• 경영과학
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.115-127
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• 2004

In this paper, we describe an intelligent monitoring and control system for pick-up/delivery service. This system applies geographical information system(GIS), global positioning system(GPS) and wireless communication technologies for managing pick-up/delivery operations more effectively. It consists of three subsystems, pick-up/delivery sequence planning system, pick-up/delivery monitoring system, and PDA execution system. Pick-up/delivery sequence planning system generates routes and schedules for pick-up/delivery using GIS and optimization techniques. Pick-up/delivery monitoring system monitors current positions of vehicles and actual pick-up/delivery results as compared with planned routes and visit times, while PDA execution system transmits information for vehicles positions and actual pick-up/delivery results using GPS and wireless communication technologies. The intelligent monitoring and control system is currently being used for the pick-up parcel service in a local post office of Korea Post.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.13-24
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 무인택배함의 최적입지를 선정하기 위한 입지조건 정의, 설치개수 결정, 최적입지 선정의 과정을 순차적으로 결합한 방법론을 개발한다. 우선 입지조건으로는 블록화, 접근성, 지역 중심공공시설이 제시되며, 선정된 입지에 대해 set-covering모형과 p-median 모형을 적용하여 설치개수와 최적입지를 각각 결정한다. 이러한 과정을 실제 사례에 적용해봄으로써 모형의 타당성과 실효성을 검증해 본다. 일반주택과 다세대주택으로만 구성된 안산의 한 지역을 대상으로 분석한 결과, 필요한 무인택배함은 2개로 결정되었으며, 5개 후보지 중 가장 적절한 2개 장소가 최적입지로 제시되었다. 이러한 방법론은 무인택배함 설치시 최적의 결정을 내리기 위한 가이드라인을 제공하며, 택배 관련 강력범죄 예방 및 택배이용 활성화를 통한 경제적 파급효과를 기대해 볼 수 있다.

• 한국포장학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.91-96
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• 2015

Fruit and vegetables are subjected to complex dynamic stresses in the transportation environment. During a long journey from the production area to customers using parcel delivery service, there is always some degree of vibration present. Vibration inputs are transmitted from the vehicle through the packaging to the fruit. Inside, these cause sustained bouncing of fruits against each other and container wall. These steady state vibration input may cause serous fruit injury, and this damage is particularly severe whenever the fruit inside the package is free to bounce, and is vibrated at its resonance frequency. The determination of the resonance frequencies of the fruit and vegetables may help the packaging designer to determine the proper packaging system providing adequate protection for the fruit, and to understand the complex interaction between the components of fruit when they relate to expected transportation vibration inputs. Instrumentation and technologies are described for determining the vibration response characteristics of the fruits with frequency range 3 to 150 Hz. The resonance frequency of the pear ranged from 53 to 102 Hz and the amplitude at resonance was between 1.08 and 2.48 G. The resonance frequency and amplitude at resonance decreased with the increase of the sample mass, and they were slightly affected by mechanical properties such as bioyield deformation and rupture deformation. Regression analysis was performed among the relatively high correlated parameters from the results of correlation coefficient analysis.

• 대한안전경영과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한안전경영과학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.415-421
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• 2010

Door to door service is a typical method for individual parcel deliveries. In the current delivery information system, a delivery person manually input the information of many delivery results, which causes inefficiency and difficulties of tracking deliveries. This study suggests an enhanced delivery information system which has the following two characteristics. Firstly, a tagged RFID transmits the delivery result information to the main server by just collecting RFID at a place of destination. Secondly, with the characteristics of rewritable method, the collected RFID is to be input new information and tagged to other parcels.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.45-55
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• 2012

본 연구는 현재 국내 택배업체들이 택배이용자들에게 제시하고 있는 '택배요금기준'의 불합리성을 개선하여 합리적인 기준에 의한 요금 수수가 이루어 질수 있도록 하기 위해서 수행되었다. 일반적으로 화물운송임은 화물의 중량이나 부피의 크기를 기본으로 하고 몇 가지의 할인 및 할증의 요소들을 감안하여 책정이 된다. 특히 택배서비스와 같이 공공물류의 성격이 강하고, 불특정 다수가 이용하는 경우에는 요금기준의 합리성이 강하게 요구된다고 할 수 있다. 따라서 택배거래의 기준이 되는 택배요금의 기준이 합리적으로 설정되어 있어야 하는 바, 현재 국내택배업체들이 자체적으로 설정하여 적용하고 있는 택배요금기준이 합리적으로 설정이 되어있는 지에 대하여 분석하였다. 이를 위하여 문헌 및 선행연구들을 통하여 각종 이론을 검토하고 외국의 택배업체들의 요금계산방법, 타운송수단의 운임의 적용기준 등을 검토하였으며 택배화물을 표본조사를 하여 '부피의 크기'기준과 '3변의 합의 크기' 기준 중 어떤 기준이 더 합리적으로 요금의 크기를 나타내고 있는지를 회귀분석을 통하여 분석하였고, 운임 결정의 또 하나의 중요한 요소인 중량의 크기를 어떤 방법이 더 잘 반영하는지를 검토하였다. 연구결과 '부피의 크기'에 의한 화물의 크기결정방법이 현실적으로 요금수준을 합리적으로 설명하고 화물의 중량과의 상관관계도 높게 나타내고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 현재의 '중량의 크기'와 '3변의 합의 크기'에 따른 요금기준은 '중량의 크기'와 '부피의 크기'기준으로 변경되는 것이 합리적이라는 결론에 도달하였다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.52-59
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• 2023

Due to the routine nature of social distancing in accordance with the COVID-19 pandemic, the logistics industry is under rapid development, given that offline demand is focused on online platforms. The number of warehouse workplaces and workers are steadily increasing per annum, and the industrial accident rate of transportation, warehouse, and telecommunication industries to which warehouse employees belong is higher than the total industrial accident rate in Korea. In previous studies, warehouse workers reported exposure to health hazards such as musculoskeletal disorders due to the handling of heavy objects and improper working postures. Accordingly, in this study, a survey was conducted to investigate symptoms of musculoskeletal disorders with focus on parcel delivery workers nationwide. The questionnaire included a musculoskeletal disorder symptom survey table to identify information such as worker occupational history, work type, and signs or symptoms of musculoskeletal disorders. Survey response data from 453 people were obtained to determine the influence of delivery business characteristics on occupational musculoskeletal disorders, and the influencing factors were analyzed. Based on the results, in the analysis of pain with respect to body part, the duration, degree, and frequency of pain were highest in the leg part, and as a result, the average value for the leg part exhibited a significant difference from those of other body parts. In addition, 52.32% of workers exhibited symptoms of musculoskeletal disorders, and a high number of patients with musculoskeletal disorders was observed in the work group with less than three years of service and with ages ranging from 30-39. The results of this study can serve as basic data for the derivation of a management plan that meets the characteristics of musculoskeletal disorders that impact logistics workers overburdened with work due to the rapid increase in parcel delivery volume in accordance with an increase in online consumption.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.811-821
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• 2018

This study focused on the improvement of blueberry delivery service using pre-cooled ice and $SO_2$ pads to prevent an increase in the fruit temperature as well as decay. To maintain the fruit quality during low temperature storage, the effect of a $SO_2$ pad and modified atmosphere packaging was also examined. Harvested blueberries were precooled at $15^{\circ}C$, sorted, and packaged. And the fruits were placed in a similar environment as that for the parcel service. Part of the fruits were stored at $0^{\circ}C$ for long term storage. The air temperature in the delivery box increased along with an increase in the simulated delivery time regardless of the treatment. However, the rate of temperature increase was lower in the ice pad treatment. No significant difference was not found after 48 h. The oxygen concentration in the box ranged between 10.5 - 14.5% in the ice pad treatment, which was higher than that of the untreated control (7.5 - 11.9%) whereas the $CO_2$ concentration was lower in the ice pad treatment. No differences were found in the occurrence of off-flavor, decay, and sensory quality loss during the 48 hours of the parcel service simulation. The combined treatment of the $SO_2$ pad and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) using a perforated film increased the shelf-life of the blueberry fruits, the overall quality such as firmness, and the soluble solid content was not different between the treatments except for the decay incidence. No decayed fruit was found in the combined treatment. However, the percentage of decayed fruit in the control was 25% on day 15 of storage and 75% on day 33 of storage, respectively.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.133-141
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• 2013

The revitalization of e-business via Internet brings big changes to the postal business, and leads to a tremendous increase of heavy and large sized postal mails with continuing growth of home delivery business. Thus, even though the number of intermediate storages for mail delivery that mailmen use for picking up mails in the middle of mail delivery has been being increased, it has still many problems such as insufficient number and size of the storages as well as avoidance of mail keeping of trust agents. It is necessary that safety of mail keeping, seamless mail delivery, and individual parcel pick-up process reestablishment should be made through an improved counter plan for the problems described previously. This study presents the efficient and right operational plan for the intermediate storage for mail delivery with providing the number and size of intermediate storages per mail delivery sequence according to four different types of post offices.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2001년도 합동 추계학술대회 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.450-452
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• 2001

In this paper, we proposed the automatic postal drop-off system based on the microprocessor board or PC. The weight of the small postal package is transmitted from the electronic scale and user-entered addresses and delivery rate are processed by the controller to calculate the fee. For 24 hour out-door operation and maintenance, non-cash payment methods such as credit card payment is used. The post stamp and receipt are printed by the thermal printer. For the electronic processing of the parcel, serial code is also printed on the stamp and receipts in bar code format. The parcel information obtained by the automatic postal drop-off system is transferred to remote central system by dial-up modem shared by the on site office. The proposed system and its control software are built for prototype model operation and the result met the design requirements. For real time processing, data reception through three serial ports is handled by interrupt routine. The proposed system is expected to be applied for commercial logistics system and pc automation system.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.129-138
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• 2017

Purpose: This research aims to analyze the service process of corporate courier services in order to offer service providers possible directions for adaptation of new technologies and assurance of better quality services. Methods: Through the analysis on the parcel service process of company Y by applying service blueprinting method, the overall process and failure service points of corporate courier services can be recognized and investigated. Next, the several newer technologies, augmented reality glasses, exoskeleton, and drone are applied to the service process of company Y as they are suggested by the literature review and referenced to DHL's report on the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Then, service options to overcome the service failure points to improve the service process can be produced. Results: The parcel service process of the company Y is utilized as a hub-and-spoke structure by having distribution and delivery centers which separates customers into two types, ones using the total services and the others only using the delivery service. In addition, the main cause of the service failures is determined that it is due to the limited working hours of delivery centers compared to the workload. Conclusion: This research contributes in better understanding of corporate courier services and providing information for benchmarking. An empirical research on the costs and the efficiencies of applying the new technologies is suggested for the further improvement in the processes of corporate courier services.