Did you Know you Can Transform your Mail and Parcel Delivery using Artificial Intelligence?
by Team Assurety
Published on July 15, 2024
5 min read
Unveiling the Future
Part 04 of a ten-part series on Leveraging AI to solve complex business problems.
As part of our commitment to keeping you informed on the latest advancements in AI technology, we’re excited to share our article in the AI Insights series.
Introduction
In conjunction with ML, delivery organizations have witnessed a paradigm shift by incorporating Artificial Intelligence; transforming their operations, delivery services, and logistics, and providing a premium experience to their customers.
Let’s dive deeper into how AI can boost success in the mail and parcel delivery industry. From optimizing routes to enhancing customer experiences.
Dynamically Optimizing Route using AI
Machine Learning Algorithms started analyzing and suggesting optimal routes for delivery of mail and parcels. In conjunction with AI and enhanced learning capabilities these route planning exercises are now adaptive and dynamic.
Taking in to consideration historical data, weather, crowd patterns, and congestion, organizations can generate live alerts for route optimization. These alerts result in on-time delivery, reduced cost, and effects on the environment.
1. Demand Forecasting with AI
AI models predict and prescribe the demand that may increase or decrease during a certain season. By anticipating these patterns AI can precisely tell you how much of a commodity should be in stock, where, and what type of resources should be allocated. These demand fluctuations bring the estimates closer to actuals, reduce operational costs, and enhance efficiencies.
2. Fleet Management using AI
Coupling with IoT and sensor data, AI can provide live updates on vehicle’s status, wear and tear along with how the vehicle is driven. Large fleets incur a huge cost on driving incidents every year, sometimes resulting in litigation. Driver behavioral patterns, fatigue, and skills along with predictive maintenance of vehicles, organizations can reduce such costs and ensure adherence to safety regulations. Fuel consumption can also be optimized using all of the above-mentioned factors. In large fleets, insights into fuel consumption, incidents, and maintenance also help the decision-makers opt for the most effective brand of vehicles for the fleet.
3. Improve Customer Experience
Knowing your customer by considering their data attributes, along with chatbots has vastly improved customer services in mail and parcel delivery. These learned applications can provide a unique customer experience with live alerts, answer questions, alternate delivery options, and schedules.
Natural Language processing used in conjunction with AI has been a game changer when it comes to customer service and inclusiveness.
4. Preventing mail and parcel Fraud
From package tempering to unauthorized delivery, AI can detect anomalies and recognize fraud that is about to happen. Enhanced surveillance and monitoring systems have made package and mail delivery more secure for consumers and postal organization employees.
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Assurety’s Advanced Tracking and Analytics Services
- Real-Time Tracking: Monitor shipments’ precise location and status at all times.
- Delivery Predictions: Get early, late, and on-time delivery forecasts to optimize planning.
- Mail Owner Dashboards: Enable MSPs to create customized dashboards for mail owners.
Sorting, Tracking, and Visibility with AI
Parcel and mail organizations rely on precision in their sorting operations, they usually have multiple distribution centers that receive and dispatch millions of pieces every day. To achieve this precision in sorting these organizations use cognitive services like vision, intelligent label scanning and automated machines. Speeding up this process reduces delays, errors, and mix-ups by using surgically precise robots identifying packages by labels, and dimensions from belts to vehicles. These vision and smart labeling data coupled with user data enable delivery organizations to track and provide visibility to users enhancing trust and customer loyalty.
Driven by e-commerce or for information dissemination, both mail and parcel industries are witnessing immense transformation. Innovation with AI is replacing legacy systems and from the first to the last mile, AI is enabling the speed and accuracy of this industry, ensuring premium customer services throughout the process.
It is recommended that uses cases are identified and prioritized with a robust data ecosystem and analytics. Partner with capable AI solution providers and embrace an environment of experimentation giving deliberate consideration to ethical use, data privacy, and governance.
Upcoming in the series
Part 05: Revolutionizing Postal Security – AI’s Role in Combating Fraud
In case you missed
Part 6: Demystifying the Maze- Navigating the Types of AI and Recent Advancements
Part 7: How AI is helping with Credit Card Fraud?
Part 8: Revolutionizing Postal Security- AI’s Role in Combating Fraud