GLS adds automated sortation systems to hubs in California, Las Vegas

• GLS has added automated sortation systems to its hubs in Las Vegas and Ontario, California, boosting the parcel and freight delivery provider’s processing capacity, according to a news release earlier this month.

• The material-handling systems can each process more than 5,000 parcels hourly to predetermined sort lanes based on destination, the release said. They also improve processing accuracy through their parcel weighing, measuring and scanning capabilities and can help workers complete tasks in half the time.

• The Ontario facility was “completely at capacity” when it was running a manual sortation process, Steven Bergan, president of GLS US, said in an interview. Now, the facility “easily has over double” its maximum parcel sortation capacity while cutting down labor costs by about 60%, he added.