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eCourier is a UK courier service. Courier positions are tracked by GPS and an intelligent despatch system assigns orders via GPRS, improving efficiency in a traditional industry.〔Michael Trick's Operations Research Blog, 23 June 2006, (http://mat.tepper.cmu.edu/blog/?p=81 ). Michael Trick is a Professor of Operations Research at Carnegie Mellon. See also articles from The Economist and Financial Times.〕 A computer algorithm distributes orders to couriers in real time based on location, traffic, weather and demand. The algorithm was developed by a team of academics in Italy.〔Real-Time Fleet Management At Ecourier Ltd (http://www.springerlink.com/content/v41525296n068264/ )〕 The company stores the historical GPS positions of its couriers, and uploads this information to OpenStreetMap.〔Partners - OpenStreetMap (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Partners )〕 This information is also offered to the public via an API under a Creative Commons license. As of October 2008, their data set included over 252 million historical positions.〔eCourier Location API (http://api.ecourier.co.uk/ )〕 The company was founded by Tom Allason and Jay Bregman after event tickets were lost by a motorcycle courier.〔(Moules, Jonathan: Couriers Have High-Speed Connection, ''Financial Times'', 18 March 2006 )〕 The business won Allason recognition as a Growing Business Top Gun 2007〔Award http://www.growingbusiness.co.uk/06959143451303647930/young-guns-2007.html〕 and Bregman from the British Computer Society as 2005 IT Director of the Year.〔(Medallists of the Individual Excellence Awards 2005 )〕 Investors in the company include Esther Dyson and Stuart Wheeler. Venture Capital firm Logispring also owned a minority stake in the company.〔 In 2007 the company won the Evening Standard’s Most Inspirational Business award.〔"The Winner: eCourier", Evening Standard, 2007 (http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/itsyourbusiness/article-23383010-details/The+winner:+eCourier/article.do )〕 In 2008 Allason left the company to pursue a new venture 〔"eCourier.co.uk Founder Leaves to Pursue New venture" Press Release, 2008 ()〕 and the following year launched Shutl. In 2009 eCourier reached 6 on Deloitte’s list of UK’s 50 fastest growing technology businesses.〔("Winners List 2009", Deloitte, 2009 )〕 and 53 on the Sunday Times Tech Track list of Britain's fastest-growing private technology companies.〔"Britain's fastest-growing private technology companies", Sunday Times, 2009 ()〕 In 2011 to 2012 eCourier revenues were flat and the business was put up for sale. In 2012, eCourier was acquired by Courier Systems, the trading name of Revisecatch Limited. This acquisition brought together the experience, expertise and knowledge of Courier Systems and the technology and dynamism of eCourier, which turned out to be a good fit for both businesses. In 2013, eCourier (UK) Ltd changed its name to KANDYSYSTEMS LTD and was put into voluntary liquidation.〔("DueDil company details" )〕 Revisecatch Limited 〔("DueDil company details" )〕 now uses the eCourier trading name for all of its courier business and has phased out the use of the Courier Systems name. eCourier now has one of the largest and most recognisable courier fleets in London and the South. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ecourier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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