Did they not take out the rollers for your building yet? We switched to single system and still had to load only temporary. Once the rollers were removed they loaded for us, provided the vehicle was safe and dock height for them to load. What type of area do you operate in? If your route is doing 180 stops how many miles a day can you really be doing? If you're overlapped then your route becomes more dense owning both areas. Why would you want to send two people to the same place? Those days are gone just like the system being outdated.
I don't have to be either of them to answer that question. It's the same reason we're in business. To save and make money while running their sorts efficient. They're going to run their operation based on growth and change. The VRP was good for days when volume did like 4k or 5k. What happened is the business grew to where they needed advanced tools to meet operations and demands. Do I always agree with them? No, but it's become an evolving business where either keep up and comply or get out. Given risk vs reward in this business maybe that's not a bad idea for some people who can't see the bigger picture.... I'm sure there's more change coming down the road, but given your hesitation on making this round of changes to fit their business expectation maybe it might be safe for you to sell...
If you and your guys are really as good as you say, transitioning to single system should be a breeze.
I’m not sure what benefits you see in the VRP that can’t translate to Vision. Need to move a neighborhood? Just pull that load section. Want to insanely over manage the delivery sequence? You can have up to 50 delivery clusters. Want big numbers written on the boxes? Go crazy. Want turn by turn directions? Download into a Garmin. It’s not a big deal, just slightly different.
One reason they are getting rid of VRP is the recent cyber attacks. VRP was built to run on Windows XP which is not secure anymore.
No more maps.
storm starts next month... right now, I see the other managers setting up route boundaries, but not zone-clusters on how each driver deliver in their boundaries yet.
It’s section# and individual stop. So if Main St. is section 1000. 241 Main St. will have a SID# (section ID) like 1031. Every box for that stop will have that same SID. Then it’ll go in numerical or alphabetical order within the section. So if the next address is 341 Main St. that’ll have a SID of 1035 or similar. I typically don’t bother looking for the SID on the sticker. I go to the section and find the box by address.
That the idiots who apply the vision stickers like to cover up.
