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<blockquote data-quote="JustTired" data-source="post: 721695" data-attributes="member: 10234">The truth of the matter is............The truth of the matter is that systems are developed. Then they are touted as the &quot;greatest thing the company has ever seen&quot;. They will cost $XX millions to implement, but will save 2-3 times that in wages and time.Take the diad for example. Did it save wages and time? Yes and no. It didn&#039;t save the driver that much in the way of time. It still took as long to drive to the stop. It still took as long to handle the packages. It took as long for just about every facet of a drivers daily routine.Where it did save time was in the functions that happened after the driver performed his duties. No more filing of paper records. No more digging through stacks of paper to trace a pkg and so on....Yet, the main focus in time-savings was on the part of the equation that benefited the least.The truth of the matter is every system implemented is touted to save the driver time in doing his job. Therefore, adjustments are made to reflect that thought. I liken it to gas saving devices touted to increase your fuel mileage. If you used every one of these products.....you should never have to fill your gas tank again! That, in my opinion, is what&#039;s happening to the standards as time goes on.The truth of the matter is.....reality has left the playing field. While every advance in technology has the potential to cut costs.....there has to be some basis in reality. You cannot stack 8 systems touted to save the driver 1 hour each on top of one another and expect to save 8 hours in delivery time. Or maybe you can expect it. Let me know when you get it!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JustTired, post: 721695, member: 10234"] The truth of the matter is............ The truth of the matter is that systems are developed. Then they are touted as the "greatest thing the company has ever seen". They will cost $XX millions to implement, but will save 2-3 times that in wages and time. Take the diad for example. Did it save wages and time? Yes and no. It didn't save the driver that much in the way of time. It still took as long to drive to the stop. It still took as long to handle the packages. It took as long for just about every facet of a drivers daily routine. Where it did save time was in the functions that happened after the driver performed his duties. No more filing of paper records. No more digging through stacks of paper to trace a pkg and so on.... Yet, the main focus in time-savings was on the part of the equation that benefited the least. The truth of the matter is every system implemented is touted to save the driver time in doing his job. Therefore, adjustments are made to reflect that thought. I liken it to gas saving devices touted to increase your fuel mileage. If you used every one of these products.....you should never have to fill your gas tank again! That, in my opinion, is what's happening to the standards as time goes on. The truth of the matter is.....reality has left the playing field. While every advance in technology has the potential to cut costs.....there has to be some basis in reality. You cannot stack 8 systems touted to save the driver 1 hour each on top of one another and expect to save 8 hours in delivery time. Or maybe you can expect it. Let me know when you get it! [/QUOTE]

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