Mail Technology

Part 1 End-to-end logistics solutions: the use of technology roadmapping as a tool to manage technology developments and maximize the value of research activity,
R. Brown and R. Phaal

Centrally managed support services for distributed network systems,
S. Kupski

The development of a tool for optimizing the multi-task scheduling problem of a mail centre's local distribution operation,
N. Jakobi et al

How modern technology can be effectively used to enhance the efficiency of commercial vehicle fleet management,
S.F. Wells

Coupling geographical route planning systems with sequencing machine,
B. Volta and M. Dupont

The past, present and future of alternatively fuelled road vehicles in The Post Office,
K. Reed

ParcelCall - continuous hierarchical track and trace,
T. Caesar and H. Walischewski

Real-time, remote-read container tracking in a hostile environment,
J. Cooper Moran et al.

Part 2 "e": packaging bits, delivering atoms -meeting the e-commerce challenge,
J.F. Marks

Building delivery capabilities for the e-economy,
D. Allum and B. Harris

E-fulfilment,
D.J. Miller

E-forwarding - get what you want where you want it,
D. Blasche

Aesthetic hybrid mail - new application vistas,
H. Westerholt

Hybrid mail - from a print service to e-messaging,
P. McMillan

The strategic pipeline analysis SPan project,
J. Ballantyne et al

Last mile e-delivery as the bridge to the future,
K. Reich and W. Rosenbaum.

Part 3 Mail creation and accessing services: design for accessibility - the personal information point,
J. Coy et al

Assessing the security of postal franking machines for the Post,
P.J.A. Catherwood

IPMAR, the common criteria, and the future evaluation of postage metering machines,
D.P. Coward.

Part 4 Service delivery: eye of the future - innovations in pattern recognition for postal automation,
J.F. Contrata et al

Improving accessibility in the workplace - manual data entry in video coding,
J. Coy et al

Performance optimization of address reading systems using evolutionary algorithms,
M. Schussler

The address interpretation project - realizing the vision,
K.D. Willy and G. Young

Multi-lingual address readers -expanding reading skills to non-Latin alphabets,
U. Miletzki

Address block location on "flats" mail,
J. Coy et al

A post central task handler - a powerful but pragmatic mail network solution,
D. Keane and M. Macaulay

Interactive video coding - the key to financial success,
H.J. Grundmann and W. Rosenbaum

Improving the decoding of corrupted four state barcodes,
R. Swann and J. Coy

Designing the future of mail processing,
C. Eldridge and S. Dalton

Virtual selections,
G.C. Hopkins and K.M. Jones

Predictive maintenance of a parcel sorting machine,
D. Thieriot

The worldwide advanced network distribution (WAND) project,
S. Tansey et al

Sequencing and merging - the Romec concept,
G.C. Lennard and D. Britton

IMP operating mode systems,
P.W. Morris

Advanced customer bar codes,
F. Gillet and C. Caillon

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