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RESULTS IDC INNOVATION EXCELLENCE
AWARD RECIPIENT
Analyzing Breadcrumb Data to
Improve Services Due to the success of the project, USPS was
named a 2016 recipient of International Data
USPS breadcrumb data. Kinetica was used Corporation (IDC)’s HPC Innovation Excel-
to collect, process and analyze over 200,000 lence Award for its use of Kinetica to track
messages per minute. That data was used the location of employees and individual
to determine actual delivery and collection pieces of mail in real time. “The HPC Innova-
- tion Excellence Awards recognize organiza-
tions to mailers and customers. By analyzing tions that have excelled in applying advanced
this breadcrumb data, the USPS was able supercomputing technologies to accelerate
to 1) understand where spending would
achieve the best results, 2) make faster and science, engineering, and society at large,”
said Kevin Monroe, senior research analyst at
customers with a reliable service, and 4) IDC. “USPS’ application of Kinetica enhances
reduce costs by streamlining deliveries. the quality of service that US citizens receive
Processing Geospatial Data for by giving them a better, more predictable
Real-Time Decision-making experience sending and receiving mail.”
Kinetica was also used to enable visualization “We’re honored to have had the opportu-
of geospatial data (routes, delivery points, nity to partner with the US Postal Service and
FIGURE 2: ZOOMED IN AREA SHOWING COL- and collection point data) so that dispatchers are humbled by the profound impact our
LECTION BOX METADATA WHEN SELECTED. technology is having on their everyday busi-
employee territory assignments and take ness operations,” said Amit Vij, co-founder
proper action if needed. Kinetica helped the and CEO, Kinetica. “This IDC Award demon-
USPS make the best use of routes and to strates the tremendous value that real-time
- analytics and visualizations can have when
age of assigned areas, uncovered areas, and applied to solve supply chains, logistics, and
distribution bottlenecks. They were also able a range of other business challenges.”
to improve contingency planning if a carrier SUMMARY
was unable to deliver to assigned routes
The complexities and dynamics of USPS’
aggregating point-to-point carrier perfor- logistics have reached all-time highs, while
mance data. consumers have greater demands and more
FIGURE 3: TERRITORY REASSIGNMENT TOOL alternative options than ever before. Improv-
SHOWS TWO ROUTE BOUNDARIES AND THE Optimizing Routes
ACTUAL TERRITORY SECTIONS WITHIN THEM Kinetica springs to life the moment mail carri- ing end-to-end business process perfor-
THAT CAN BE MOVED BETWEEN THE TWO ers depart a USPS Origin Facility. By tracking mance while reducing costs at the same time
ROUTES. requires the ability to make fast business
carrier movements in real time, Kinetica
decisions based on live data. By implement-
provides the USPS with immediate visibility
ing Kinetica’s GPU-accelerated database, the
into the status of deliveries anywhere in the
USPS is expected to save millions of dollars
country, along with information on how each
route is progressing, how many drivers are in the years to come, and help them deliver
on the road, how many deliveries each driver more sophisticated services, achieve more
is making, where their last stop was, and accurate tracking capabilities, ensure safer,
on-time deliveries, and increase operational
more. Course corrections are then made so
a carrier is within the optimal geographical
boundaries at all times, helping reduce un-
necessary transport costs. Optimizing routes
results in on-time delivery, fewer trucks
handling a greater number of deliveries, and
delivery windows narrowed.
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