How UPS delivers faster using $8 headphones and code that decides when dirty trucks get cleaned

[cheryl]

How UPS delivers faster using $8 headphones and code that decides when dirty trucks get cleaned - MIT Technology Review

Inside EDGE: the shipping giant’s ambitious, tech-driven bid to keep Amazon and others at bay

UPS workers make dozens of decisions every day, and the wrong ones—from placing a box on the wrong conveyor belt inside a processing facility to loading it onto the incorrect delivery vehicle—could keep you from getting your packages on time.

 

[Maple Grove MN Driver]

That tablet looking contraption will be issued to supervisors to monitor Driver safety and performance.

 

[Catatonic]

This is worth reading!
I think it explains technology solutions the drivers and preloaders will appreciate.

 

[cosmo1]

This is worth reading!
I think it explains technology solutions the drivers and preloaders will appreciate.

Combine that virtual OJS tablet with developing AI, and it won't be long before ORSs and CMs, for that matter, become redundant and are eliminated.

Then, once the UPS Skynet becomes aware,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[Tony Q]

Combine that virtual OJS tablet with developing AI, and it won't be long before ORSs and CMs, for that matter, become redundant and are eliminated.

Then, once the UPS Skynet becomes aware,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

They have been eliminating center manager positions for years. The next thing will be the dispatch Supervisors. They want to Dispatch out of regional areas. That way they eliminate cost and driver interaction.