Eircode: Opportunity Missed? Or Opportunity Postposed?

Eircode: Opportunity Missed?
Or Opportunity Postposed?
Who are we?
FTA Ireland exists to provide a voice for
responsible Irish logistics and to promote safe,
efficient and sustainable supply chains
We represent over 200 operators in the
freight, passenger, parcel, pallet, energy, air,
sea, rail and manufacturing sectors
We are a trade association, not a trade union
What’s that on-the-road?
APPROXIMATELY:
2,900 HGVs
6,300 Vans
2,500 Buses
c.10,000 Commercial Drivers
(end August 2015)
Eircode (not ours…)
OpenPostCode
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Loc8Code
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NN8-84-JY7
Google plus + code
what3words
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EIRCODE
what3words
plus+codes
Openpostcode
Loc8code
Not interoperable solutions…
Supply Chain
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Logistics
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Short Supply Chain
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A never-ending process…
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…Transport (ALMOST) always a waste
… to shorten the Supply Chain to this…
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“STOCK”
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PICK
SORT
DESPATCH
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…Not enterpriselevel solutions…
…Can’t have 2.2m
of these…
1 out of 19 Eircode VARs
has a Routing Solution?
Every “touch” of the box costs money
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Manufacture
Pack
Capture as inventory
Label
GI/Reserve
Reserve/Pick/GO
Move
Scan
Parcel Market Ireland (c.€500m)
DHL
UPS
FedEx
DPD:
€57bn
$58bn
$45bn
€??? (LaPoste €22bn)
People Irl
(c.1,000)
(400)
(c.150)
(c. 220)
40% of home delivery apparel results in a return to vendor
A structured code would eliminate ~10% of
the distribution cost in this sector ALONE
Parcel Operations Ireland
NOT just a
PARCELS
issue!
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Privacy Vs Utility
…A difficult balance to strike!
…Logisticians like granularity
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Pat,
The Bollocks,
Co Kerry
Eircode Coverage
• 70,272 km2
• Av prop: 300m2
• 2,200,000 address
points
• 660km2 “Eircoded”
• <1% of the land
mass of the Republic
Consider operations
where >30% is nonpostal
Preferred type of postcode?
• No consensus exists among all
stakeholders!
• In favour of a “UK” postcode? No
• “1st Generation” route-based system, subject
to the same database issues
• All such systems require imposition of route
NAMING or NUMBERING conventions
Mallala in S. Australia
90210: Hierarchical or Adjacent?
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90210
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Preferred type of postcode?
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Fixed Grids are not subject to these issues
Grids allow granularity
But can be scalar
Grids were favoured by NPPB stakeholders
in 2006
• Grids were excluded because of an
ERRONOUS opinion by the DPC:
“…a postcode to each individual property would be viewed as
intrusive and an infringement of privacy rights…”
CILT Principles
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Granular
Scalar
Open-sourced
Decodable* (to a long/lat)
Beyond Post
*Decodable ≠ VLOOKUP
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H91
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Eircode imparts no operational information
that wasn’t already here…
…except ambiguous address!
Edge Cases?
Your “Edge Case” is our
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Customer!
Patient!
Passenger!
Tissue sample!
Anniversary present!
Opportunity Lost?
No!
• Data-base work remains a stand-alone
benefit
• The proliferation of databases throughout
the state services required standardisation
and cleansing
Opportunity:
• The population has become sensitised to
the postcode debate
• We have had a good discussion of what is
required in July 2015
• Eircode has overcome the only blockers to a
National Postcode System:
– An Post
– Communications Workers Union (CWU)
Opportunity:
Its use throughout state services will save
money
Voted Expenditure (2015)
€53bn
• Social Protection:
• Health:
• Education:
Total:
€20bn
€13bn
€ 9bn
€42bn
80% of total
(but a structured code could deliver)
Opportunity:
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IF we are wedded to Eircode syntax
Eircode format and syntax are extendable
All indexed Eircodes commence with a letter
This affords the opportunity for:
– National Postcode 2.0
– Of which Indexed Addresses (Eircodes) are a SUBSET
One example:
Opportunity:
Current Syntax:
A65 F4E2
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139 Routing Keys
Potentially 25*25*25*25 UIs (390k)
54m potential postcodes
2.2m Eircodes
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Current Routing Keys
are:
• Arbitrary
• USP-specific
• Non-adjacent
• Untied to localities
• Illogical
• Of low/no use for
manual sortation
• Small areas
accessible only thru
database interrogation
Opportunity:
Potential Syntax:
7A5 F4E2
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Potential 10*25*25 Routing Keys (6,250)
Potential 25*25*25*25 unique identifiers
2.44bn potential postcodes
2.39bn postcodes EXCLUDING ALL
POSSIBLE Eircodes
This could accommodate:
ALL possible
indexed
Eircodes
• Alpha-only
• Maintains
database
• Aids privacy
This could accommodate:
A fixed grid
consistent with
the NPPB
report…
This could accommodate:
Indefinite
numbers of
Vanity Codes…
5EX 80N8
This could accommodate:
Indefinite
numbers of
Vanity Codes…
16W 1NNR
This could accommodate:
Indefinite
numbers of
Vanity Codes…
007 P1RA
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IMPOSSIBLE
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POSSIBLE
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EIRCODE
NATIONAL
POSTCODE
NATIONAL
POSTCODE
EIRCODE
Thank you for hearing our views…
QUESTIONS?