October 18, 2006
Through Rain Nor Snow: RFID Goes Postal
You've heard - or even experienced - those stories about mail taking years to be delivered. Well it appears that Australia Post has as well and they're testing the RFID-tagging of mail to help monitor mail and improve postal services. To do this, over 12,000 test letters tagged with RFID are mailed out each month and asset-tracked via a number of RFID-enabled facilities including mail and delivery centres, and mobile units.
The Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989 specifies a rate of 94% for "on-time delivery" of mail. Australia post has achieved 95.6% on domestic mail. The RFID trials are being conducted to
...enhance our ability to monitor our service performance and provide a better analysis of potential problems within our delivery network
according to Australia Post's just-released annual report.
[via ZD Net Australia]
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