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If I remember correctly UPS already pre-determines the shelf location of the package inside the delivery van before they even show up in the destination city so
by zwieback 13y ago
If I remember correctly UPS already pre-determines the shelf location of the package inside the delivery van before they even show up in the destination city so to some extent the drivers' routes have already been predetermined but their system is capable of last-minute changes pretty much every step of the way.
- buckbova 13y agoThat's about right. There are routes and packages fall within those routes numbered in order of the route they take. Routes between drivers are connected more or less. On the day of, the connection between routes can be shifted if volume dictates, so one driver gets packages originally destined for another driver's route.
- at-fates-hands 13y agoI had a buddy whose Dad was an Industrial Engineer who specialized in efficiency systems. He worked a lot in the mid 90's on completely revamping UPS's warehouse sorting and ability to get packages into the trucks and on the road faster. I'm pretty sure what your referring to was probably the next phase on a larger scale of what he was originally working on. He always joked that, "When your an efficiency expert, people don't like it when you show up at their business."
- mathattack 13y ago"Efficiency gains" -> "Strategic workforce rightsizing" -> "Here is a week's salary for every year that you worked for us"