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Clear at F I L.

Copy that. Home base. Home base. You never hear about them in the news, but the workers in this discrete office on Ford Motor Company's campus in Dearborn, Michigan

are key to the carmakers operations.

Ford Shuttle, how can I help you?

One second I'll find your ride.

It's the dispatch center for Ford's on-campus transportation network.

These dispatchers are responsible for routing a fleet of 20 shuttle vans

that ferry Ford employees to countless meetings,

lunches and presentations every day.

PDC Atrium,

to Berlin to Plaza North to CDC atrium.

It's going to be 4, 940.

940.

Ford and Southeast Michigan has, as you might imagine, a lot of buildings,

and I think there's literally 135 locations

when you consider different stops and different doors for massive buildings that sort of

thing and they've had this the shuttle service that's been running for years and

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