Creating a delivery route for courier with AI Japan Post Introduction of new system test 19:33 on June 15

Amid the shortage of manpower in the courier industry, Japan Post is piloting a new system that automatically creates a route for efficiently delivering parcel delivery packages using AI = artificial intelligence at 200 post offices nationwide It will be introduced.

This system will be gradually introduced by Japan Post from this month with the cooperation of two AI-related startup companies.

When the person in charge of delivery reads the barcodes of all packages handled on that day with a smartphone, an efficient route is automatically created in consideration of the delivery time zone specified by AI and the congestion situation of the road, and the route It is displayed.

In addition, it is a mechanism that makes AI learn the actual driving data and the actual results such as places where the vehicle is stopped, so that the more you use it, the more efficient the route will be.

According to Japan Post, the person in charge currently takes about an hour to create a route while looking at the map, but with the new system it can be created in about 10 minutes, and the time required for delivery is shortened, so the whole work is done. We anticipate that it will save 20% to 30% of the time.

Japan Post will be introduced to 200 post offices nationwide in order to verify the effect and increase the number of post offices to be introduced.

Yoshihiro Gomi, General Manager of Japan Post Operation Reform Department, said, "It used to depend on the experience of people, but I hope that people who have little experience can use AI to become a force."