Automation will help UPS handle 32 million packages per day during the holidays - Business Insider

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Holiday package delivery is expected to be a 60% increase from the rest of the year:

an average of 32 million packages per day — a 5% increase compared with last year's holiday season, and a 60% increase compared with the rest of 2019.

UPS delivery man Vinny Ambrosino prepares to deliver packages on Christmas Eve while wearing a Rudolf nose and antlers in New York, December 24, 2013.In order to handle higher package volumes without significantly expanding its in-house fleet of trucks, which would then go unutilized for the remainder of the year, UPS is expanding the hiring of seasonal drivers who can provide their own vehicles for deliveries.

The company is also capitalizing on its years of investments in automating warehouse operations. In 2018, UPS

 

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and will still manage to destroy most packages.

Shit with all the drugs there smuggling into the country. thought that % would be higher...

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