University of Pittsburgh’s New Intelligent Parcel Lockers

Posted on November 19, 2016 by mailomg in Carousel 1, Parcel Lockers // 0 Comments

The University of Pittsburgh educates 24,980 undergraduate students, 10,034 graduate students and staffs over 7,000 employees. Among the challenges were the time it takes to deliver parcels to the staff and students, not to mention the cost, manpower and concern of security.

Prior to investing in Packcity Intelligent Parcel Lockers, Pitt had a less advanced form of electronic lockers. The quality of the lockers left Matt Sloan, Senior Manager of Mailing and Warehouse Services, and his team spending too much time maintaining the lockers, and wondering if there was a better solution … (click to read more)

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