Russian Post and Rusnano create system to monitor and streamline postal deliveries
Russian Post and Rusnano, Russia’s nanotech giant, are working together to apply nanotechnology solutions in postal services, Rusnano announced
May 30, 2014
The project involves the implementation by Russian Post of a global monitoring system designed on a turnkey basis by RST-Invent LLC, a portfolio company of Rusnano. The system will provides automatic registration of recorded delivery mail and international mail passing through the postal network, using radio frequency identification (RFID tags).
In addition to supporting the timely delivery of mail, the new system is expected to help automate document handling, create mechanisms for mail flow management, and improve postal logistics. Most importantly, the introduction of RFID tags will ensure that post reaches its destination safely and quickly, Rusnano pointed out.
The project is scheduled for launch this summer, and by the end of 2014 the system is expected to start operating at full throttle at international postal exchange points, such as airport hubs in Moscow and St. Petersburg, and also at a number of major national and regional sorting offices, transit hubs and mail transportation offices at airports (Vnukovo Logistics Center, Ekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, etc.).
According to Dmitry Strashnov, the CEO of Russian Post, his organization hopes to "improve the quality of our services and raise levels of customer satisfaction" as a result of this joint project.
In addition to supporting the timely delivery of mail, the new system is expected to help automate document handling, create mechanisms for mail flow management, and improve postal logistics. Most importantly, the introduction of RFID tags will ensure that post reaches its destination safely and quickly, Rusnano pointed out.
The project is scheduled for launch this summer, and by the end of 2014 the system is expected to start operating at full throttle at international postal exchange points, such as airport hubs in Moscow and St. Petersburg, and also at a number of major national and regional sorting offices, transit hubs and mail transportation offices at airports (Vnukovo Logistics Center, Ekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, etc.).
According to Dmitry Strashnov, the CEO of Russian Post, his organization hopes to "improve the quality of our services and raise levels of customer satisfaction" as a result of this joint project.