Ultimate Factories: UPS

[rh71]

is coming on NatGeo channel 10am EST if you guys are interested. I need to find out why my package takes a stupid route sometimes...

 

[TwiceOver]

Thanks, been up since 3am. Nothing else on.

 

[Jules]

Thanks, Watching it now.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: rh71
is coming on NatGeo channel 10am EST if you guys are interested. I need to find out why my package takes a stupid route sometimes...

The key is not getting a single package to a place in the shortest distance, but getting ALL the packages moved in the least amount of miles traveled.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: rh71
is coming on NatGeo channel 10am EST if you guys are interested. I need to find out why my package takes a stupid route sometimes...

The key is not getting a single package to a place in the shortest distance, but getting ALL the packages moved in the least amount of miles traveled.

There is probably some waste just in moving planes around too I would imagine...much in the same way air travel is for people.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: rh71
is coming on NatGeo channel 10am EST if you guys are interested. I need to find out why my package takes a stupid route sometimes...

The key is not getting a single package to a place in the shortest distance, but getting ALL the packages moved in the least amount of miles traveled.

There is probably some waste just in moving planes around too I would imagine...much in the same way air travel is for people.

Yep. Instead of non-stops the hub system is remarkably cheaper, which it why it seems your package goes out of it's way. It's flying between hubs and is routed to be shipped so that each plane has a full load of cargo.

 

[Gothgar]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: rh71
is coming on NatGeo channel 10am EST if you guys are interested. I need to find out why my package takes a stupid route sometimes...

The key is not getting a single package to a place in the shortest distance, but getting ALL the packages moved in the least amount of miles traveled.

There is probably some waste just in moving planes around too I would imagine...much in the same way air travel is for people.

Yep. Instead of non-stops the hub system is remarkably cheaper, which it why it seems your package goes out of it's way. It's flying between hubs and is routed to be shipped so that each plane has a full load of cargo.

someone posting with reason on ATOT?

 

[timosyy]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: rh71
is coming on NatGeo channel 10am EST if you guys are interested. I need to find out why my package takes a stupid route sometimes...

The key is not getting a single package to a place in the shortest distance, but getting ALL the packages moved in the least amount of miles traveled.

Minimal spanning tree!