RFID anywhere improves postal delivery service quality
Correos, the Spanish Postal Service, handles over 5 billion postal deliveries each year and serves over 19 million homes and 2 million companies a day. The company has implemented an RFID system using RFID Anywhere to improve its delivery times and streamline operating procedures.
Correos has successfully implemented the largest RFID project in Europe. The state-controlled company has introduced a radio frequency control system, called Q-RFID, in its 15 Automated Processing Centres (APCs) throughout Spain. The company’s investment included specific software and its integration in the Correos computer systems, purchasing 5,000 passive electronic labels and installation of over 1,900 permanent antennas and over 330 readers for those 15 APCs.
The acquisition of this solution enables Correos to have cutting edge technology which complies with the standards set by the European Union (ETSI EN 302 208-1 and EPC GEN 2) and was approved at state level by the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade. The technology ensures quality control and the traceability of postal deliveries (packets, correspondence and mailbags). Controlling the quality of the delivery time is fundamental for Correos, given the large area in which it operates and the dispersion of the delivery addresses.
