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    Government management at its best:


    I live in Colorado Springs. Why in God's name is something being accepted in Colorado Springs, trucked to Denver, then departed Denver 4 hours later to be delivered in Colorado Springs "before 8 PM on September 30"?
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    You already said it....Government at it's best.

    Honestly though, if you remember the Merlin phone system.....ATT has/had a plant in Commerce City. If your Merlin phone was busted, you had to ship it to Memphis so they could ship it back to Denver to get it fixed. Shipped back to Memphis after repair, and then shipped back to Denver.

    The plant was less than two miles from the original shipper location.

    The fuk.

    etfix a blatant grammar error.
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    Denver houses one of the enhanced regional scanners the post office uses to clear packages displaying addresses that are on the list.

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    ...but FedEx's hub is in Memphis.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gman View Post
    ...but FedEx's hub is in Memphis.
    Was. Was is Menphis. They're de-centralizing and adding regional hubs. Finally wising up.
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    Some bonehead sorted it into the wrong bin and it went to Denver unnecessarily.

    One of the unplanned benefits of the system is that in many instances a mistake is automatically corrected at next scan(as long as minor mistake) and still meet delivery window(usually big window).

    We still get our stuff on time and a WTF moment.



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    Would be interesting to see someone with both business acumen/shipping and receiving/transport experience AND networking experience explain the logic from a networking perspective -- there would have to be an analogous understanding, even if imperfect.

    My guess would be that it has something to do with the required support infrastructure vs population density. This of course is changing in the Springs, albeit slowly. It might simply be cheaper to truck it up and back down than it is to support an entire processing infrastructure right here.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CavSct1983 View Post
    My guess would be that it has something to do with the required support infrastructure vs population density. This of course is changing in the Springs, albeit slowly. It might simply be cheaper to truck it up and back down than it is to support an entire processing infrastructure right here.
    This would be my guess. Similarly, if I'm mailing a letter to my neighbor down the street, my local letter carrier doesn't do it. Everything goes to Denver and gets sorted and then follows the return stream to my neighbor.
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