UPS embraces high-tech delivery methods

Iria · Jul 12, 2007, 03:52 PM

Source: News.com
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LOUISVILLE, Ky.--Worldport, the United Parcel Service hub at the airport here, gives new meaning to the phrase "hub of activity." On a peak night, workers have less than four hours to process more than a million packages from at least 100 planes and probably 160 trucks.

Yes, the ubiquitous brown trucks, with their brown-clad drivers, are the face that UPS presents to the world. But increasingly, it is the researchers at its Atlanta headquarters, its technology center in Mahwah, N.J., and its huge four-million-square-foot Louisville hub who are asking the questions that will drive the company's future.

Jul 12, 2007, 03:52 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	UPS embraces high-tech delivery methods Source: News.com _______ LOUISVILLE, Ky.--Worldport, the United Parcel Service hub at the airport here, gives new meaning to the phrase "hub of activity." On a peak night, workers have less than four hours to process more than a million packages from at least 100 planes and probably 160 trucks. Yes, the ubiquitous brown trucks, with their brown-clad drivers, are the face that UPS presents to the world. But increasingly, it is the researchers at its Atlanta headquarters, its technology center in Mahwah, N.J., and its huge four-million-square-foot Louisville hub who are asking the questions that will drive the company's future.