“There are a series of transportation-related scans that occur between depots and processing plants that happen when a parcel is sent to customers. For example, mail and parcels that are sent to The Pas Post Office will receive a transportation departure scan from the Winnipeg Processing Plant and a Flin Flon Depot transportation arrival scan because they are the last destination on the transportation truck route.
“There are multiple stops between Winnipeg to Flin Flon, including The Pas,” said Liu. The parcel is scanned at the Winnipeg Processing Plant, indicating that it is en route to Flin Flon Depot, which is the last possible scan. The parcel is dropped off at The Pas on the way to Flin Flon. The parcel then needs to be scanned, processed by post office employees and carded before the customer picks it up, as The Pas is on the route to Flin Flon, mail and parcels never pass through Flin Flon.