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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 2016144" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>Good points but there is another advantage of automation that connects to what you said above.</p><p></p><p>In say a metro area for example with both hubs and centers located but where say at peak, hub volume exceeds hub capacity. With an automated package center in the area that has no day or midnight sort, it might be possible to crank up during those times and add more local capacity and not roll loads, thus keeping the network flowing and the hubs clean. Obviously there is a lot more too that but that is one added potential benefit.</p><p></p><p>There are many "what if" scenarios and likely scenarios we can't even think of yet that automation could be a solution for. I'm not discounting the negatives from a labor POV, I am a Teamster after all but working and maintaining conveyor systems, I can see the other side as well, self serving that it might be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 2016144, member: 2189"] Good points but there is another advantage of automation that connects to what you said above. In say a metro area for example with both hubs and centers located but where say at peak, hub volume exceeds hub capacity. With an automated package center in the area that has no day or midnight sort, it might be possible to crank up during those times and add more local capacity and not roll loads, thus keeping the network flowing and the hubs clean. Obviously there is a lot more too that but that is one added potential benefit. There are many "what if" scenarios and likely scenarios we can't even think of yet that automation could be a solution for. I'm not discounting the negatives from a labor POV, I am a Teamster after all but working and maintaining conveyor systems, I can see the other side as well, self serving that it might be. [/QUOTE]
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