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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1102621" data-attributes="member: 14668">P-man,My center has (a) a fundamentally flawed trace and (b) a chronic misload problem. I average 2 misloads per day on my route alone, and we are talking about a route that averages less than 150 pieces.Given that there is absolutely no hope that either of these problems will ever be fixed, where is the wisdom in spending milions of dollars on implementing a new system (ORION) that by your own admission will fail to achieve the desired results because of these issues?Imagine that you are the owner of a race car and you are seeking to improve its lap times. Does it make sense to spend a million dollars installing an exotic, complicated, high-powered engine into your car only send it out onto the track with bald tires, a bent frame and faulty brakes? All the horsepower in the world wont improve your real-world performance one bit if you cant keep the car from hitting the wall in each corner. Perhaps our resources would be better spent solving the underlying problems first rather than just trying to bury them under all this sexy, expensive new technology.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1102621, member: 14668"] P-man, My center has (a) a fundamentally flawed trace and (b) a chronic misload problem. I average 2 misloads [I]per day[/I] on my route alone, and we are talking about a route that averages less than 150 pieces. Given that there is absolutely no hope that either of these problems will [I]ever[/I] be fixed, where is the wisdom in spending milions of dollars on implementing a [I]new[/I] system (ORION) that by your own admission will [I]fail[/I] to achieve the desired results because of these issues? Imagine that you are the owner of a race car and you are seeking to improve its lap times. Does it make sense to spend a million dollars installing an exotic, complicated, high-powered engine into your car only send it out onto the track with bald tires, a bent frame and faulty brakes? All the horsepower in the world wont improve your [I]real-world[/I] performance one bit if you cant keep the car from hitting the wall in each corner. Perhaps our resources would be better spent solving the underlying problems[I] first[/I] rather than just trying to bury them under all this sexy, expensive new technology. [/QUOTE]

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