A method for producing a package of one or more absorbent articles, the method comprising: providing a carrier movably connected with a track; assembling absorbent articles with an assembly line; advancing the absorbent articles from the assembly line along a first path toward a first packaging apparatus; diverting an absorbent article from the first path to a second path; advancing the diverted absorbent article along the second path; transferring the diverted absorbent article from the second path to the carrier in a receiving zone; characterized in that the method further comprises: moving the carrier along the track with a linear synchronous motor from the receiving zone to a drop off zone; transferring the diverted absorbent article from the carrier in the drop off zone to a second packaging apparatus; moving the carrier along the track with the linear synchronous motor from the drop off zone to the receiving zone; connecting the carrier with a drive mechanism upon entering the receiving zone wherein the drive mechanism comprises a screw rotatably driven by a motor and threadedly engageable with the carrier; moving the carrier through the receiving zone with the drive mechanism; intermittently accelerating and decelerating the carrier on the track with the drive mechanism through the receiving zone; disconnecting the drive mechanism from the carrier upon exiting the receiving zone; deactivating motive forces applied to the carrier from the linear synchronous motor in the receiving zone; further comprising: connecting the carrier with the drive mechanism upon entering the drop off zone; moving the carrier through the drop off zone with the drive mechanism; intermittently accelerating and decelerating the carrier on the track with the drive mechanism through the drop off zone; and disconnecting the drive mechanism from the carrier upon exiting the drop off zone. providing a carrier movably connected with a track; assembling absorbent articles with an assembly line; advancing the absorbent articles from the assembly line along a first path toward a first packaging apparatus; diverting an absorbent article from the first path to a second path; advancing the diverted absorbent article along the second path; transferring the diverted absorbent article from the second path to the carrier in a receiving zone; characterized in that the method further comprises: moving the carrier along the track with a linear synchronous motor from the receiving zone to a drop off zone; transferring the diverted absorbent article from the carrier in the drop off zone to a second packaging apparatus; moving the carrier along the track with the linear synchronous motor from the drop off zone to the receiving zone; connecting the carrier with a drive mechanism upon entering the receiving zone wherein the drive mechanism comprises a screw rotatably driven by a motor and threadedly engageable with the carrier; moving the carrier through the receiving zone with the drive mechanism; intermittently accelerating and decelerating the carrier on the track with the drive mechanism through the receiving zone; disconnecting the drive mechanism from the carrier upon exiting the receiving zone; deactivating motive forces applied to the carrier from the linear synchronous motor in the receiving zone; further comprising: connecting the carrier with the drive mechanism upon entering the drop off zone; moving the carrier through the drop off zone with the drive mechanism; intermittently accelerating and decelerating the carrier on the track with the drive mechanism through the drop off zone; and disconnecting the drive mechanism from the carrier upon exiting the drop off zone. moving the carrier along the track with a linear synchronous motor from the receiving zone to a drop off zone; transferring the diverted absorbent article from the carrier in the drop off zone to a second packaging apparatus; moving the carrier along the track with the linear synchronous motor from the drop off zone to the receiving zone; connecting the carrier with a drive mechanism upon entering the receiving zone wherein the drive mechanism comprises a screw rotatably driven by a motor and threadedly engageable with the carrier; moving the carrier through the receiving zone with the drive mechanism; intermittently accelerating and decelerating the carrier on the track with the drive mechanism through the receiving zone; disconnecting the drive mechanism from the carrier upon exiting the receiving zone; deactivating motive forces applied to the carrier from the linear synchronous motor in the receiving zone; further comprising: connecting the carrier with the drive mechanism upon entering the drop off zone; moving the carrier through the drop off zone with the drive mechanism; intermittently accelerating and decelerating the carrier on the track with the drive mechanism through the drop off zone; and disconnecting the drive mechanism from the carrier upon exiting the drop off zone. connecting the carrier with the drive mechanism upon entering the drop off zone; moving the carrier through the drop off zone with the drive mechanism; intermittently accelerating and decelerating the carrier on the track with the drive mechanism through the drop off zone; and disconnecting the drive mechanism from the carrier upon exiting the drop off zone.