My station turned off DRA around Mother's Day, and our manager said that it is being replaced, but he didn't give us any other information than that.our Sr Mgr said in Sept we would stop with DRA, are other stations doing this? is this part of the pt del p1 and ft del p2 and get pups? Has that pt ft thing been delayed ? hear a lot of rumors.
our Sr Mgr said in Sept we would stop with DRA, are other stations doing this? is this part of the pt del p1 and ft del p2 and get pups? Has that pt ft thing been delayed ? hear a lot of rumors.
Our was turned off also. We told the same thing.They’re turning DRA off at my station because of the new 10:30 biz/12:00 resi P1 commit times. I guess their reasoning is that DRA/ROADS cannot work with 2 different commit times so they’re going back to SRA.
Don’t ask me though, DRA seems to recognize 10:30, 15:00, 16:30, and 18:00 commits all in the same route.
I’m just hoping driverswill be able to give input on our SRA boundaries but I doubt we will.
Turn by turn has been put on the shelf, for now. Maybe it will make a comeback, maybe not.....for now, it's SRA for us.DRA is being replaced for everyone supposedly going to be turn by turn with the Leo devices.
Yea , I can have biz sos and it will send me out of the way to do it before 1500 so it recognizes it at our station. Wondered how much the problems with dra are fault of software vs engineer too but going back to certain area will be better imo since dra does some stupid s##t.They’re turning DRA off at my station because of the new 10:30 biz/12:00 resi P1 commit times. I guess their reasoning is that DRA/ROADS cannot work with 2 different commit times so they’re going back to SRA.
Don’t ask me though, DRA seems to recognize 10:30, 15:00, 16:30, and 18:00 commits all in the same route.
I’m just hoping driverswill be able to give input on our SRA boundaries but I doubt we will.
Luckily my rte now is 99% resi so 1030 biz no issue for me but it’s due to volume as my rte was pushed further out so to speak away from the businesses I used to do. Going back to SRA will change that possibly.We are still running DRA on half the station (as usual) but the volume of stops is over whelming the system and trying to create more rtes. than we have people or trucks for. ATM we are being asked to loop balance P1 Bus/resi to make it work. Glad I'm mostly a shuttle/pup driver on routes that are so far out that DRA or turn by turn will never work... Our station isnt even close to running two sorts
DRA has been a lost cause since day 1. I dont miss my old DRA route one second of the day. few more years on my scenic retirement route and adios MF's. I am running out of audio books however!Yea , I can have biz sos and it will send me out of the way to do it before 1500 so it recognizes it at our station. Wondered how much the problems with dra are fault of software vs engineer too but going back to certain area will be better imo since dra does some stupid s##t.
The replacement is tentatively (and maybe permanently) called E-star and it can work with multiple P1 commit times. It also goes about building routes in a different way. It's a welcome replacement for old ROADS/DRA technolo
You must be a newbie. It's been done that way since day 1. You might have an occasional overlooked stop but your powerdad still gives you your stops and piece count. You know where they are and how to run them. I have never used DRA any of its predecessors and have managed just fine.Hope springs eternal!! I don’t care how well you know your route, having to mentally sort it all out every morning leaves too much room for error
Not if you know how to do your job well.Hope springs eternal!! I don’t care how well you know your route, having to mentally sort it all out every morning leaves too much room for error
Strange. Express ending DRA just as Ground finalizes implementation of DRO. Hard to believe it’s coincidence but I have no idea what that means.
The new Leo devices have a mapping function built in. The one thing DRA did that was a benefit was route balancing. Not sure if the company had any plans for what to do about that when we go back to SRA other than hoping couriers can work well (ha!) with their loops.