Taipei Times
Date: Mar 08, 2019
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Chunghwa Post is offering NT$1 million (US$32,395) in total prize money in a competition that asks
A Chunghwa Post employee holds a sign promoting a competition in an undated photograph.Photo courtesy of Chunghwa Post
entrants to create a service people can use to access data it collects.
The company is speeding up the provision of smart logistics services, said Liu Shi-biao (劉錫標), director of Chunghwa Post’s training institute.
In addition to “iPostboxes” — its unstaffed postal service terminals — staff use personal digital assistants to collect signatures when confirming receipt of registered mail, Liu said, adding that it is also implementing a six-digit postal code system to facilitate delivery services.
Data the company collected last year would be released for the competition, including tallies of registered mail, express mail and packages, as well as delivery routes and time required for delivery, Liu said. [FULL STORY]
