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Who's Stupid Idea Was "Stops Per Car"?
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<blockquote data-quote="JustTired" data-source="post: 776971" data-attributes="member: 10234"><p>OK....in theory that sounds pretty good.</p><p>Here's my question.....</p><p>Let's say every driver has a more or less fixed area that they deliver every day. The trace of that area is tweaked and is reduced by an average of 5 miles per day. Now, where are these "extra" stops coming from and won't they add to the miles you just saved? If it's 5 miles for 5miles, then yes, it should work. But, rural areas would seldom work out that way considering that those stops would be coming from an adjacent area that you would have to drive to before you even started delivering.</p><p></p><p>The problem I seen is that when I would get work off of the adjacent driver, it was loaded and traced exactly as that driver would have ran it. In my case, that would have involved dead-heading about 5-6 miles and then working my way back to where I started from. I had enough sense to set it up so that I was delivering down to that point and delivering back up to my area. I don't think that EDD can make those adjustments to a trace received from another area. I guess my point is the same one I've made for years....that a good driver saves this company miles every day. Unless, of course, they decide to follow a trace set up by someone who hasn't much of a clue combined with a system that can't adjust a trace to compensate for another driver delivering it.</p><p></p><p>You just can't take the human factor out of the equation without sacrificing some efficiency. If you want a zombie-like figure driving the car and delivering the pkgs.....you better have an almost perfect trace and load.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JustTired, post: 776971, member: 10234"] OK....in theory that sounds pretty good. Here's my question..... Let's say every driver has a more or less fixed area that they deliver every day. The trace of that area is tweaked and is reduced by an average of 5 miles per day. Now, where are these "extra" stops coming from and won't they add to the miles you just saved? If it's 5 miles for 5miles, then yes, it should work. But, rural areas would seldom work out that way considering that those stops would be coming from an adjacent area that you would have to drive to before you even started delivering. The problem I seen is that when I would get work off of the adjacent driver, it was loaded and traced exactly as that driver would have ran it. In my case, that would have involved dead-heading about 5-6 miles and then working my way back to where I started from. I had enough sense to set it up so that I was delivering down to that point and delivering back up to my area. I don't think that EDD can make those adjustments to a trace received from another area. I guess my point is the same one I've made for years....that a good driver saves this company miles every day. Unless, of course, they decide to follow a trace set up by someone who hasn't much of a clue combined with a system that can't adjust a trace to compensate for another driver delivering it. You just can't take the human factor out of the equation without sacrificing some efficiency. If you want a zombie-like figure driving the car and delivering the pkgs.....you better have an almost perfect trace and load. [/QUOTE]
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