sorting centers
Package routing stations
Sorting centers are facilities where items—typically mail or packages—are organized and routed to their next destinations.
Postal services and shipping companies operate networks of sorting centers where automated systems and workers separate incoming items by destination: Your package is currently at a sorting center in Memphis.
The term appears frequently in shipment tracking updates.
- freight terminalCargo loading and transfer facility
- distribution hubFacility routing shipments outward
- postal codesMail delivery locators
- post officesGovernment mail facilities
- automatedOperating without human control
warehouse · parcel post · delivery routes · last mile · registered mail · tracking number · conveyor belts · barcode scanners · classification system · postal network · chutes · package handling · express delivery · delivery trucks · mail carriers · letters · return address · dead letter office
- warehousingwarehouse, warehouses, fulfillment centers, distribution centers, forklift
- postalmail, mail delivery, stamp, stamps, mail service
- postal servicepost office, mail, sorting machine, stamps, stamp
- postal systempost office, mailbox, stamp, stamps, envelope
- postal systemspost offices, postal codes, zip codes, mail service, mail carriers
- mail/shippingpackage, box, stamp, postage, address
sorting centersmailboxes
Receptacles for delivered correspondence
delivery points · doorsteps · home delivery · drop-off points
sorting centerswarehouses
Large goods storage buildings
storage facilities · fulfillment centers · distribution centers · stockrooms · depots
sorting centersmanufacturing plants
Industrial production facilities
factories · warehouses · fulfillment centers · retail stores