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<blockquote data-quote="Ricochet1a" data-source="post: 945648" data-attributes="member: 22880"><p>It would be on a ramp by ramp basis. The destination ramps would need the capability to break down the volume for specific Ground terminals. </p><p></p><p>Just as ramps do mini-sort to break down their incoming volume into station specific volume, they'd have to change their operation to allow them to break down incoming volume into Ground terminal specific volume. The hubs cannot build pure cans for Ground terminals at this stage, just too damn complicated without throwing a monkey wrench into the whole works. </p><p></p><p></p><p>If they are going to stage the conversion with incremental shiftovers, then it would work. A few ramps could be "updated" to perform the sorting out of volume to terminals, then with the experience gained from that, Express could expand more and more ramps to do the same. </p><p></p><p>You're all writing about resi releases at apartments now... Well, why do you think Express is trying to trot that out? It is to cut delivery expense even further - even to the point of being insane. If Express is being so idiotic when it comes to apartment releases, what would make one think that they WOULDN'T pull the trigger on shifting non-overnight volume over to Ground, when that could save them in the ball park of $100 million per year (conservatively).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricochet1a, post: 945648, member: 22880"] It would be on a ramp by ramp basis. The destination ramps would need the capability to break down the volume for specific Ground terminals. Just as ramps do mini-sort to break down their incoming volume into station specific volume, they'd have to change their operation to allow them to break down incoming volume into Ground terminal specific volume. The hubs cannot build pure cans for Ground terminals at this stage, just too damn complicated without throwing a monkey wrench into the whole works. If they are going to stage the conversion with incremental shiftovers, then it would work. A few ramps could be "updated" to perform the sorting out of volume to terminals, then with the experience gained from that, Express could expand more and more ramps to do the same. You're all writing about resi releases at apartments now... Well, why do you think Express is trying to trot that out? It is to cut delivery expense even further - even to the point of being insane. If Express is being so idiotic when it comes to apartment releases, what would make one think that they WOULDN'T pull the trigger on shifting non-overnight volume over to Ground, when that could save them in the ball park of $100 million per year (conservatively). [/QUOTE]
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