Viettel Post escapes the label of postman and becomes a logistics technology company

Just six months after launching its AGV robot for goods sorting in early 2024, Viettel Post has "produced" a fleet of hundreds of modern robots of various types, all manufactured in-house. Ten technologies across four core stages of the logistics chain have been developed to gradually implement the strategy of building a national logistics infrastructure.

Shedding its "postal worker" image, Viettel Post has become a logistics technology company.

Just six months after launching its AGV robot for goods sorting in early 2024, Viettel Post has "produced" a fleet of hundreds of modern robots of various types, all manufactured in-house. Ten technologies across four core stages of the logistics chain have been developed to gradually implement the strategy of building a national logistics infrastructure.

In early 2024, the Viettel Post Smart Sorting Technology Complex, located in the Quang Minh Industrial Park, Hanoi, put 200 AGV sorting robots into operation. Because Viettel Post was the first enterprise to "dare" to invest in new technology on such a large scale, this event was considered a milestone in Vietnam's logistics industry in 2024. At that time, the robots were purchased from abroad, and Vietnamese engineers mastered the technology to operate them.

But surprisingly, just six months later, a fleet of modern robots "Made by Viettel Post" appeared and officially began operating in the processing centers.

By mastering the most modern logistics technologies, Viettel Post has become a shining example in Vietnam's logistics industry.  

Viettel Post manufactures its own robots, providing a complete automation solution chain.

Reportedly, after using imported AGV robot systems and recognizing their limitations, Viettel Post independently developed its own version of the robots. With this success, Viettel Post not only mastered the robot control system but also became the first logistics company in Vietnam to master both hardware and software: providing AGV robots where the entire control circuit, internal components, and programming system were researched and developed by Vietnamese engineers at Viettel Post.

The AGV Sorting Robot – developed after six months of research – uses sensor technology and a magnetic locating system to navigate its workspace without human intervention. This group of robots is capable of automatically sorting goods, moving at high speeds of up to 2 m/s, and saving 40% compared to other sorting systems.

The AGV Picking Robot – which took only 3 months from research to production – uses QR code positioning technology and Lidar sensors to integrate and connect with robot hardware, applying it to the operation and transportation of goods in Fulfillment warehouses.

Viettel Post has become self-sufficient in robot manufacturing technology.

Viettel Post plans to commercialize the "Made by Viettel Post" robot for the external market by the end of this year, after a period of operation in its internal warehouse and successful testing in the factories of several major customers. From there, Viettel Post aims to provide a fully automated solution for the transportation of goods serving production for its partners.

Beyond warehouses and factories, Viettel Post has now developed 10 technology groups across the four core stages of the logistics chain (including warehousing, transportation, customs clearance, and last-mile supply chain delivery) to complete a comprehensive automated solution that optimizes the movement of goods from production to consumers.

The automation solutions developed by Viettel Post serve as the technological foundation for Viettel's national logistics infrastructure development strategy, encompassing logistics parks, smart border gates, and inland ports – infrastructures that facilitate the flow of goods between Vietnam, the region, and the world .

Mastering technology , building cross-border logistics infrastructure.  

According to plans, Viettel Post will develop logistics parks, including a large border gate center, realizing the strategy of "Bringing border gates deeper into the interior" announced at the beginning of the year.

Viettel Post's Logistics Park, in conjunction with the smart border gate project, provides a complete logistics solution including transportation, warehousing, customs clearance, quarantine, import-export, etc., right within the country. Thus, a closed supply chain for cross-border logistics will be formed, expected to shorten customs clearance time by up to 40%, improve warehousing efficiency by 30%, and reduce warehouse management costs by 25%.

Viettel Post's cutting-edge technologies will be featured at the logistics park scheduled to open in December 2024.

What's special here is that Viettel Post owns all the software for registration, centralized management, coordination, monitoring, and simulation at the Logistics Park. Along with that, transportation management systems (TMS), enterprise resource planning (ERP), and smart warehouse management systems (WMS) help plan, execute, and optimize customs clearance, goods transportation, and smart warehouse management processes.

These are also technologies that Viettel Post has developed and applied in its service chain, proving their effectiveness. The most modern technologies in the logistics industry today are all applied here and developed by Viettel Post engineers.

Source: https://baodautu.vn/thoat-mac-anh-buu-ta-viettel-post-tro-thanh-cong-ty-cong-nghe-logistics-d231525.html