Statistics show that nearly half of all the packages that are sent via FedEx, DHL, etc., are not time sensitive, but the customer and the shipper still want tracking and proof of delivery. In Latin America and the Caribbean arena, this is even more of a concern considering that – in some of those areas – up to 40% of all the mail sent never reaches its destination. This is exactly what makes SkyPostal’s new GPS based mail delivery technology so exciting. For the first time “all” mail items can be tracked from drop scan to delivery. Yet with this new technology, there’s no signature required, making this quite revolutionary.
SkyPostal Networks Inc., based in Miami, Florida, is an international mail distribution company that specializes in offering hand delivery of commercial mail and periodicals into the Latin America-Caribbean region. Up until now, the delivery of mail in Latin America – Caribbean region was a hit or miss situation at best, and SkyPostal saw a unique opportunity to capitalize on this situation by offering a quality service at a tremendous price. So, how can they beat the majors in the pricing arena, while still offering an Internet-visible tracking service? Simple, they’re working on a time-defined premise, versus a time sensitive guarantee.
The major carriers such as UPS, DHL, and FedEx also serve Latin America and the Caribbean. But to get delivery confirmation, it’s customary to require the use of their premium services, which offer the time sensitive guarantee. Usually this comes in the form of overnight delivery, but these services are quite expensive and not at all acceptable for mailing such items as periodicals and statements. In fact, 50% of all the packages that are sent through the majors are not time sensitive, and yet the customer is paying for it because there was no other choice.
SkyPostal is changing all that, and in a very unique way. By using time-defined parameters of delivery, which means the mail will be delivered in a particular time frame instead of a specific date, they are able to offer the customer tremendous savings. If your mail isn’t time sensitive, why would you want to pay for time sensitive delivery? You wouldn’t, and SkyPostal agrees. But that’s just half of the story. The other half concerns some incredibly unique technology.
SkyPostal has developed a proprietary, state of the art, web-based system that they call PosTrac. The system provides scanning, bar coding, tracking and delivery confirmation of all mail items. It permits the customer to use the Internet and be able to track his mail until arrival at the destination country as it goes out for delivery. From there it gets even better. They have developed a handheld GPS equipped PDA scanner that solves the “last mile” tracking to the physical address by providing automatic confirmation of delivery using GPS coordinates without having to knock on the door to obtain a signature. Think about that one again, because it’s stunning. By recording the GPS coordinates of the mail receiving address, the mail deliverer has verifiable proof that he’s actually been to where he says he’s been, and the customer can feel satisfied that indeed his mail has gone to its final destination, despite no one being there to sign for it.
Most mail clients want assurance (confirmation) of delivery versus overnight-type speed, and even fewer need signature proof of delivery, which is very expensive. SkyPostal offers a time-defined, Internet trackable, mail distribution service at a fraction of what the express courier integrators charge for “overnight delivery”, which is often just simply not required. SkyPostal offers price, features and quality of service that the region so desperately craves. The demand is there, the sector is growing and SkyPostal addresses and solves the issues. Does it get any better than that?
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