Who owns the warehouses? Not Apple. They use the carriers warehouse space.
I've only been in the logistics business for about 20 years.
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Apple Watch UPS Planes are on the Move!
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Who owns the warehouses? Not Apple. They use the carriers warehouse space.
I've only been in the logistics business for about 20 years.
Who do you think....
All joking aside, I believe they simply rented storage/shipping warehouses.
And I've got retired cop friends that do security work for a particular large corporation and have for years. They love new product launches. Lots of overtime.
But why squabble? They'll get to us when they get to us. Just trying to offer some info - it's up to you whether or not you accept my information.
It's built into the shipping cost when you have a carrier do direct distribution. I'm sure Apple gets some sweetheart deals.
That's my point. The link and this thread provides no information about which planes if any are carrying Apple products.
The only thing that will connect the two is a tracking number with a departure scan from China that matches up with the departure of one of these planes.
It is clearly possible that they are moving watches to local warehouses in all the countries to prepare for a day 1 release next Friday. BUT, no one knows for sure (who is talking and proving they know) until we get tracking information that shows shipment from anywhere else but China.
I wouldn't call it jumping the gun, more just being hopeful. I Guess we'll a find out together Monday together.
Since there's no carriers (verizon, att, telus, etc) involved for the watch. I don't think those planes have the watches. Possible but most likely they are being ship to customers directly from China.
Yes, and if a major new product like the Watch was being assembled in the USA, Apple would be milking it for all the publicity and goodwill they could get out of it. They did it to an extent with the Mac Pro, but that's an exceedingly minor product that most people aren't aware exists.
You guys might want to listen to him. He is the Sausage King of Chicago, after all.
Yes!!!!!! I have had my preorder in on that blowup doll for the past 4-6 weeks! I went with the naughty nurse with the blonde hair. I can wait for the watch. Lol
This is awesome, I love the excitement and pitch of crazy from everyone regarding the apple watch launch!
First off, FlightAware is probably the most accurate and reputable flight tracking and flight plan management software out there, just do a quick Google search. I can assure you that it is not a GIF.
It talks about iPhones because the site was launched to gain traffic from all the iPhone 6 hype and they never bothered to remove it. That said, it does track the route that your Apple Watch/iPhone/Mac/Foxconn product (or anything made in eastern China for that matter) will fly. When you receive your tracking number, match up the Departure Scan entry and location with the departure time of the corresponding plane in FlightAware. If there is a flight that matches (or several), that IS your Apple Watch/whatever from eastern china and you can track it to the nearest hub where it will hop planes to the final hub. The issue with this methodology is that Apple always uses a technique called drop shipping to deliver your product. Apple is currently streaming inventory from the factory to UPS hubs stateside. When the time comes to actually "ship" the device, it is already in the US and a worker from UPS fills the order from their distribution facilities inventory (For clarification, it was your watch from the factory, they just pull the watch by serial number and slap a label on it, which is why you can change your shipping address at the last minute). So because the watch is already in the states, tracking it is pretty pointless, but hey, now you know how drop shipping works.
Those flights happen every day and weekly. Once we have tracking info we can connect the dots. Always been fun flight tracking.
JIT is on of the main reasons for Tim Cook success and becoming the CEO. Apple has perfected it down to a science.