OPTIMUM GENERATION OF E-PARCEL SYSTEM AS A EMPOWERMENT MODULE FOR ACADEMIC STUDENT (EMAS)

Abstract

e-Parcel system is one of the modules which is implemented in Empowerment Module for
Academic Student (EMAS) in ensuring the students are actively involved in curriculum
activities, not only academicals activities. The e-Parcel system is also one of the initiatives
from the students of Kolej Tun Hussein Onn (KTHO) or is known as Student Executive
Council (MEP). It is seen as a profitable project which gives return of higher profit and at the
same time provides service and convenience to the occupants of KTHO. This system is the
only online parcel reception system, applied in National University of Malaysia and the Key
Result Area 5 (KRA 5 UKM) as its core, which is the generation of optimum wealth. The
main objectives of the development of e-Parcel system are to help the reception management,
duty distribution and the distribution of occupants’ parcel by online. Not only does it give
convenience to the occupants of Kolej Tun Hussein Onn but also to occupants of other UKM
residential colleges. The purchases of online products have increased and reached around 25
parcels per day which are send by the various courier services such as Pos Malaysia Berhad,
GDEX, Skynet, Nationwide Express and DHL. The parcel reception at KTHO can reach up
to 125 parcel per week. Therefore, some issues have arisen regarding to identify, record and
ensure the parcel is received by the recipient. Thus, the e-Parcel system is developed as one
of the collective approaches from the college management to ensure the separation of the
parcels and to store recipients’ goods safely before they come to retrieve it. The development
of e-Parcel is seen as helpful in order to solve the managerial problem for the coding system
of the parcels and to indicate the basic information of the owners’ parcels.