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<blockquote data-quote="TheBrownGuy" data-source="post: 1130433"><p>Make sure that when they ride with you to go live on your route with ORION that you tell the computer guy you will be taking your full hour everyday around noon. They have the option of not programing lunch in, this may very well bring down your projected miles. Also let him know any time commits, early closers etc....They can, but may not want to, imput a delivery time window for stops (projected miles go up), but ORION should have to deal with the same service obligations we face everyday. Break off for Business closers etc. when they ride with you. Also for the first few weeks don&#039;t leave your break till the end of the day if that is what you normally do. You will want any problems with missing time commits and possible missed/closed stops to come up while they are still working on your route. You want the problems with ORION to surface early so they have a chance to fix them. So I would follow it as close to stop for stop as possible for the first month or so. For heaven&#039;s sake don&#039;t &quot;fix&quot; your load the day they ride with you. They seem to take notice of how long it takes to fish out those stops on the back shelves. This might determine how they &quot;clasify&quot; your route and may help to determine how closely your ORION looping follows how the truck is loaded.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="TheBrownGuy, post: 1130433"] Make sure that when they ride with you to go live on your route with ORION that you tell the computer guy you will be taking your full hour everyday around noon. They have the option of not programing lunch in, this may very well bring down your projected miles. Also let him know any time commits, early closers etc....They can, but may not want to, imput a delivery time window for stops (projected miles go up), but ORION should have to deal with the same service obligations we face everyday. Break off for Business closers etc. when they ride with you. Also for the first few weeks don't leave your break till the end of the day if that is what you normally do. You will want any problems with missing time commits and possible missed/closed stops to come up while they are still working on your route. You want the problems with ORION to surface early so they have a chance to fix them. So I would follow it as close to stop for stop as possible for the first month or so. For heaven's sake don't "fix" your load the day they ride with you. They seem to take notice of how long it takes to fish out those stops on the back shelves. This might determine how they "clasify" your route and may help to determine how closely your ORION looping follows how the truck is loaded. [/QUOTE]

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