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.
