Re:UPS’s $20B Problem: Operations Stuck in the 20th Century
by technofiend on Saturday June 16, 2018 @03:59PM
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>It is interesting/surprising to me that there isn't the suggestion of auto-loading/unloading the trucks themselves.
Surely UPS has already solved the logistics planning of putting the right packages with the right drivers, so what's left is prestaging the next truck load for a bot to pick and shift as soon as the truck returns. Although you could argue this means fewer jobs loading it could also potentially mean more jobs driving and frankly if a bot is doing the loading potentially less package damage from careless handling.
Surely UPS has already solved the logistics planning of putting the right packages with the right drivers, so what's left is prestaging the next truck load for a bot to pick and shift as soon as the truck returns. Although you could argue this means fewer jobs loading it could also potentially mean more jobs driving and frankly if a bot is doing the loading potentially less package damage from careless handling.