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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1193680" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>Well, its been about 5 weeks since the ORION implementation team finished with our center.</p><p></p><p>As I predicted, my route was the last one on the center to be implemented. And <em>also</em> as I predicted, they were right up against the deadline and scheduled to move on to another center and so the implementation for my route wound up being a half-assed rush job.</p><p></p><p>I have no problem with that, since I never had any intention of following ORION in the first place. All I do in the morning is to download EDD, shut ORION off, and go do my job the same way I have always done. Today for example, ORION calculated that I would run 152 miles; by shutting it off and making decisions based upon area knowledge I ran 124. Thats a savings of <strong>28 miles. </strong>I have <em>never once</em> followed ORION, and I save an average of 10 to 15 miles per day by ignoring it. The <em>least</em> I have ever saved by ignoring it is 9 miles.</p><p></p><p>The bottom line is that all of the time and effort and money that was spent installing ORION on my route was <em>completely wasted</em>. The <em>only</em> redeeming feature that I can see is in having the ability to look at a map overview of my route in the mornings, with an accurate stop count. Other than that, the system is absolutely useless and if I even <em>tried</em> to follow the trace it creates I would wind up wasting miles and adding at least an hour to my paid day as well as being out of compliance on most of my pickups. So far, I havent heard a single word from my management team about my failure to follow ORION and my hope is that it stays that way. I dont need the grief and neither do they.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1193680, member: 14668"] Well, its been about 5 weeks since the ORION implementation team finished with our center. As I predicted, my route was the last one on the center to be implemented. And [I]also[/I] as I predicted, they were right up against the deadline and scheduled to move on to another center and so the implementation for my route wound up being a half-assed rush job. I have no problem with that, since I never had any intention of following ORION in the first place. All I do in the morning is to download EDD, shut ORION off, and go do my job the same way I have always done. Today for example, ORION calculated that I would run 152 miles; by shutting it off and making decisions based upon area knowledge I ran 124. Thats a savings of [B]28 miles. [/B]I have [I]never once[/I] followed ORION, and I save an average of 10 to 15 miles per day by ignoring it. The [I]least[/I] I have ever saved by ignoring it is 9 miles. The bottom line is that all of the time and effort and money that was spent installing ORION on my route was [I]completely wasted[/I]. The [I]only[/I] redeeming feature that I can see is in having the ability to look at a map overview of my route in the mornings, with an accurate stop count. Other than that, the system is absolutely useless and if I even [I]tried[/I] to follow the trace it creates I would wind up wasting miles and adding at least an hour to my paid day as well as being out of compliance on most of my pickups. So far, I havent heard a single word from my management team about my failure to follow ORION and my hope is that it stays that way. I dont need the grief and neither do they. [/QUOTE]
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