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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 664302" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>This is true with almost any of the new programs that UPS has initiated over the last few years.</p><p> </p><p>PAS/EDD has finally...after 5 years....gotten to the point where it constitutes a net improvement over what we had before. When first implemented, it was an abysmal failure and it cost us huge sums of money in terms of increased miles, paid days, overallowed days, and service failures. We may still be "in the hole" in terms of increased efficiency offsetting the initial cost of installation and resulting chaos.</p><p> </p><p>Satellite centers...at least in my location...are also net money-losers. Management is aware of this, but the individuals who mandated them are high enough up the corporate ladder as to be unaccountable, so we are stuck with them for the forseeable future. Even a dumb driver like myself can spend 5 minutes crunching the numbers to prove that they cost us money, but there is no way that a simple thing like the truth will ever change the minds of those who implemented them.</p><p> </p><p>Bike helpers are the same thing. I think we are doing the bike helper thing as a form of PR....and thats OK as long as we can be honest with ourselves about the fact that the bikes arent actually saving us money, time or miles....they are only <em>shifting these costs around</em> to different parts of the operation.</p><p> </p><p>Its all about being honest and getting the "big picture" rather than focusing <em>only</em> on whatever data supports your position.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 664302, member: 14668"] This is true with almost any of the new programs that UPS has initiated over the last few years. PAS/EDD has finally...after 5 years....gotten to the point where it constitutes a net improvement over what we had before. When first implemented, it was an abysmal failure and it cost us huge sums of money in terms of increased miles, paid days, overallowed days, and service failures. We may still be "in the hole" in terms of increased efficiency offsetting the initial cost of installation and resulting chaos. Satellite centers...at least in my location...are also net money-losers. Management is aware of this, but the individuals who mandated them are high enough up the corporate ladder as to be unaccountable, so we are stuck with them for the forseeable future. Even a dumb driver like myself can spend 5 minutes crunching the numbers to prove that they cost us money, but there is no way that a simple thing like the truth will ever change the minds of those who implemented them. Bike helpers are the same thing. I think we are doing the bike helper thing as a form of PR....and thats OK as long as we can be honest with ourselves about the fact that the bikes arent actually saving us money, time or miles....they are only [I]shifting these costs around[/I] to different parts of the operation. Its all about being honest and getting the "big picture" rather than focusing [I]only[/I] on whatever data supports your position. [/QUOTE]
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