FUTURE PARCEL BOX NAME

Abstract

Online shopping in Malaysia recorded a significant increase annually. The number of online shopping rocketed due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak and movement control order (MCO) enforced by the Malaysian government. The current situation contributes to the volume of the parcel that needs to be delivered by delivery companies in Malaysia. The case of unattended parcel delivery, parcel lost, and failed delivery attempts had caused a lot of trouble to the household and the delivery company. It costs time and money because the household lost their valuable parcel, and the delivery company needs to reschedule the delivery. Future Parcel Box aims to overcome these issues by accepting parcels delivered without requiring the recipient to be present and send a delivery notification to the household to alert parcel delivered. This paper discusses on the design and the development of the Future Parcel Box prototype towards the actual development of this system. The Future Parcel Box development is significant to households or recipients, delivery companies, and property developers. Future Parcel Box consists of a Future Parcel Box device with ESP8266, solenoid doorlock, and Android mobile application. The Mobile Application Development Life Cycle (MADLC) methodology is adopted as a guideline in the project development. The Future Parcel Box mobile application works as an interface for the recipient to interact with the Future Parcel Box device. Every parcel delivery will be scan the QR code at the Future Parcel Box device, and the notification will be sent to Future Parcel Box mobile application to alert the user. Then, the user will inform directly to the owner of the parcel Thus, this Future Parcel Box system is beneficial if it can be used by the household or adopted by property developer to equip newly developed property in smart city area in Malaysia.