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Article: The mail's in check, with cell phones & bar codes : Wireless bar code scanning will provide real-time proof of delivery and tracking of international parcels.
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- Frontline Solutions
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
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International parcel delivery is about to a receive an accuracy boost from bar codes. The Universal Postal Union (UPU), the United Nations agency overseeing the worldwide postal system, is rolling out a new service to provide proof of delivery of international parcels and express mail items.
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Using Click-Thru technology from AirClic, postal workers will be able to scan bar codes on parcels using small scanners attached to mobile phones. The Universal Postal Union handles 430 billion letters and parcels each year, serving customers in 700,000 postal outlets. While the agency does use a central database called the International Postal ...