300,000 Zebra TC77 touch computers will optimize delivery network with real-time visibility for letter carriers
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA), an innovator at the edge of the enterprise with solutions and partners that enable businesses to gain a performance edge, today announced that the United States Postal Service (USPS) awarded the Company an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to supply TC77 touch computers to scan, track and trace packages across its carrier network. The USPS will start deploying 300,000 TC77 mobile devices as its next-generation Mobile Delivery Device in the first half of 2020.
Zebra’s Android™-based TC77 mobile computers will help the USPS optimize operations in the on-demand economy while providing customers with the speed, accuracy and real-time tracking they expect. The ultra-rugged TC77 features Zebra’s Mobility DNA suite of software tools that increase worker productivity, simplify management and strengthen the security of Zebra’s Android-based, enterprise-class computers. Zebra will also provide accessories, software, help desk support, repairs, maintenance, and software development.
“We are honored to work with the world’s largest postal service and are excited to provide our innovative mobile technology, services and support to the USPS and its customers,” said Anders Gustafsson, CEO, Zebra Technologies. “We look forward to building on our relationship with the USPS and providing a performance edge to its letter carriers.”
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- The USPS awarded Zebra an IDIQ contract to provide 300,000 next-generation Mobile Delivery Devices.
- Starting in the first half of 2020, USPS will use the Zebra TC77 touch computer to scan, track and trace packages across its delivery network and provide real-time information to its customers.
- The mobile devices will help the USPS’ letter carriers as it expands its package delivery products and services.
The Lincolnshire-based maker of barcode scanners will supply more than 300,000 of the handheld devices to the Postal Service, which is grappling with the real-time demands of e-commerce and competitors such as FedEx and UPS. The deal is valued at $570 million.
Zebra will begin shipping handhelds early next year. The devices, a mainstay of delivery companies and retailers, will allow postal workers to scan, track and trace packages. As traditional letters give way to e-mail, the Postal Service is increasingly turning to delivering packages, its second-largest line of business
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No buttons??
So I guess management will be buying carriers touch screen gloves for the winter months??
I work in weather conditions that can change on a dime. The weather can be sunny and 55 one minute and be snowing and 20 degrees in another. Will these be able to handle that? Hopefully the USPS put a stipulation that these should be field tested first. Letter carriers deal with all sorts of weather and hopefully we were consulted.
Muffin Meghen must be getting her jollies spending another half a
billion before she leaves. set the fire smoldering before you bail out.
these devices will probably be obsolete by the time the po gets them,
just like every other contract the mismanagers sign. I wonder who
has relatives in this company that work at the spa in dc. Keep the donuts
and muffins flowing Meghen, the boys and girls at the dc spa aren’t fat
enough.
Will it scan the correct barcode and ignore other barcodes? Especially without making you wait five seconds with a message that tells you you scanned the wrong barcode?
Excellent, now the carrier can cram more work to do on the road. I hope these scanners give the carriers a shock if the carrier misses something, or if they are running behind, take an unauthorized break, or deviate from the route!