DRA VS EFFICIENC

[HomeDelivery]

Give it time.


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same as your "Orion"?!? in some routes, from what i've read, they're creating more OT & miles than an experienced driver w/ "area knowledge"

 

[!Retired!]

What was wrong with the way it has been done before DRA?

Nothing. But, the purpose of DRA (not that it's been working out that way) is to run the route more efficiently. In a PURE residential route, it does a pretty good job. Yes, someone CAN probably run it better/faster. But, someone who's never been in the area CAN run it.

We had a couple of new streets that wasn't showing up on maps last week so I showed them where the streets needed to be and they added them to our maps.

I'm talking about streets/complexes that have been there for years.

 

[Operational needs]

same as your "Orion"?!? in some routes, from what i've read, they're creating more OT & miles than an experienced driver w/ "area knowledge"

From what I've read on here Orion is JUST like DRA. Makes me wonder if it is really the same program with a few modifications for each company.

 

[prodriver]

Nothing. But, the purpose of DRA (not that it's been working out that way) is to run the route more efficiently. In a PURE residential route, it does a pretty good job. Yes, someone CAN probably run it better/faster. But, someone who's never been in the area CAN run it.

I'm talking about streets/complexes that have been there for years.

Our maps will do the same thing on some streets until they go in and fix it with a few clicks here and there after they do that its usually ok.

 

[hypo hanna]

we were told by our dist director that dra is a 10 year old program that was bought for 60 million dollars

Wow! There really is one born every minute!

 

[Cactus]

 

[MrFedEx]

Wow! There really is one born every minute!

DRA= Dumb, Retarded, Assinine. I can totally see the effwads who run this clown circus paying $10M for a worthless program. Perhaps they shoud have called it ZapMail Jr.

 

[!Retired!]

we were told by our dist director that dra is a 10 year old program that was bought for 60 million dollars

I wonder if that's only the program or does it include all the 'training'.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

same as your "Orion"?!? in some routes, from what i've read, they're creating more OT & miles than an experienced driver w/ "area knowledge"

They will work the kinks out w/Orion and it will be a major part of the 2018 contract talks.

 

[hypo hanna]

I don't ever seeing it working for express unless there are major changes in both the structure of the operation and the commitments made to the customers.

 

[MrFedEx]

I wonder if that's only the program or does it include all the 'training'.

The $60M makes it 6 times as dumb.

 

[MrFedEx]

I don't ever seeing it working for express unless there are major changes in both the structure of the operation and the commitments made to the customers.

Bingo. It works for Ground/HD because they straightline. Express does not, except for a few pure delivery routes, which are rare. DRA will never work as intended. One of the early R1a theories was that they would have pure PT pickup drivers and pure PT delivery drivers, which I think was the plan. However, the massive turnover and dysfunction at Express has prevented that from happening.

 

[hypo hanna]

Bingo. It works for Ground/HD because they straightline. Express does not, except for a few pure delivery routes, which are rare. DRA will never work as intended. One of the early R1a theories was that they would have pure PT pickup drivers and pure PT delivery drivers, which I think was the plan. However, the massive turnover and dysfunction at Express has prevented that from happening.

And all of those extra employees, trucks and support staff would soak up any profits gained by the program itself. It also would make service that much more vulnerable to things like weather, traffic and breakdown delays.

 

[STFXG]

Eventually the technology and programming will be there to where the route planning will update on the fly to meet time restraints. This program is the long play. You're all being short sighted.


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[hypo hanna]

Eventually the technology and programming will be there to where the route planning will update on the fly to meet time restraints. This program is the long play. You're all being short sighted.


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About the same time computers become self aware.

 

[MrFedEx]

Eventually the technology and programming will be there to where the route planning will update on the fly to meet time restraints. This program is the long play. You're all being short sighted.


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The "long play" is inherently defective. The fact that you don't understand Express operations prevents you from seeing reality. You are the short-sighted one.

 

[STFXG]

The "long play" is inherently defective. The fact that you don't understand Express operations prevents you from seeing reality. You are the short-sighted one.

It's not defective it is being built. New technology takes time and experimentation. You're the guinea pigs. And you're being treated as such.


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[STFXG]

About the same time computers become self aware.

At the pace fedex moves that may be true


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[cosmo1]

same as your "Orion"?!? in some routes, from what i've read, they're creating more OT & miles than an experienced driver w/ "area knowledge"

They will work the kinks out w/Orion and it will be a major part of the 2018 contract talks.

Dave has yet to see ORION, and I will bet that even he will complain.

 

[HomeDelivery]

Eventually the technology and programming will be there to where the route planning will update on the fly to meet time restraints. This program is the long play. You're all being short sighted.

ah, that's UPS's Orion right now...

fedex's DRA is more like UPS's EDD or whatever you call it in brownie-land

sorry Mr FX, some routes at Ground, you can't "straightline." it all depends on their pickup times as well

HD can straightline everyday