In plain English
Parcels are grouped there according to where they need to go next. It is a logistics facility in the parcel network, and its role is to organise items by destination before they move onward.
In context
Here, "sorting center" names the type of parcel facility in the shipment route where parcels are organized by destination before continuing to the next delivery stage.
- Situation
- Tracking parcels through acceptance, transit, sorting, delivery, and proof of receipt
- What it communicates
- names a facility type used in the shipment route
Meaning limits
The term itself does not identify a specific facility or its exact position in the route.
Examples
“At the sorting center, the parcels were separated by destination before being loaded onto the next trucks.”
“Every parcel from the island goes through a sorting center on the mainland before local delivery.”