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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1170874" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>They have been relooping my area in order to install ORION.</p><p></p><p>The relooping process itself has devolved into a total custerfluck.</p><p></p><p>I personally am not on ORION quite yet.</p><p></p><p>I am now a "B" car in my new loop. The "A" car has ORION installed and it works OK for him.</p><p></p><p>The "G" car in the loop next to me had ORION installed and on day 1 of his "implementation ride" they followed it until about 11:30 AM when it became apparent that (a) business stops would be missed (b) pickups would be missed and (c) the package car would run out of fuel around midnight with stops still left to do. They shut ORION off and I got to stay out until 8:00 helping the guy clean up the mess.</p><p></p><p>About 2/3 of the routes on my center are now live on ORION. Some drivers like it and it seems to work pretty well for their routes. On other routes it is utterly useless and the driver simply switches it off and runs the route according to EDD or by personal area knowledge.</p><p></p><p>At this point in time, to my knowledge nobody is being harassed over the desired 85% ORION compliance rate. There is a "beat the computer" sheet that gets posted every morning awarding brownie points to those who ran a high compliance rate or beat the projected mileage for the route the previous day, but if your ORION sucks and you turn it off nobody says anything to you.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Bottom line: ORION is basically PAS/EDD on steroids. <em>If</em> properly implemented, it <em>can</em> be a benefit for a driver trying to run a route with minimal area knowledge. For a driver with many years of area knowledge, it is of no benefit at all and it doesnt save any miles.</p><p></p><p>Garbage in, garbage out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1170874, member: 14668"] They have been relooping my area in order to install ORION. The relooping process itself has devolved into a total custerfluck. I personally am not on ORION quite yet. I am now a "B" car in my new loop. The "A" car has ORION installed and it works OK for him. The "G" car in the loop next to me had ORION installed and on day 1 of his "implementation ride" they followed it until about 11:30 AM when it became apparent that (a) business stops would be missed (b) pickups would be missed and (c) the package car would run out of fuel around midnight with stops still left to do. They shut ORION off and I got to stay out until 8:00 helping the guy clean up the mess. About 2/3 of the routes on my center are now live on ORION. Some drivers like it and it seems to work pretty well for their routes. On other routes it is utterly useless and the driver simply switches it off and runs the route according to EDD or by personal area knowledge. At this point in time, to my knowledge nobody is being harassed over the desired 85% ORION compliance rate. There is a "beat the computer" sheet that gets posted every morning awarding brownie points to those who ran a high compliance rate or beat the projected mileage for the route the previous day, but if your ORION sucks and you turn it off nobody says anything to you. Bottom line: ORION is basically PAS/EDD on steroids. [I]If[/I] properly implemented, it [I]can[/I] be a benefit for a driver trying to run a route with minimal area knowledge. For a driver with many years of area knowledge, it is of no benefit at all and it doesnt save any miles. Garbage in, garbage out. [/QUOTE]
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