What happens after your parcel is collected?
The parcel has been booked in with a courier via collectmyparcel.com. The courier arrived on time to scan and collect your parcel. You watched him disappear down the drive and bundle your parcel into his van before driving away.
But did you ever wonder what happens to your parcel after it has been collected?
Whilst all couriers have slightly different operating procedures depending on the uniqueness of their network, here’s a basic overview of what happens after the van door has closed:
1. Collected parcels return to depot.
The driver takes collected parcels back to the home depot. Here parcels may be scanned and tracked before being loaded onto a vehicle destined for a national or centralised sorting hub.
2. Parcels processed at centralised sorting hub:
Parcels arrive at the sorting hub and are unloaded. This is often an overnight time sensitive process that operates on a tight schedule of arrivals and departures. The aim? Ensure vehicles are despatched to reach the delivery depots in time for Next Day delivery.
Larger courier companies probably have a sophisticated automated sorting system. Scanners will read the bar-coded labels which contain delivery postcodes and sort parcels onto the correct outward bound vehicles.
3. Parcels are distributed to the delivery depot:
Sorted parcels are loaded onto a trailer, and then despatched to the appropriate courier delivery depot.
4. Parcels are route sorted ready for delivery:
Parcels arriving from the centralised sorting hub may be scanned and then sorted into courier delivery routes.
5. Parcels are delivered:
Finally the parcel is delivered to your recipient, and a delivery track is obtained as proof of postage.
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