Postal Big Data

Towards Full End-to-End Predictability

for International E-commerce

José Ansón
Universal Postal Union
CCSA Special Session on Showcasing Big Data
ESCAP Headquarters, Bangkok, 1 October 2015
TIME
40 billion days
1 trillion hours
in real time
 The value of
being on time
The development
value of being
connected on
time
 Are postal and
express services
really on time?
 prEDI: Paris to Frankfurt
Sorting To plane From plane To customs Sorting Post office Home

23:00 90%
22:00 90%
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20:00 90%
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18:00
17:00 90%
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15:00
14:00
13:00
12:00 90%
11:00
10:00
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08:00
07:00 90% 90%
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05:00
04:00
03:00
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00:00
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
 prEDI: Paris to Harare

Sorting To plane From plane To customs Sorting Post office Home

23:00
22:00 90%
21:00 90%
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19:00
18:00
17:00 90%
16:00
15:00 90%
14:00 90% 90%
13:00 90%
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International transportation
Clearance and delivery
Clearance and delivery uncertainties
Many thanks for
your time