the courier do?

These problems are caused by information asymmetry. The courier knows where he is? Where to go? The user knows that my address is here, and my people are also here. I don't know when you will be here? So we can contribute this information through LBs, isn't that good? The courier company knows that the courier has received the parcel, but does not know the delivery situation of the courier?

Come on, let's install a GPS for the courier so that the user and the courier company know the location of the courier through GPS, but the courier did not dare, what should I do with privacy? Besides, even if you know my information, you don't know how long it will take for me to deliver it. We are very close to success, think about how it works better.

The courier must have a device A with the following features:

1: positioning to obtain the current geographic location.

2: Some service information that can be reported/obtained online.

3: record the secondary parcel delivery information (parcel number or address)

4: The notification function. When you enter the scope, You can notify the recipient of the express delivery within the range address to prepare for the delivery.

Courier company's device B: has the following functions

1: Obtain the location information of a (A is retelling ).

2: provide some information for.

User device C

1: Receive notifications from A or B.

2: You can contact a directly.

Seller Device D

1: Receive notifications from A or C

2: Contact C directly if necessary.

 

The whole process is like this.

1: A gets the parcel from B and delivers it all the way. When it is 1000 metres away from C, A sends a notification to C and notifies C to prepare for the delivery. A continues to move. When the distance is 500 meters, send a confirmation message to C again and the message will be sent immediately. A continues to move. When the distance is 50 meters, send a confirmation message to C again, and the parcel has arrived downstairs.

2: If C tells a in the intermediate process, it is inconvenient to pick up the parcel. A will send the next parcel directly.

 

This is a more complex process.

1: A obtains the parcel from B and delivers it all the way. When the parcel is 1000 metres away from C, A sends a notification to C and notifies C to prepare for the delivery; A sends a message to D, informing d that it is sending a message to C. A continues to move. When the distance is 500 meters, send a confirmation message to C again. It is about to be sent immediately. A sends a message to D, informing d that it is sending a message to C. A continues to move. When the distance is 50 meters, send a confirmation message to C again. The parcel has arrived downstairs, C comes to pick up the parcel, and directly signs the order on a's device, A returns the signature information to B, and B notifies d that the order has been signed.