Friday, April 2, 2010

How an iPad gets shipped

UPS tracking is cool. Here's the progress of my iPad, from China (where it was obviously assembled, if not wholly manufactured) to Anchorage to Louisville to Chicago to here in Minneapolis.
If I check this after 6 a.m., I should be shown as "on the truck" for delivery.
I pre-signed for delivery, and have enough signs at the front and back doors that only a moron would fail to deliver it properly.
Of course, I don't want to sell UPS short.
LocationDateLocal TimeDescription
MINNEAPOLIS, MN, US04/02/201010:12 P.M.DESTINATION SCAN
04/02/201010:01 P.M.ARRIVAL SCAN
CHICAGO, IL, US04/02/20108:44 P.M.DEPARTURE SCAN
04/02/20107:53 P.M.ARRIVAL SCAN
LOUISVILLE, KY, US04/02/20107:40 P.M.DEPARTURE SCAN
04/02/20105:31 P.M.IMPORT SCAN
04/02/20102:07 P.M.IMPORT SCAN
LOUISVILLE, KY, US03/31/20102:25 A.M.SHIPMENT IS HELD TO VERIFY COMMODITY DESCRIPTION WITH THE CUSTOMER FOR CORRECT CLASSIFICATION / BROKERAGE RELEASED SHIPMENT. SHIPMENT IS SUBMITTED TO CLEARING AGENCY FOR FURTHER CLEARANCE
03/31/20101:36 A.M.ARRIVAL SCAN
ANCHORAGE, AK, US03/30/20106:50 P.M.DEPARTURE SCAN
03/30/20101:01 P.M.ARRIVAL SCAN
GUANGZHOU, CN03/30/20107:10 P.M.DEPARTURE SCAN
03/30/201012:43 P.M.EXPORT SCAN
SHENZHEN, CN03/29/20105:54 A.M.ORIGIN SCAN
CN04/02/201010:54 P.M.BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED

Tracking results provided by UPS: 04/03/2010 1:31 A.M. ET

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