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Dealing with reality: who's got tips for running Orion?
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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 3838322" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>1. We did less work because the company bought package cars that were smaller and slower and lacked power steering, and because instead of HIN labels we had illegible sequence #’s scribbled in black crayon.</p><p>2. We dumped packages in garages because the company refused to rent PODs. When you have 800 cubic feet of delivery volume for a route that is delivered of a 600 cubic foot truck, something has to give.</p><p>3. Telematics already resolved any issues that may have existed with padding miles. And back in the day we actually got <em>instructed</em> to pad miles on light days in order to avoid showing up on the report as an underload.</p><p>4. You spent <em>billions</em> on a system (RDO/EDD) that worked, and then spent even <em>more</em> billions on a system (ORION) that doesnt.</p><p>5. You spent <em>billions</em> over half a decade implementing and refining specific work methods (30-60” selection area, smooth car routine, deliver bulk stops first to minimize sort/selection time, plan ahead to minmize deliveries on the opposite side of the street, plan ahead to minimize left turns, have your next 5 stops memorized with both primary and alternate delivery points for each, deliver multiple stops from one park position whenever possible etc etc) to the point where drivers would be threatened with discipline for failing to follow them.....only to implement an ORION system that throws those methods in the <em>trash</em> and turns formerly productive drivers into lobotomized drones who waste hours of time digging around in the back and crawling over bulk stops in order to select random stops off of random shelves.</p><p></p><p>You really need to step away from the ORION Kool Aid before its too late....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 3838322, member: 14668"] 1. We did less work because the company bought package cars that were smaller and slower and lacked power steering, and because instead of HIN labels we had illegible sequence #’s scribbled in black crayon. 2. We dumped packages in garages because the company refused to rent PODs. When you have 800 cubic feet of delivery volume for a route that is delivered of a 600 cubic foot truck, something has to give. 3. Telematics already resolved any issues that may have existed with padding miles. And back in the day we actually got [I]instructed[/I] to pad miles on light days in order to avoid showing up on the report as an underload. 4. You spent [I]billions[/I] on a system (RDO/EDD) that worked, and then spent even [I]more[/I] billions on a system (ORION) that doesnt. 5. You spent [I]billions[/I] over half a decade implementing and refining specific work methods (30-60” selection area, smooth car routine, deliver bulk stops first to minimize sort/selection time, plan ahead to minmize deliveries on the opposite side of the street, plan ahead to minimize left turns, have your next 5 stops memorized with both primary and alternate delivery points for each, deliver multiple stops from one park position whenever possible etc etc) to the point where drivers would be threatened with discipline for failing to follow them.....only to implement an ORION system that throws those methods in the [I]trash[/I] and turns formerly productive drivers into lobotomized drones who waste hours of time digging around in the back and crawling over bulk stops in order to select random stops off of random shelves. You really need to step away from the ORION Kool Aid before its too late.... [/QUOTE]
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