Estonian postal group Omniva is about to pilot small-size parcel lockers from fellow Estonian company Cleveron to test them as a possible future home delivery solution.
Cleveron, best-known for large-scale parcel machines, has developed the ‘CleverPod’ as a kind of home parcel-box sized for delivery of parcels, mail and even food orders. The locker is opened by a key or through a mobile phone app.
Ansi Arumeel, Chairman of the Management Board, said that Omniva believes in last-mile automation solutions and wants to test promising innovative solutions in this field.
“A parcel locker that is situated near home is an innovative option for getting closer to customers and provide them with a convenient service, where a person does not wait for a parcel but the parcel waits for the person,” he said. “The popularity of parcel machines in all Baltic countries has already proven itself. A parcel locker near home adds extra comfort.”
In the first stage, the pilot project of Omniva covers parcel lockers installed for a limited number of addresses in Viljandi, operating as delivery points for the shipments ordered via a courier. Furthermore, postal items (regular mail, periodicals, direct mail) of the addresses participating in the pilot project will also be delivered to the parcel locker to ensure that a customer can collect both mail and parcels from a single place.
“Omniva is an innovative company and it tests several different solutions, which can be of interest to customers and simplify delivery of shipments. The pilot project of parcel lockers aims at receiving feedback on customer willingness to use the service,” Arumeel noted.
Last year, Omniva launched a pilot project in Kakumäe, Tallinn, to test delivery of parcels by means of Starship parcel robots.
