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<blockquote data-quote="tieguy" data-source="post: 511992" data-attributes="member: 1912"><p><span style="color: blue">Jones information is technically correct. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">A hub consolidates volume. So if they process packages from one ups building to another ups building then they are a hub. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">A center building process and delivers thier own pickup and delivery packages only. So a harrington delaware building unloads inbound packages to be delivered and loads packages they pickup. they then feed those packages to a hub that consolidates them. The concept is simply to utilize all the space in a trailer before sending them across the country. If a district has 10 center building we would not want 10 california loads leaving those 10 building 10 percent filled. So we feed the california packages into a hub and they fill up one trailer to california. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Not all building ending with a 9 are hubs. Many of your buildings slic codes but not all end in a nine. But the individual delivery center in those buildings do not end in a nine. So harringtons building slic is 1999 but thier delivery centers slic is 1990. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">There are a lot of exceptions with the numbering system and even the hub naming concepts. Some of your larger local sorts around the country have been changed from local sorts to hubs over the years. I'm not sure why but I think its more to do with internal reporting needs.</span></p><p> </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tieguy, post: 511992, member: 1912"] [COLOR=blue]Jones information is technically correct. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]A hub consolidates volume. So if they process packages from one ups building to another ups building then they are a hub. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]A center building process and delivers thier own pickup and delivery packages only. So a harrington delaware building unloads inbound packages to be delivered and loads packages they pickup. they then feed those packages to a hub that consolidates them. The concept is simply to utilize all the space in a trailer before sending them across the country. If a district has 10 center building we would not want 10 california loads leaving those 10 building 10 percent filled. So we feed the california packages into a hub and they fill up one trailer to california. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]Not all building ending with a 9 are hubs. Many of your buildings slic codes but not all end in a nine. But the individual delivery center in those buildings do not end in a nine. So harringtons building slic is 1999 but thier delivery centers slic is 1990. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]There are a lot of exceptions with the numbering system and even the hub naming concepts. Some of your larger local sorts around the country have been changed from local sorts to hubs over the years. I'm not sure why but I think its more to do with internal reporting needs.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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