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Crisis for FedEx too?

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Do you think the power company is going to have trouble handling the load of 600k iPhones being plugged up in a single day?
 
topmounter said:
Welcome to Applearth™...


Do you think the power company is going to have trouble handling the load of 600k iPhones being plugged up in a single day?
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ahh yeah, its not like its that demanding of a load and most of them will be plugged into a computer that will be supplying the power.

FEXED on the other hand will be taxed with the addition handling and volume. Can anyone say OT for the next 4 days for FEDEX employees
 
Don't worry, FedEx will deliver your package on time so you can hook it up to iTunes and then scream curses as Apple's activation server catches fire and all hell breaks loose. :)
 
DavidLeblond said:
Don't worry, FedEx will deliver your package on time so you can hook it up to iTunes and then scream curses as Apple's activation server catches fire and all hell breaks loose. :)
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it will just give people another excuse to claim the sky is falling
 
For the most part, they can handle it. But mistakes do happen. Last year, I stayed home and waited for my 3gs to be delivered. The fedex guy must have flipped the numbers on my address and delivered Smitty to the wrong address! I found my new Iphone sitting on someone elses porch about a mile away! :eek:
 
In 2005, nearly the same number of Harry Potter books were shipped for delivery on July 21st via USPS and UPS. And in the case of Harry Potter, it was very critical to deliver on the date and not before. It was fairly successful.

It takes a lot of early coordination. There will likely be extra sorters and drivers on hand to handle extra volume.

I would rather UPS be handling the shipments as with other Apple orders. But I think FedEx will likely have no problems with this order.
 
bruinsrme said:
ahh yeah, its not like its that demanding of a load and most of them will be plugged into a computer that will be supplying the power.

FEXED on the other hand will be taxed with the addition handling and volume. Can anyone say OT for the next 4 days for FEDEX employees
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You do realize that those 600k phones are not all being delivered to a single location, but distributed across a large number of locations right?

Not to mention, they have two distinct delivery organizations, FedEx Express (traditional 1/2/3 day deliveries) and FedEx Ground (formerly RPS) so one can help cover for the other if this actually does cause them issues.
 
topmounter said:
You do realize that those 600k phones are not all being delivered to a single location, but distributed across a large number of locations right?

Not to mention, they have two distinct delivery organizations, FedEx Express (traditional 1/2/3 day deliveries) and FedEx Ground (formerly RPS) so one can help cover for the other if this actually does cause them issues.
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FedEx Ground and FedEx Express never cross flow deliveries. They are two separately operated companies. They have separate couriers, facilities and shipping lanes, there is no covering for one if a problem arises.
 
Why is this even a discussion? 600,000 packages around the world aint crap. Then you factor in that Apple stores and ATT stores across the US are getting a bulk of these phones. The actual home deliveries cant be that many. This wont even slow down Fedex.
 
I understand that Fedex handles xmas well. I'm happy but they do have loads of extra staff brought in. This is just a normal day with a huge influx of shipments. I'm not saying they can't handle it because im sure they will but you guys are acting like they are staffed like its xmas 24/7.
 
RobertD63 said:
I'm not saying they can't handle it because im sure they will but you guys are acting like they are staffed like its xmas 24/7.
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Certainly a factor. The shippers all hire on tons of temporary staff for the the holidays as temp workers, and let them go in January.

Still they ship a huge volume. The only places I can see being hectic is the origin China depot, Hong Kong (first stop), and Alaska (customs). After that, they scatter to the regional distribution centers. I imagine after that they have no trouble handling them.
 
Another day at the job for FEDEX ... except for all of the giddy signers.
 
I'm the OP and I could care less if the thing comes on time, for the record. I pre-ordered a black and will order a white when it becomes available. I'm not getting excited, I'm just fine with my original 2G iPhone.
I was just trying to stir up some conversation. I personally think because of the signature thing, there will be plenty of people bitching about not getting it on the first day. Trust me, someone will complain. As far as how many, that is yet to be determined. As far as handling the capacity, between regular business and the iPad, I'm sure it will impact them a little. But I agree, they should be fine. I do wonder if Apple puts pressure on them to deliver on-time....maybe some kickback for a % not on time.
Play on....
 
Out of the 600,000 how many are being shipped Fedex (1 address)?

Many iPhones are being shipped multiple to one address (deliveries and multiple iPhone househoulds). In addition there are other carriers as well. This is a small blip on their radar.
 
The whole signature slowing things down argument does not work. Each individual driver is only going to be delivering a few of these things. I am sure the amount of packages they get that require a signature go up and down every day. Throw a few extra iPhones in the mix and it is no big deal.

Also, it's not like Apple and AT&T just show up at the FedEx place with 600,000 packages and say here you go.... it's all planned in advance. FedEx can plan accordingly. And if FedEx couldn't handle it all.... guess what! They would use multiple shippers... and they aren't.

Common sense people. Stop trying to create something out of nothing.
 
Just for fun... off Fedex's website.

In the 2008 fiscal year, they shipped 858,101,000 packages. Thats 858 MILLION packages. Divide that by 365... Thats 2.35 million packages shipped per day on an average day by Fedex GROUND. Thats only ground packages. So, over the last few days Fedex has been moving iphones around the world. So say realistically that 600,000 packages is shipped over a 4 day period...that makes up 600,000 of 9.4 MILLION packages they will move.

Its not that many. Then they have 412,000 delivery trucks. That doesnt include 18 wheelers for long haul.

So say on a given day 300,000 trucks are delivering...that a whopping 2 phones per truck average... and then you have to figure in that stores are getting 50-100 (apple and ATT).

600,000 packages aint ****

link for the non believers: http://www.fedex.com/us/investorrelations/Q1FY09_stat_book.pdf
 
I talked to both of my businesses FedEx drivers today, express and ground, and they had no idea Thursday was the day. If they aren't pumping their drivers up for it than FedEx is not expecting a problem.
 
The notion that FedEx will be somehow unable to deliver all the phones in 6/24 because of volume issues or because of requiring signatures is complete, unadulterated folly. That is all.
 
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