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Waited to get my precious-s-s in hand first:
http://i.imgur.com/pE9DtMp.jpg
The order got split in two. One box went from Shanghai to Anchorage, Alaska, the other to Oakland, California. From there, they went to Honolulu, then Hilo, then Pahoa. Just interesting that Fedex finds it more efficient to fly from China to Alaska or California first, before flying to Honolulu, rather than from China to Honolulu directly. Or it could be that Honolulu is not a gateway for products imported from China. BTW, Fedex is building a $100 million facility in Shanghai to expedite export from there.
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Date/Time Activity Location
2/04/2013 - Monday 2:44 pm Delivered PAHOA, HI
1:50 pm On FedEx vehicle for delivery HILO, HI
7:40 am At local FedEx facility HILO, HI
2/03/2013 - Sun 11:54 pm At local FedEx facility HONOLULU, HI
2/02/2013 - Sat 8:35 pm At destination sort facility HONOLULU, HI
5:48 pm Departed FedEx location OAKLAND, CA
2/01/2013 - Fri 10:40 pm Arrived at FedEx location OAKLAND, CA
7:24 pm In transit SHANGHAI CN
6:21 pm International shipment release - Export SHANGHAI CN
5:07 pm Departed FedEx location ANCHORAGE, AK
1:34 pm International shipment release - Import ANCHORAGE, AK
12:36 pm Arrived at FedEx location ANCHORAGE, AK
1/31/2013 - Thurs 10:00 pm At local FedEx facility SHANGHAI CN
1/30/2013 - Wed 11:32 pm Left FedEx origin facility SHANGHAI CN
6:06 pm Picked up SHANGHAI CN
4:27 am Shipment information sent to FedEx
One of my goals moving to Hawaii, besides living it and loving it, was to establish a manufacturing pipeline to China and Japan. First link accomplished. It does show the Big Island is in the middle of nowhere, although it could be a major Pacific hub (not in this reality though).
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when I flew from Japan to San Francisco years ago, we flew over the northpole and Alaska, its shorter than across the entire pacific (need to look at a globe to see)
....that may have something to do with why it went the Alaska way.
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FedEx has specialized sorting facilities with equipment not found at their other shipping warehouses. Honolulu isn't set up to sort the packages, but Oakland is. Here's what it looks like:
http://www.technobuffalo.com/wp-content/...ility.jpeg
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What's more surprising is that if you drop off a package in the afternoon in Hilo destined for Honolulu, it flies to Oakland and then back to Honolulu. They send out interisland shipments separately around noon, but I guess if you miss that one it's just as well to send it all the way to Oakland and then back in order to get it to Oahu the next day.
The package sort stations Fed Ex uses around the world is core to how Fed-Ex works. In fact, the founder of Fed-Ex, Fred Smith, wrote a paper in economics class in college that became the core business model used by Fed-Ex today.
Remember the movie "Cast Away?" When Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) released the jet knowing a truck full of packages was a few minutes away. He says to his fellow Fed-Ex worker "First thing it's two minutes, then four, then six, then the next thing you know, we're the U.S. mail."
Speaking of US Mail, did you know that Fed-Ex delivers the mail to the Hilo Post Office under contract?
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Punchline: Fred Smith's professor laughed at his paper, said it was the dumbest idea ever.
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and one time Fred got down to less than $25,000 and couldn't make payroll .....he flew to vegas , gambled it and won enough to keep fed x
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quote:
Originally posted by HereOnThePrimalEdge
FedEx has specialized sorting facilities with equipment not found at their other shipping warehouses. Honolulu isn't set up to sort the packages, but Oakland is. Here's what it looks like:
http://www.technobuffalo.com/wp-content/...ility.jpeg
Yes, and Anchorage also has a Fedex sorting facility. I also know about the Fedex distribution system. It is called network topology. I also know about great circles but the great circle from Shanghai to Anchorage and from Anchorage to Honolulu is a much greater distance than from Shanghai to Honolulu. I think this is more of a result of Honolulu being too congested to have a Fedex sorting facility, which is why I mentioned the Big Island has the space, but we know that is never going to happen. And while the Fedex system may be amazing, not many people realize Fedex has been taking advantage of another system that is heavily government subsidized and that is going under even with the government absorbing huge losses trying to run it. Part of Fedex's business practice is use the cheapest route possible and that is often on the back of the US Post Office:
http://www.santabarbarapackandpost.com/a...t-customer
FedEx is the US Post Office's biggest customer!
Now, the question is what happens with a package from Pahoa sent to Shanghai via Fedex. Same routes? Although the pipeline I am looking at is only sending digital data to China, so the question is academic for me.
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Hey Ted...
I thought your fabricated it and printed it on a 3D printer at the TechShop....
Disappointing you had to buy it from China.  My wife buys all kinds of things from China and it usually get's her via USPS so. No tracking so not sure how it goes but it's pretty fast regardless.
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Originally posted by pahoated
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Originally posted by HereOnThePrimalEdge
FedEx has specialized sorting facilities with equipment not found at their other shipping warehouses. Honolulu isn't set up to sort the packages, but Oakland is. Here's what it looks like:
http://www.technobuffalo.com/wp-content/...ility.jpeg
Yes, and Anchorage also has a Fedex sorting facility. I also know about the Fedex distribution system. It is called network topology. I also know about great circles but the great circle from Shanghai to Anchorage and from Anchorage to Honolulu is a much greater distance than from Shanghai to Honolulu. I think this is more of a result of Honolulu being too congested to have a Fedex sorting facility, which is why I mentioned the Big Island has the space, but we know that is never going to happen. And while the Fedex system may be amazing, not many people realize Fedex has been taking advantage of another system that is heavily government subsidized and that is going under even with the government absorbing huge losses trying to run it. Part of Fedex's business practice is use the cheapest route possible and that is often on the back of the US Post Office:
http://www.santabarbarapackandpost.com/a...t-customer
FedEx is the US Post Office's biggest customer!
Now, the question is what happens with a package from Pahoa sent to Shanghai via Fedex. Same routes? Although the pipeline I am looking at is only sending digital data to China, so the question is academic for me.
"It was a majority decision to descend into the Dark Ages. Don't worry, be happy, bang on da drum all day!"
Ted,
It is the opposite.
The US Post Office has had to resort to using Fed Ex to deliver its mail.
The contract Fed Ex has with the US Post Office is up for re-bid soon too.
The business model Fed Ex has used since its inception is the main reason the US Postal Service has more or less failed.
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