With Comydo, Uniberry GmbH has developed a system that provides suppliers and service providers with organized access to the entrance area of apartment buildings. Comydo adds a barcode scanner and an internet connection to the doorbell system of an apartment building. Parcel bots can use this to read the consignment number of a delivery. If the parcel is intended for residents of the building, Comydo opens the front door and the parcel carrier can enter the stairwell to leave the parcel in a suitable place. The project was originally called CiDO, but with the conclusion of the last round of financing, the decision was made to rebrand: in the long term, the company expects to build a strong brand with recognition value.

Both founders studied business informatics at the University of Hamburg and share a strong professional interest in the automation and optimization of processes. Julian Wulf completed his doctorate at the Institute for Logistics and Transport after completing his studies, where he gained deep insights into the working methods and problems of the logistics industry. He has also been involved in industry associations for a very long time and has been able to build up a robust network. His observations of the industry regularly focused on delivery over the “last mile” and the high costs associated with this. This is where the foundation stone for the project was laid.

His fellow student Felix Ueckermann made a decisive contribution to the further development of the system and implemented important parts of it as an example as part of his bachelor’s thesis at the institute. Felix already came into contact with logistics during his studies and ended up focusing intensively on this topic in his bachelor’s thesis. The focus was always on using suitable technologies to solve problems – but always taking into account their impact on the surrounding socio-technical system. As part of his studies, he was able to acquire a broad basic knowledge in this area

Die cloudbasierte Technik, die bei dem von der Uniberry GmbH entwickelten Zugangsmanagementsystem zum Einsatz kommt, fügt sich nahtlos in die Prozesse der Logistiker ein: „Wir profitieren dabei von der voranschreitenden Digitalisierung der Branche. Nur so war es möglich, ein System zu schaffen, das von allen großen Mitbewerben der Branche akzeptiert wird. Die Integration erfolgt zumeist auf Grundlage bereits existierender Schnittstellen und das operative Handling gelingt im Praxisbetrieb ohne aufwendige Schulungsmaßnahmen“ erklärt Julian Wulf. Da die Empfänger die Sendungen nicht persönlich entgegennehmen müssen, sind auch Zustellungen in den frühen Morgenstunden, also außerhalb der Hauptverkehrszeit, möglich. „Dadurch wird zum einen die Verkehrsinfrastruktur entlastet und zum anderen ergeben sich neue Möglichkeiten für innovative Dienstleistungen auch in anderen Branchen“, so Felix Ueckermann. Lebensmittellieferungen in der Nacht machen die Wahl von teuren Zeitfenstern überflüssig und auch die Anlieferung von Produkten aus dem lokalen Einzelhandel wird vereinfacht. Im Gebäudemanagement öffnet Cido dem Hausmeister oder Installateur die Haustür und bei privaten Feiern erhalten die Gäste temporäre digitale Schlüssel.

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