Following EDD

[undies]

Not sure about where you guys drive, but over here EDD is a mess. I find myself very amused at how a route is set up on this system. I remember management used to get on us about following it completely and now I never hear anything about it. Seems like it's more of a "guideline" for drivers now. As a utility driver, I just follow EDD when doing a route I don't know and end up getting beat horribly.

[UpstateNYUPSer]

We have been told that the goal is to follow EDD at least 80% of the time.

[upsguy72]

The problem with EDD is that it's only as good as the people that originally set up the route and the whether or not the drivers keep it up to date when street are added. That being said your dispatch manager doesn't have the time to tweak the EDD every once in a while they are to busy making sure they put enough stops on each car each day no matter if they are in your area or 3 routes over....

[TearsInRain]

from what i was told, EDD is designed to deliver a stop to every single house in the most efficient time possible, so it's supposed to really shine in peak

during the year, it doesn't always make the most sense, which is where your dispatch supe is supposed to intervene

[upsguy72]

from what i was told, EDD is designed to deliver a stop to every single house in the most efficient time possible, so it's supposed to really shine in peak

during the year, it doesn't always make the most sense, which is where your dispatch supe is supposed to intervene

"It's supposed to really shine in peak" But during the rest of the year it doesn't make sense. Who in the Hell sold you that line of crap or did you make that up yourself..

If the EDD was set up right it would "SHINE" every day. IF it isn't set up right today it isn't going to be any better during peak...

[brownmonster]

Everyone in every building should run EDD exactly for a week. Corporate would be singing a different tune.

[upsguy72]

Everyone in every building should run EDD exactly for a week. Corporate would be singing a different tune.

If I did that I would only be able to work 3 days. I would be over 14 on all three days...

[soberups]

The problem with EDD is that, no matter how well it is set up, it does not factor in the existence of pickup accounts which are in a defined geographical area and must be serviced and contained within a designated span of time. The existence of 20 pickup accounts will fundamentally alter the optimum travel path that needs to be followed for the deliveries on the route.

The IE people who came up with EDD came of age in the "Pac Man" era. They are well versed in pattern recognition, computer programming and map theory, but for the most part they have never had to put those theories to the test in the real world. My route is not a Pac Man game.

[Scottyhawk]

I covered a route one time and on the route is a series of one way streets, if I had followed edd it would of had me going the wrong way on the one way streets on 80% of them

[Scottyhawk]

Oops hit send again by mistake