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<blockquote data-quote="pretzel_man" data-source="post: 499482" data-attributes="member: 927"><p>First, if we have a 5% drop in volume, you would expect a 5% drop in drivers.</p><p> </p><p>The loss of volume on a route needs to be replaced with more stops They need to be appropriate stops (more on that later).</p><p> </p><p>Next, in order to reduce cost we need to go back to the basics. The key is to look for inefficiencies. Its clear that there are a lot.</p><p> </p><p>If you spend 20 minutes sorting your load that's time that could have been spent delivering. Working on the trace and with the preload is required to fix that inefficiency.</p><p> </p><p>Then there's miles. A better trace, and better dispatch can reduce miles. Putting the right stops on the right car, in the right place can reduce the miles (and therefore time) that it takes to deliver a route.</p><p> </p><p>If time or miles is reduced on a route, it should be replaced with more stops. Doing this properly across a center ends up with less drivers. That's the way the process works. Its a matter of going back to the basics. History proves that true.</p><p> </p><p>You are right however. If management just reduces routes without putting the right stops on the right cars we could hurt both cost and service.</p><p> </p><p>P-Man</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pretzel_man, post: 499482, member: 927"] First, if we have a 5% drop in volume, you would expect a 5% drop in drivers. The loss of volume on a route needs to be replaced with more stops They need to be appropriate stops (more on that later). Next, in order to reduce cost we need to go back to the basics. The key is to look for inefficiencies. Its clear that there are a lot. If you spend 20 minutes sorting your load that's time that could have been spent delivering. Working on the trace and with the preload is required to fix that inefficiency. Then there's miles. A better trace, and better dispatch can reduce miles. Putting the right stops on the right car, in the right place can reduce the miles (and therefore time) that it takes to deliver a route. If time or miles is reduced on a route, it should be replaced with more stops. Doing this properly across a center ends up with less drivers. That's the way the process works. Its a matter of going back to the basics. History proves that true. You are right however. If management just reduces routes without putting the right stops on the right cars we could hurt both cost and service. P-Man [/QUOTE]
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