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New GPS Time Study: What they are not telling you
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<blockquote data-quote="pretzel_man" data-source="post: 687524" data-attributes="member: 927"><p>Brownie,</p><p> </p><p>I think they are actually doing what you say... I'm not 100% sure because my informaiton is what I remember from a corporate presentation and speaking to IE people (both corporate and local)</p><p> </p><p>They have the ability to bring in one or many days from one or more drivers. Remember, they are not studying a route, but an area, so getting all the drivers that deliver is important and multiple days also helps.</p><p> </p><p>You are right.... In the old days, walk distance was classified by a range of distance. This was because we didn't have computers to calculate the time study or the technology to more precisely determine the distance. This classification system stayed even as computers became available.</p><p> </p><p>With the new program, they use a combination of the DIAD GPS and Satellite Imagery to determine walk distance for each stop individually. Another plus of this program (as I recall) is that once an address is studied, the data is saved. This is both for future studies and for auditing. This means that each time study done increases the coverage of the studied area.</p><p> </p><p>From what I saw, the system looked great. I don't know what IE's policy is on this, but I would openly show each driver how it works so that the mystery would be eliminated. </p><p> </p><p>Your ideas were good. Maybe you could ask IE to show you the system? You may come up with other thoughts that improve the process.</p><p> </p><p>P-Man</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pretzel_man, post: 687524, member: 927"] Brownie, I think they are actually doing what you say... I'm not 100% sure because my informaiton is what I remember from a corporate presentation and speaking to IE people (both corporate and local) They have the ability to bring in one or many days from one or more drivers. Remember, they are not studying a route, but an area, so getting all the drivers that deliver is important and multiple days also helps. You are right.... In the old days, walk distance was classified by a range of distance. This was because we didn't have computers to calculate the time study or the technology to more precisely determine the distance. This classification system stayed even as computers became available. With the new program, they use a combination of the DIAD GPS and Satellite Imagery to determine walk distance for each stop individually. Another plus of this program (as I recall) is that once an address is studied, the data is saved. This is both for future studies and for auditing. This means that each time study done increases the coverage of the studied area. From what I saw, the system looked great. I don't know what IE's policy is on this, but I would openly show each driver how it works so that the mystery would be eliminated. Your ideas were good. Maybe you could ask IE to show you the system? You may come up with other thoughts that improve the process. P-Man [/QUOTE]
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