Overpaid Union Thug
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ORION, combined with repeatedly having entire streets (up to 33 pieces) share the same sequence numbers, lengthened my day today by well over any hour.
OPTIMIZED!
OPTIMIZED!
ORION and the upcoming peak...
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1989
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So far orion gets an friend. Will it ever get a passing grade, or even as high as a C? In order for that to happen it would have to stop picking one random stop off the back shelves. And allow me to locate whole blocks/neighborhoods so I can decide weather I have the time to clean them up with my air.
Future
Victory Ride
Who cares ... friend them all
Delivery!!!
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What your asking for sounds similar to something we just had. I think it was called RDO.
Overpaid Union Thug
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100% ORION Trace + 9.5 list = LESS WORK
or
100% ORION Trace + No 9.5 List = MORE OT
It's a Win/Win for everyone if they embrace the suck.
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
In other words...RDO.
1989
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Until ODO is fixed, RDO is far superior. ODO is flat out garbage. The worst thing UPS has ever implemented. Its a plan to fail everyday. I learned a new route on Tuesday, luckily I didn’t look to Orion for guidance.
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
I’ve done it a ton along with thousands of newbies all across the country.
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
The underlying flaw with ORION is that the algorithm is based upon the assumption that the driver can open the bulkhead door, step inside, and select any package in the car in seven seconds or less.
The absurdity of this assumption is magnified during peak season when routes wont contain and stops are bagged up and shuttled out to us, meaning that ORION is literally instructing us to deliver stops in the AM that are not physically on our cars and wont be until we get to the pod and pick them up at 6:00 at night.
Its other flaw is that it views pickups as nothing but points on a map with commit times.
To a driver in the real world, pickups are not simply points on a map. They are cubic feet of space that must be made available in the car during that time frame.
Cubic feet of delivery volume=X
Cubic feet of pickup volume=Y
Cubic feet of space in the car=Z
If X+Y equals or exceeds Z the equation fails.
The closer that X +Y get to Z, the more that the drivers SPORH is degraded due to having to fight the bulk, thus magnifying the flaw in ORION’s equation.
Peak season is about efficiently managing the finite amount of space in the car and making adjustments to the delivery trace in order to compensate. Drivers in the real world know this. ORION does not.
The absurdity of this assumption is magnified during peak season when routes wont contain and stops are bagged up and shuttled out to us, meaning that ORION is literally instructing us to deliver stops in the AM that are not physically on our cars and wont be until we get to the pod and pick them up at 6:00 at night.
Its other flaw is that it views pickups as nothing but points on a map with commit times.
To a driver in the real world, pickups are not simply points on a map. They are cubic feet of space that must be made available in the car during that time frame.
Cubic feet of delivery volume=X
Cubic feet of pickup volume=Y
Cubic feet of space in the car=Z
If X+Y equals or exceeds Z the equation fails.
The closer that X +Y get to Z, the more that the drivers SPORH is degraded due to having to fight the bulk, thus magnifying the flaw in ORION’s equation.
Peak season is about efficiently managing the finite amount of space in the car and making adjustments to the delivery trace in order to compensate. Drivers in the real world know this. ORION does not.
trickpony1
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Sober-
Just my opinion but...
You're putting WAY too much time and effort into something that doesn't want to be fixed.
You're a cancer survivor. Some people think that stress diminishes/weakens the immune system and opens the door for opportunistic diseases such as cancer.
Do you need the stress? Just roll with their stupidity. They don't care what you think.
Let it go.....
Just my opinion but...
You're putting WAY too much time and effort into something that doesn't want to be fixed.
You're a cancer survivor. Some people think that stress diminishes/weakens the immune system and opens the door for opportunistic diseases such as cancer.
Do you need the stress? Just roll with their stupidity. They don't care what you think.
Let it go.....
1989
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I don’t miss pkgs. ODO plans for me to fail (miss pkgs). Everyday ODO is NOT my best option.
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
You are absolutely right.
But the problem for me is that after 31 years I still take pride in doing a good job.
That has been programmed into me.
I am simply unable to just flip a mental switch and embrace deliberate failure and forced stupidity as some sort of virtue.
It would be a lot easier if I could.
When the day comes that I no longer care about doing the job the right way, it will be time for me to retire.
gman042
Been around the block a few times
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I agree with this wholeheartedly.
This newer generation of drivers is much more eager to embrace the stupidity than the drivers that were raised up in the company to take some pride in their job.
UPS has drummed that out of the business model and forced the workforce to become callous to save their sanity.
trickpony1
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It's a gradual desensitization...it won't occur overnight.
You're an "all or nothing" kind of guy.
Take baby steps and you'll get there...otherwise you won't live to see retirement.
1989
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For me, orion is the stress. When you are delivering stops the wrong direction on busy streets, missing businesses, retracing streets you delivered earlier, looking for an address on a 70 mph highway in the dark (not knowing if you can drive in). I HATE GETTING REAR ENDED.
You are right, the less stress the better. I will never use Orion again. It’s a method and safety killer.
Brisket
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Or just simply click the little ‘ODO’ icon in the upper left corner of the map and boom, no lines.
Heavy Package
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I have not heard a peep about ORION in months. Think about that for a second - our company spends over a BILLION dollars on a revolutionary software tool that has been in implementation now for several years and no one in the entire center management team cares if or how we use it???
WTF? ORION is a nationwide loser.
WTF? ORION is a nationwide loser.
proyer
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5 SPORH
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I drive.
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