More capacity in parcel center
If you order a new camera online today, you want to receive it tomorrow. For Swiss Post, this means that almost every second parcel is sent as PostPac PRIORITY and has to be processed overnight. To handle the growing parcel volumes reliably, even at peak times, Swiss Post is upgrading its three parcel centers with state-of-the-art sorting systems. In 2014, after a year-long construction phase, the first additional system in Härkingen was brought on stream. The parcel center can now handle around 25 percent more volume, processing up to 500,000 parcels in two shifts per day. “The new sorting system is currently the most efficient run by Swiss Post,” says Stefan Luginbühl, Head of Parcels National / International. Because parts of the sorting system can now be switched off when utilization is low, Swiss Post is also making energy savings of up to 80 percent in Härkingen.