A method for handling parcels comprising: depositing parcels onto a bulk conveyor using unloaders; metering a bulk flow of parcels into a metered bulk flow on a first metering conveyor; separating the metered bulk flow of parcels into two or more individual streams of parcels on a separator, wherein the parcels in each of the individual streams of parcels are singulated; accumulating the singulated parcels in each of the individual streams on a buffer conveyor; delivering the accumulated, singulated parcels in each individual stream of parcels to a corresponding individual culling and facing station, wherein each culling and facing station is manned by an individual human operator; manually culling unacceptable parcels from the individual stream of parcels at each culling and facing station; manually facing acceptable parcels at each culling and facing station so that identifying indicia on the parcels can be read downstream by a scanning station; feeding the two or more culled, faced and singulated streams of parcels onto a scan conveyor using a facer conveyor; feeding the two or more streams of read parcels onto an induction sorter using the scan conveyor, wherein the induction sorter sorts the two lanes of parcels to multiple discharge points; and wherein the step of delivering the accumulated, singulated parcels to the culling and facing stations comprises releasing the parcels to the human operators at a fixed, steady rate using a second metering conveyor; and wherein the method further comprises the step of conveying each individual stream of parcels through the culling and facing stations on a facer conveyor. depositing parcels onto a bulk conveyor using unloaders; metering a bulk flow of parcels into a metered bulk flow on a first metering conveyor; separating the metered bulk flow of parcels into two or more individual streams of parcels on a separator, wherein the parcels in each of the individual streams of parcels are singulated; accumulating the singulated parcels in each of the individual streams on a buffer conveyor; delivering the accumulated, singulated parcels in each individual stream of parcels to a corresponding individual culling and facing station, wherein each culling and facing station is manned by an individual human operator; manually culling unacceptable parcels from the individual stream of parcels at each culling and facing station; manually facing acceptable parcels at each culling and facing station so that identifying indicia on the parcels can be read downstream by a scanning station; feeding the two or more culled, faced and singulated streams of parcels onto a scan conveyor using a facer conveyor; feeding the two or more streams of read parcels onto an induction sorter using the scan conveyor, wherein the induction sorter sorts the two lanes of parcels to multiple discharge points; and wherein the step of delivering the accumulated, singulated parcels to the culling and facing stations comprises releasing the parcels to the human operators at a fixed, steady rate using a second metering conveyor; and wherein the method further comprises the step of conveying each individual stream of parcels through the culling and facing stations on a facer conveyor.