UPS doubles its throughput

摘要

When global parcel carrier UPS opened its Louisville Centennial Ground Operations Hub in 2007, the company had already planned to expand and mo'dernize the 257,000-square-foot facility. Originally built to load delivery vans that are dedicated to metro-area deliveries, the facility was able to process 39,000 packages an hour at the time. However, by 2013, UPS had marked Centennial for modernization to handle explosive e-commerce ship-ping volumes, significant expansion, and a shift from older equipment to new, fully automated systems. UPS selected an automation solutions provider that would offer a turnkey automation solution, featuring conveyors and sorters across the facility, which would expand to 1 million square feet.