Australian parcel lockers supplier TZ Limited (TZL) has signed distribution deals with four moreretailers in its home market and has expanded its existing contract with Singapore Post.
In Australia, the company has partnered with Nike.com, Tony Bianco, Glue Store and Pamper HamperGifts in cooperation with the software group Temando to offer them an efficient alternative forshipping parcels ordered online to their customers.
The retailers will use TZ’s Automated Delivery Asset Manager (A.D.A.M.) network benefittingconsumers who prefer to receive parcels 24 hours a day in a secure, central location, the companysaid. The first locker sites have been launched in Sydney and Melbourne, with additional sitesbeing ready for deployment in Brisbane. Each locker bank contains 49 lockers in various sizes.
TZL has already signed up TNT, Toll Group and Fastway Couriers as its initial delivery partnersthat are either integrated or have interfaces with TZ’s platform.
In practical terms, customers ordering products online from one of the mentioned retailers willhave an additional option of getting their parcels delivered to an A.D.A.M locker. From thetechnical side, Temando makes sure each package is compatible with the A.D.A.M locker sizes andfeeds all delivery information to the carrier for instant execution. In the next step, TZ’sback-end Asset Manager system ensures integration with the carriers services to ensure delivery tothe A.D.A.M. Locker. Customers receive a unique, secure QR code, alerting them when the parcel isready for pick-up.
“TZ has been working to find the right real estate, the right freight logistics and the rightonline retail partners to launch the A.D.A.M. Parcel Locker Network,” TZ Executive Chairman MarkBouris, said. “With Nike.com, Tony Bianco, Glue Store and Pamper Hamper Gifts, we have found theaccelerators of e-commerce who want to provide their customers with an optimum delivery experience.These organisations are listening to their customers and they see the opportunity that existswithin online retail. They have recognised that our technology provides their customers with anend-to-end solution that matches the convenience of online shopping, and we are very proud to havethem onboard as our early adopters.”
TZL highlighted Temando’s carrier agnostic system as the main competitive advantage of theservice enabling any courier or freight company to deliver parcels to A.D.A.M. Parcel Lockers.Temando provides innovative software solutions for the logistics and e-commerce industries and itscustomers ship millions of shipments per year.
“We work with over 30,000 clients who are all looking to provide the best possible customerexperience to support their brand,” Temando CEO Carl Hartmann said. “We are living in a time whenconsumers want same day, same hour delivery, and they aren’t willing to accept anything less. We’vebuilt our business around that demand, and A.D.A.M. Parcel Lockers are one solution that helps usdeliver what people want, when they want it, without having to wait.”
Meanwhile, TZ said it has also received a significant new purchase order from Singapore Post for30 banks of 80 to 120 Unit Smart Lockers to be supplied and installed in Singapore before the endof the calendar year. This new purchase order represents an acceleration of Singapore Post’s plansand a signal of their intent to build a network of up to 100 Parcel Lockers in the next 12months.
In April of this year, an initial five POPStations were installed as part of a pilot programmeto test consumer reaction to a new way of receiving their parcels. Singapore Post customers haveresponded very positively to the POPStation pilot, and Singapore Post now plans to roll out up to100 POPStations island-wide in the next 12 months. The POPStation lockers will be placed atlocations such as residential and office areas, and around shopping malls that are accessible 24/7to the public, TZ said.
