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<blockquote data-quote="Pkgrunner" data-source="post: 667115" data-attributes="member: 7207"><p><strong>Re: Marketing Project For High School Student Please Read.</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>For shipping companys like UPS or the USPS, the drivers deliver to a defined area that essentially does not vary much from day to day. Basically they run up one street then down the next and are on nearly every street every day. Even if a driver is not familiar with an area he is delivering, he can basically just follow the order in which the deliveries are lined up in his truck and delivery board and still get the job done. The routes are already laid out, and even if they are laid out poorly, a driver will figure out the most efficient way to deliver or "run" it after some trial and error. For the most part, everything on the drivers list(EDD) is at least in the same general area as the previous or next stop.</p><p></p><p>The type of GPS that UPS currently employs uses data collected over a period of time to match addresses in the list(EDD) with delivery coordinates. For example: 100 Main St. is delivered at 100 Main St. 10 times at the same GPS coordinates, the software memorizes that location for 100 main. Now, If I were to scan 100 Main St at 1000 Main St, the software would alert me that I am not in the correct location for that package...</p><p></p><p>IMO: drivers for shipping companies like UPS would not really need GPS assistance to find out where they are going but its not a bad tool for making sure you are delivering the right package to the right place....</p><p></p><p>Good luck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pkgrunner, post: 667115, member: 7207"] [b]Re: Marketing Project For High School Student Please Read.[/b] For shipping companys like UPS or the USPS, the drivers deliver to a defined area that essentially does not vary much from day to day. Basically they run up one street then down the next and are on nearly every street every day. Even if a driver is not familiar with an area he is delivering, he can basically just follow the order in which the deliveries are lined up in his truck and delivery board and still get the job done. The routes are already laid out, and even if they are laid out poorly, a driver will figure out the most efficient way to deliver or "run" it after some trial and error. For the most part, everything on the drivers list(EDD) is at least in the same general area as the previous or next stop. The type of GPS that UPS currently employs uses data collected over a period of time to match addresses in the list(EDD) with delivery coordinates. For example: 100 Main St. is delivered at 100 Main St. 10 times at the same GPS coordinates, the software memorizes that location for 100 main. Now, If I were to scan 100 Main St at 1000 Main St, the software would alert me that I am not in the correct location for that package... IMO: drivers for shipping companies like UPS would not really need GPS assistance to find out where they are going but its not a bad tool for making sure you are delivering the right package to the right place.... Good luck [/QUOTE]
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