{"id":11468,"date":"2020-11-03T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T09:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.parcelpending.com\/?post_type=case-studies&#038;p=11468"},"modified":"2026-10-28T19:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T19:48:20","slug":"ivy-league-business-school","status":"publish","type":"case-studies","link":"https:\/\/www.parcelpending.com\/en-us\/case-studies\/ivy-league-business-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivy League Business School"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Ivy League Business School Automates Mail Delivery with Best-in-Class Intelligent Parcel Lockers<\/h2>\n<p>Established in the 1900s, this Ivy League graduate business school supports more than 2,000 students, 600 of whom live on campus. Its mail services team was still running 600 traditional combination-lock mailboxes that couldn&#8217;t alert students when mail arrived. After replacing them with Parcel Pending by Quadient intelligent parcel lockers, the school gave students 24\/7 self-service access to their mail, lightened the load on its mail staff, and cut annual maintenance costs.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center; justify-content: center; border-top: 3px solid #2a2a2e; border-bottom: 3px solid #2a2a2e; padding: 40px 0; margin: 40px 0; text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 200px; padding: 16px 20px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 44px; font-weight: 800; color: #2a2a2e; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: -1px; margin-bottom: 12px; white-space: nowrap;\">600<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #52525b; font-weight: 500;\">Combination-lock mailboxes replaced<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 200px; padding: 16px 20px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 44px; font-weight: 800; color: #2a2a2e; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: -1px; margin-bottom: 12px; white-space: nowrap;\">24\/7<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #52525b; font-weight: 500;\">Self-service mail and parcel pickup<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 200px; padding: 16px 20px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 44px; font-weight: 800; color: #2a2a2e; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: -1px; margin-bottom: 12px; white-space: nowrap;\">$30K+<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #52525b; font-weight: 500;\">Yearly upkeep on the old mailboxes, now reduced<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 32px; margin: 48px 0;\">\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 300px; padding: 32px; border-radius: 8px; background: #f4f4f5; border-left: 4px solid #71717a;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase; color: #52525b; margin-bottom: 20px;\">Key Pain Points<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px 0 10px 28px; position: relative; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; color: #1f1f23;\"><span style=\"position: absolute; left: 0; top: 12px; color: #71717a; font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1;\">\u2715<\/span>600 combination-lock mailboxes with no way to alert students when mail arrived<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px 0 10px 28px; position: relative; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; color: #1f1f23;\"><span style=\"position: absolute; left: 0; top: 12px; color: #71717a; font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1;\">\u2715<\/span>Time-sensitive mail sat for days, forcing staff to contact students one by one<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px 0 10px 28px; position: relative; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; color: #1f1f23;\"><span style=\"position: absolute; left: 0; top: 12px; color: #71717a; font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1;\">\u2715<\/span>Annual maintenance costs above $30,000 for reassignments and combination changes<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px 0 10px 28px; position: relative; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; color: #1f1f23;\"><span style=\"position: absolute; left: 0; top: 12px; color: #71717a; font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1;\">\u2715<\/span>Mailboxes located in a different building from the mail services center<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 300px; padding: 32px; border-radius: 8px; background: #2a2a2e; color: #ffffff;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase; color: #f76b1c; margin-bottom: 20px;\">Results<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px 0 10px 28px; position: relative; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;\"><span style=\"position: absolute; left: 0; top: 11px; color: #f76b1c; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1;\">\u2713<\/span>24\/7 mail pickup with touchscreen and digital access codes<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px 0 10px 28px; position: relative; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;\"><span style=\"position: absolute; left: 0; top: 11px; color: #f76b1c; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1;\">\u2713<\/span>Automatic email notification when mail arrives<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px 0 10px 28px; position: relative; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;\"><span style=\"position: absolute; left: 0; top: 11px; color: #f76b1c; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1;\">\u2713<\/span>Reduced annual maintenance costs with no combinations or mailbox ID database to manage<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px 0 10px 28px; position: relative; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;\"><span style=\"position: absolute; left: 0; top: 11px; color: #f76b1c; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1;\">\u2713<\/span>Lighter workload for mail services staff<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px 0 10px 28px; position: relative; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;\"><span style=\"position: absolute; left: 0; top: 11px; color: #f76b1c; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1;\">\u2713<\/span>Expanded with an additional 154 large-box system for inbound packages<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Critical Mail, Stuck in a Mailbox<\/h2>\n<p>The university&#8217;s Office of Strategic Services wanted to speed up delivery of First-Class Mail\u00ae to its business students. Students receive loan applications, checks, and other important mail that needs immediate attention, and getting it into their hands faster can give them a competitive advantage.<\/p>\n<p>The existing setup worked against that goal. Traditional mailboxes can&#8217;t notify students automatically, so mail would sometimes sit for days until staff reached out to students personally. Maintaining the 600 mailboxes cost more than $30,000 a year, including reassignments and combination changes on every unit.<\/p>\n<h2>An Upgrade Worthy of an Ivy League Campus<\/h2>\n<p>The school was committed to replacing its antiquated mailbox system with the latest technology, regardless of return on investment, to give students a better experience. Intelligent parcel lockers let students pick up mail 24\/7 from any compartment and notify them by email with a simple digital access code. Parcel Pending by Quadient also recommended placing the lockers near the mail services center to shorten delivery time.<\/p>\n<p>The school saw the savings right away: no more combination locks or mailbox ID database to maintain, and lower annual maintenance costs. But ROI was a bonus, not the deciding factor. As an Ivy League institution, living up to its high standards in every area, including mail services, mattered most. The new secure, self-service solution reinforces its position as a best-in-class institution.<\/p>\n<h2>Happier Students, Lighter Workload<\/h2>\n<p>The university is extremely happy with the locker solution and the partnership. Students love how easy it is to retrieve their mail with a digital code and touchscreen, and mail staff have seen their workload ease. The school has since added a 154 large-box locker system to handle inbound student packages.<\/p>\n<p>The university&#8217;s Manager of Office Strategic Services has become an advocate for Parcel Pending by Quadient, sharing the impact with peers at other schools. By moving mail services into the 21st century, this prestigious business school gained higher satisfaction from students and staff, plus unexpected savings on annual maintenance.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>About Parcel Pending by Quadient<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Quadient is the leading provider of innovative parcel management solutions for higher education institutions worldwide, designed to make parcel deliveries and returns easy and intuitive for everyone. With more than 100 years of innovation supporting our clients&#8217; mail and parcel needs, Parcel Pending by Quadient solutions ensure secure, convenient student parcel deliveries and on-campus asset exchanges. Discover how our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parcelpending.com\/en-us\/markets\/university-parcel-lockers\/\">university package lockers<\/a> take care of your packages so you can take care of your students and staff.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"download-your-free-copy-of-the-case-study\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Download your free copy of the case study:<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11469,"template":"","case_category":[269],"class_list":["post-11468","case-studies","type-case-studies","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","case_category-higher-education"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Case Study: Ivy League Business School - Parcel Pending<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This prestigious business school saw an increase in overall user satisfaction and unexpected cost savings.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Case Study: Ivy League Business School - 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