Reverse logistics: When the last mile becomes the first mile
Punta’s lockers weren’t designed as one-way infrastructure. The same unit that hands a parcel out is built to take one back in.
Punta’s lockers weren’t designed as one-way infrastructure. The same unit that hands a parcel out is built to take one back in.
Out-of-home (OOH) delivery isn’t a side channel anymore. It’s infrastructure. And infrastructure sized for today rarely fits tomorrow. Most locker networks are still designed the old way: sized once, fixed forever, then left to either sit half-empty or choke on volume they were never built to carry.
Punta built its hardware around a different premise. A locker installation should be able to change shape as fast as the market around it does.
Why Carrier-Agnostic Infrastructure Matters Most parcel lockers are built for one carrier. They carry that carrier’s branding, run on that carrier’s software, and accept that carrier’s parcels. The locker is an extension of the carrier’s network, not a piece of shared infrastructure. That model made sense when one operator dominated last-mile delivery in a given…
Running an APM network is not a product launch. It is an infrastructure commitment that plays out over years, across hundreds of locations, in every weather condition imaginable. Since 2016, we have been doing exactly that. Here is what a decade of live network operation has taught us.
Punta at WMX Europe 2026 Athens, 22–24 June Punta is attending WMX Europe 2026. WMX Europe is the premier international conference for post and parcel professionals. The event brings together C-suite executives and senior decision makers from postal operators, courier and parcel companies, and logistics technology providers from across Europe and beyond. The programme includes…
Punta at Parcel+Post Expo 2026 23-24 September | ExCel, London Punta is exhibiting at Parcel+Post Expo 2026. The event is the world’s leading trade fair for parcel logistics, last-mile delivery, and postal technology, bringing together postal operators, courier and parcel companies, logistics service providers, and e-commerce businesses from across the globe. What the event covers…
Automated parcel machines have been part of last-mile logistics for years. Deploying them reliably at network scale takes a different kind of infrastructure thinking. Punta has been doing exactly that since 2016.
Punta on kulkenut vuosikymmenten aikana pitkän matkan. Vuonna 1982 perustettu yrityksemme on kasvanut perinteisestä säilytysratkaisujen toimittajasta nykyaikaiseksi älyjärjestelmien ja innovatiivisten lokerikkoratkaisujen asiantuntijaksi.