Volume equals Revenue ... Stops do not.
Customers do not pay us money for stops.
Well, they don't pay us to drive by them (except for that "remote delivery" period). They pay us to pick up their wares and deliver them to their customer (which, by the way, requires a stop) in a timely and professional manner. Anything less than that is not a value at any price. A company can aquire all the revenue they want. But if they are not fulfilling their requirements, that revenue most likely will disappear.
UPS has to make money. I don't argue that point. But they need to take a good long look at what is really going on. There is money being wasted at every turn. While some of it is being wasted by drivers, the majority is being wasted by poor management, shoddily implemented systems, and the willingness to believe that everything can be controlled by a number.
Take care of the customer (and his customer) and the customer will take care of you. It's a simple concept...but I don't have the 'time study' handy on that one.
Yet for 100 years stop count is the way we dispatch. Under this theory give me one 500 piece stop and I'll call it a day.
Nice try!!! Let me know how it works out! I'm pulling for you.