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 . <EOS>