Business Driven Technology
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New product steeling business from post office:
- The product which steels the business form post office is drone delivery.
- A drone can deliver the goods by air which increases the speed of delivery rather than making delivery by the shipping man.
- Drones can completely automate a warehouse which develops fast product movement.
New products and service created by post office to grow its business:
- It is very expensive to send large quantities of goods by post office. So service with less expensive could be created to develop the business.
- Delivery of postal service could be improved in order to reduce delivery time...
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