Parcel sorting machine.

[teesdale]

Bristol Mail Centre to get second Parcel Sorting Machine. The first one is to be used to sort for first time in early June. It is built but is just being tested at the moment. Second is to be ready May 2020. First machine is three years behind schedule. Meanwhile Bristol is swamped with managers, acting managers, team leaders, mail centre supports etc. The blank cheque book for Bristol even allowed the new plant manager to bring a friend with him.

[jmcg]

Home Counties north to receive second psm in July , with a provisional start up date of december2019,apparently another 2 mail centres are to receive a second psm too not including Bristol...

[SpacePhoenix]

I think there could be a good few smaller MCs that'll loose all their 2C and Tracked 48 work soon if some larger MCs are getting a second machine

[rainbowwarrior72]

JMC have been told they are getting a 2nd PSM

[Kodal]

Cardiff & Swansea 2nd class to Bristol then???

[Haymaker]

Thats definitely gonna happen and chances are both offices will be merging, should be an interesting place to work when the football season starts

[SpacePhoenix]

Will any MC that doesn't have a packet sorting machine keep any of their 2C? They're going to lose their Tracked 48 to the new hubs anyway (and presumably even the MCs with packet sorting machines will also lose all of their Tracked 48 to the hubs as well)

[Haymaker]

Good point, if say 60% of staff in your office sort packets and tracked manually then all sent to a super hub it’s a hell of a lot of staff with nothing to do. Is this the start of the so called 20, 000 jobs lost through natural wastage

[SpacePhoenix]

Do the parcel sorting machines look anything like this: https://www.solystic.com/ecommerce-packet-sorting" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[swindonandy]

Do the parcel sorting machines look anything like this: https://www.solystic.com/ecommerce-packet-sorting" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Similar concept but lots of differences

[SpacePhoenix]

Are Swindon's normal letter machines IMPs or iLSMs and CFCs?

[dam52]

I think there could be a good few smaller MCs that'll loose all their 2C and Tracked 48 work soon if some larger MCs are getting a second machine

What about 24 hour tracked

[SpacePhoenix]

I think there could be a good few smaller MCs that'll loose all their 2C and Tracked 48 work soon if some larger MCs are getting a second machine

What about 24 hour tracked

With the parcel hubs, all MCs will loose their Tracked both 24 and 48 to the hubs, no matter what size the MC is

[Lockardian]

When you say mail centres will lose Tracked to the hubs, do you mean the hubs will do the Outward Sort or the Inward Sort. If the Inward Sort, will they be delivered to the MC pre-sorted for delivery (like some Amazon packets are) or actually delivered from the hubs? I can’t see the hubs being able to sort and deliver to remote DOs in time for deliveries.

[midegarelu]

When you say mail centres will lose Tracked to the hubs, do you mean the hubs will do the Outward Sort or the Inward Sort. If the Inward Sort, will they be delivered to the MC pre-sorted for delivery (like some Amazon packets are) or actually delivered from the hubs? I can’t see the hubs being able to sort and deliver to remote DOs in time for deliveries.

From what I've read in other posts. The hubs will take in the tracked and process in a similar way to the LAT items.
So yes they will do the outward and inward process and will arrive back at local MC's in Yorks for the LAT hub offices.