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What to expect from my Orion ride?
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<blockquote data-quote="kingOFchester" data-source="post: 1360445" data-attributes="member: 11246"><p>Orion only works if everything is perfect everyday. But the load is never perfect. Traffic is never perfect. The time I chose to take a lunch is never the same time everyday. The time I chose to take a break is not the same everyday. The docks are not always open and ready to receive. The weather is rarely perfect. Customers are not always standing at the door ready to sign.</p><p></p><p>Every time you fall further behind, the more the Orion is going to be screwed up. Lets say you have a pickup at 15:00. Orion plans your day so that you are there at 15:00. Often planning the deliveries for that area for that time. However, if you fall behind, which we all know is inevitable, you will find you will be half way across your delivery area when it is time to make that pickup. This causes you break off, which adds miles and more time that is not factored in. Just changing your lunch time and break time ever day will play havoc to the Orion planned day. Add in a bad load, traffic, docks occupied, receivers busy, misloads, signature required packages where the elderly lady needs extra time and so fourth and you will never hit your trace and miles.</p><p></p><p>If all your pickups up at the end of the day, you have a much better shot at hitting the metrics. But, If you have pickups peppered through out your day, you will have a hard time hitting the numbers.</p><p></p><p>In order for Orion to work on many routes the following would need to take place:</p><p>No traffic.</p><p>No missloads.</p><p>No bulk.</p><p>Docks free.</p><p>Receivers ready.</p><p>Perfect load.</p><p>Customers ready to sign.</p><p>And the most important.......wording in the contract that spells out the exact time we are alowed to take lunch and break.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kingOFchester, post: 1360445, member: 11246"] Orion only works if everything is perfect everyday. But the load is never perfect. Traffic is never perfect. The time I chose to take a lunch is never the same time everyday. The time I chose to take a break is not the same everyday. The docks are not always open and ready to receive. The weather is rarely perfect. Customers are not always standing at the door ready to sign. Every time you fall further behind, the more the Orion is going to be screwed up. Lets say you have a pickup at 15:00. Orion plans your day so that you are there at 15:00. Often planning the deliveries for that area for that time. However, if you fall behind, which we all know is inevitable, you will find you will be half way across your delivery area when it is time to make that pickup. This causes you break off, which adds miles and more time that is not factored in. Just changing your lunch time and break time ever day will play havoc to the Orion planned day. Add in a bad load, traffic, docks occupied, receivers busy, misloads, signature required packages where the elderly lady needs extra time and so fourth and you will never hit your trace and miles. If all your pickups up at the end of the day, you have a much better shot at hitting the metrics. But, If you have pickups peppered through out your day, you will have a hard time hitting the numbers. In order for Orion to work on many routes the following would need to take place: No traffic. No missloads. No bulk. Docks free. Receivers ready. Perfect load. Customers ready to sign. And the most important.......wording in the contract that spells out the exact time we are alowed to take lunch and break. [/QUOTE]
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