Have you heard of the Orion System, what do you know?

[Upsmule]

Just like DC. Bureaucrats always know best. But disregard reality and the difference between paper work and where the rubber meets the road.

 

[SignificantOwner]

"The ORION team is leaving my building this week and they are blaming the dispatch sup for it not working in our center..."

​Sounds familiar. Blame the "dispatch sup" whose primary job is to supervise the preload.

 

[soberups]

"The ORION team is leaving my building this week and they are blaming the dispatch sup for it not working in our center..."

​Sounds familiar. Blame the "dispatch sup" whose primary job is to supervise the preload.

Success and promotion as a UPS manager has nothing to do with your ability to solve problems and everything to do with your ability to assign the blame for them elsewhere.

 

[Coldworld]

Success and promotion as a UPS manager has nothing to do with your ability to solve problems and everything to do with your ability to assign the blame for them elsewhere.

Its probably been that way since day one when casey was blaming his brother for cutting out too many bike "routes" which caused service failures...

 

[High volt]

Orion plan was 53 miles, I did it in 40 with edd. Ha! What a joke

 

[cosmo1]

Orion plan was 53 miles, I did it in 40 with edd. Ha! What a joke

I sincerely hope you realize that if you beat ORION using EDD, they won't pay any attention to your compliance rate. However, you will get more work.

 

[High volt]

I sincerely hope you realize I'd rather have a couple more stops then stress myself with driving extra miles, digging though my load, and delivering odd and even sides simultaneously on a busy road etc...

 

[s-man]

How can the last post on this topic be from June? Is there another thread on this? I wanted to join the discussion.

 

[Indecisi0n]

Obama care messed up Orion.

 

[cosmo1]

How can the last post on this topic be from June? Is there another thread on this? I wanted to join the discussion.

Take your pick.

 

[JL 0513]

Obama care messed up Orion.

No, but it did mess everything else up.

 

[cosmo1]

Kind of a necro-post, but I just ran across this:

New United Parcel Service software aims to cut delivery time and save fuel - The Washington Post

I especially like the last line.

 

[JackStraw]

I like the 8am start time.

 

[oldngray]

I like the 8am start time.

He gets there an hour early to sort his load off the clock.

 

[Brownslave688]

Cheryl just posted a link ups is spending a billion dollars a year to implement Orion. When pressed on how much this could save ups. The reply "if we cut 1 mile off every driver we can save 50 million a year"

so spend a billion to save 50 million?

 

[JackStraw]

He gets there an hour early to sort his load off the clock.[/QUOTE

Cheater. UPS loves guys like him. Me? I'd rather get paid for it.

 

[Catatonic]

Cheryl just posted a link ups is spending a billion dollars a year to implement Orion. When pressed on how much this could save ups. The reply "if we cut 1 mile off every driver we can save 50 million a year"

so spend a billion to save 50 million?

Come on Dude! Think about stuff before you post.
One billion a year is spent on technology is what Cheryl posted.
That includes Diads, PCs, telematics, back-up monitors, and probably a few calculators.
It also includes the salary of all personnel in Information Services, your local TSG technicians, etc.

I don't know how much Orion ​technology costs but if it is more than $10 million a year I will be surprised.
The cost for in-center maintenance of the data once fully implemented will be higher than the technology cost.

 

[Indecisi0n]

Come on Dude! Think about stuff before you post.
One billion a year is spent on technology is what Cheryl posted.
That includes Diads, PCs, telematics, back-up monitors, and probably a few calculators.
It also includes the salary of all personnel in Information Services, your local TSG technicians, etc.

I don't know how much Orion ​technology costs but if it is more than $10 million a year I will be surprised.
The cost for in-center maintenance of the data once fully implemented will be higher than the technology cost.

​Like

 

[tourists24]

Well Im just one run but I typically run 5 to 10 miles more than ORION says I should.... not doing my part I guess

 

[Brownslave688]

Come on Dude! Think about stuff before you post.
One billion a year is spent on technology is what Cheryl posted.
That includes Diads, PCs, telematics, back-up monitors, and probably a few calculators.
It also includes the salary of all personnel in Information Services, your local TSG technicians, etc.

I don't know how much Orion ​technology costs but if it is more than $10 million a year I will be surprised.
The cost for in-center maintenance of the data once fully implemented will be higher than the technology cost.

The article said they have spent 1 billion a year on technology since 2003. The wording sounded to me like all this technology has been used to collect data over the years for Orion's implementation. I know we spend tons on technology that maybe isn't directly related to Orion. I also know they could care less about saving the 50 million a year. It's all about making the drivers job so that anyone can step in and do it.