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<blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 981431" data-attributes="member: 12570"><p>The software/program is only as good as the information it is given. Our PAS/EDD has to be updated (tweaked) after the initial installation but cannot account for business hours. We are directed not to sheet any packages as closed between noon and 1. </p><p></p><p>PAS/EDD uses the density bar code (bullseye) on our shipping label to generate a PAL label which tells the loader which car and where on the car to load the package. Your shelves and floor areas will be assigned numbers which the computer will use to configure the load. Data from PAS/EDD is downloaded to our DIADs and generates a recommended route, called trace, that we must follow at least 80% of the time. Trace is developed from the DOL (delivery order listing) that is preinstalled and lists all of the streets on the route and the most efficient order to deliver those streets. For the most part we follow trace but there may be times when it is more efficient to break trace (construction/emergency/schools/bulk stops).</p><p></p><p>Area knowledge is still important but not nearly as much with PAS/EDD. We are allowed to add notes to our DOL through CPAD which alerts cover drivers to special circumstances with particular stops.</p><p></p><p>There is a learning curve with PAS/EDD but a solid DOL is the key and the combination of the two has made me a more efficient driver and makes it easier for casuals to cover my area.</p><p></p><p>I think you guys will like ROADS. The ironic part is that ROADS, while making you more efficient, will mean you will have fewer couriers on road.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret), post: 981431, member: 12570"] The software/program is only as good as the information it is given. Our PAS/EDD has to be updated (tweaked) after the initial installation but cannot account for business hours. We are directed not to sheet any packages as closed between noon and 1. PAS/EDD uses the density bar code (bullseye) on our shipping label to generate a PAL label which tells the loader which car and where on the car to load the package. Your shelves and floor areas will be assigned numbers which the computer will use to configure the load. Data from PAS/EDD is downloaded to our DIADs and generates a recommended route, called trace, that we must follow at least 80% of the time. Trace is developed from the DOL (delivery order listing) that is preinstalled and lists all of the streets on the route and the most efficient order to deliver those streets. For the most part we follow trace but there may be times when it is more efficient to break trace (construction/emergency/schools/bulk stops). Area knowledge is still important but not nearly as much with PAS/EDD. We are allowed to add notes to our DOL through CPAD which alerts cover drivers to special circumstances with particular stops. There is a learning curve with PAS/EDD but a solid DOL is the key and the combination of the two has made me a more efficient driver and makes it easier for casuals to cover my area. I think you guys will like ROADS. The ironic part is that ROADS, while making you more efficient, will mean you will have fewer couriers on road. [/QUOTE]
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