From a package delivery throughput perspective, Capers said that the DIAD V does improve overall throughput and reliability for moving information, because of the features of the device, including the Gobi radio and a color, auto-focus flash camera that can be used to enhance proof-of-delivery and to help speed customer.
Most packages that go through Worldport are touched by human hands just twice: when pulled off the plane, and at the end of a roughly 13-minute trip along the conveyors.
Called the Delivery Information Acquisition Device or DIAD V, the handheld computer collects signatures, stores parcel information, and scans barcodes; this new version is supposed to significantly speed up performance and will support features like navigation or training videos in the future.
