DHL COMPLETES RIVERSIDE HUB AUTOMATION
RIVERSIDE – 03/24/07 – Expedited package carrier DHL has completed an upgrade of the automation system at its distribution hub in the California Inland Empire community of Riverside.
The upgraded automated system can now process more than 50,000 pieces per hour, or as many as 125,000 per day, an increase in throughput of 67% for letters and 28% for packages.
The automation of the 262,000-sq.-ft. facility is part of the company’s comprehensive $160 million hub investment program. New equipment at the facility includes shoe-sort and tilt-tray systems, loaders, dimensional and image scanners, scan tunnels, and video coding.
The upgrade also provides customers with improved track-and-trace capabilities, the company said.
The facility's automated package tracking system is linked via high-speed communication networks to DHL's Global Data Centers, “providing complete package status visibility to customers throughout the US and around the world,” it added.
The region currently served by the DHL Riverside West Coast air and ground hub includes the Southwest US as well as an expanded DHL footprint for one-day ground services across California and into Nevada and Arizona.
Founded in San Francisco in 1969, DHL is a subsidiary of Germany’s Deutsche Post World.
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