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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 830123" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>If it <em>truly</em> is nothing more than a guide, that can be overridden as needed by the driver to account for variables or changing conditions or plain old logic and common sense, then it sounds like it might be a useful tool to have.</p><p> </p><p>But you and I both know that it isnt going to be implemented that way.</p><p> </p><p>There will be a metric that quantifies what percentage of your route is being run according to the new program. That metric will be an arbitrary number, conjured up by someone in a cubicle who probably never drove a package car in his life. And generating that metric in order to justify the expense of the new system will become priority#1. Your supervisor <em>wont care</em> how many extra miles you might rack up in the process and he <em>wont care</em> if it takes you longer to do the route and he <em>wont care</em> how many customers get pissed off about late or inconsistent delivery times. The only thing he <em>will</em> care about....is that you generate that metric so that he wont show up on a report.</p><p> </p><p>24 years at UPS has taught me never to underestimate the absurd and downright stupid lengths that our management people will sometimes go to in their desperate attempts to chase a number. ORIAN is just another number to chase. Im sorry but I have seen this movie many times before, and I already know how it is going to end.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 830123, member: 14668"] If it [I]truly[/I] is nothing more than a guide, that can be overridden as needed by the driver to account for variables or changing conditions or plain old logic and common sense, then it sounds like it might be a useful tool to have. But you and I both know that it isnt going to be implemented that way. There will be a metric that quantifies what percentage of your route is being run according to the new program. That metric will be an arbitrary number, conjured up by someone in a cubicle who probably never drove a package car in his life. And generating that metric in order to justify the expense of the new system will become priority#1. Your supervisor [I]wont care[/I] how many extra miles you might rack up in the process and he [I]wont care[/I] if it takes you longer to do the route and he [I]wont care[/I] how many customers get pissed off about late or inconsistent delivery times. The only thing he [I]will[/I] care about....is that you generate that metric so that he wont show up on a report. 24 years at UPS has taught me never to underestimate the absurd and downright stupid lengths that our management people will sometimes go to in their desperate attempts to chase a number. ORIAN is just another number to chase. Im sorry but I have seen this movie many times before, and I already know how it is going to end. [/QUOTE]
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