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Have you heard of the Orion System, what do you know?
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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1098561" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>I plan on taking your advice, although I can already tell you that I will have to fight with my management team in order to do it.</p><p></p><p>I spent some time yesterday talking to the ORION project manager in my building. He's a sharp guy with decades of UPS experience. In my opinion, he could make ORION succeed <strong>IF...</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong>(a) He is given adequate time and resources to do it properly (doubtful)</p><p></p><p>(b) The center team is empowered and given the resources to make updates and correct flaws once the ORION team is gone (doubtful)</p><p></p><p>(c) The expectations placed upon the center team regarding ORION compliance are realistic (doubtful).</p><p></p><p></p><p>The two major flaws I see with ORION are </p><p></p><p>(1) It is predicated upon the assumption that the fastest and most efficient way to run a delivery/pickup route is to simply "connect the dots" using the shortest travel path between consecutive points. This assumption is valid if you are in an arcade playing Pac Man, but it is NOT valid when you are driving a package car in the real world.</p><p></p><p>(2) In my center at least, the ORION program is being installed over the top of a PAS/EDD system that is deeply and fundamentally flawed. Our center was relooped for PAS in 2004. The relooping was an utter failure. This failure was compounded a year later when IE forced an unwanted and unneeded satellite center down our throat, the logistics of which made the bad loops in he affected areas even worse. Then, in 2010, our building consolidated from 3 centers down to 2, which eliminated the arbitrary loop boundaries that PAS/EDD was originally based upon. The result...is a PAS/EDD system which is basically one big chaotic pile of patches, work-arounds and Band-Aids. Basing an ORION system upon all this is akin to hanging new siding and windows and gutters on a house with a crooked and rotten foundation. It will look pretty from the outside but none of the floors will be level.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1098561, member: 14668"] I plan on taking your advice, although I can already tell you that I will have to fight with my management team in order to do it. I spent some time yesterday talking to the ORION project manager in my building. He's a sharp guy with decades of UPS experience. In my opinion, he could make ORION succeed [B]IF... [/B](a) He is given adequate time and resources to do it properly (doubtful) (b) The center team is empowered and given the resources to make updates and correct flaws once the ORION team is gone (doubtful) (c) The expectations placed upon the center team regarding ORION compliance are realistic (doubtful). The two major flaws I see with ORION are (1) It is predicated upon the assumption that the fastest and most efficient way to run a delivery/pickup route is to simply "connect the dots" using the shortest travel path between consecutive points. This assumption is valid if you are in an arcade playing Pac Man, but it is NOT valid when you are driving a package car in the real world. (2) In my center at least, the ORION program is being installed over the top of a PAS/EDD system that is deeply and fundamentally flawed. Our center was relooped for PAS in 2004. The relooping was an utter failure. This failure was compounded a year later when IE forced an unwanted and unneeded satellite center down our throat, the logistics of which made the bad loops in he affected areas even worse. Then, in 2010, our building consolidated from 3 centers down to 2, which eliminated the arbitrary loop boundaries that PAS/EDD was originally based upon. The result...is a PAS/EDD system which is basically one big chaotic pile of patches, work-arounds and Band-Aids. Basing an ORION system upon all this is akin to hanging new siding and windows and gutters on a house with a crooked and rotten foundation. It will look pretty from the outside but none of the floors will be level. [/QUOTE]
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