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Re:UPS’s $20B Problem: Operations Stuck in the 20th Century by jstarfish on Saturday June 16, 2018 @03:53PM (#17329014)
It will be a sad day for a lot of people when UPS moves to automation.

Theyre one of the only companies left that still supports the 20th-century idioms of corporate loyalty-- with only a high school degree, you can start as a truck sorter and work your way up to a vaunted driver or stationmaster position over the course of your career.

Robots might improve a few things though, like safety. If they can not only account for spatial positioning but also weight, automatons might ensure trucks arent over- or unevenly-loaded.

Re:UPS’s $20B Problem: Operations Stuck in the 20th Century by qrbLPHiKpiux on Saturday June 16, 2018 @04:06PM (#17329092)
Everything’s automatable, to a point. Sometimes, in this case, it wouldn’t be worth it. Machines could not handle what a human can do
Re:UPS’s $20B Problem: Operations Stuck in the 20th Century by tomcam on Saturday June 16, 2018 @06:23PM (#17329793)
Can someone explain why this post was downvoted?