This Year, Santa's Wearing Brown

Santa gets hi-tech for this year's holiday rush.

North Pole - Tuesday, December 25, 2007 -
Creating route plans that optimize and balance both delivery profitability and customer service can be challenging for a guy as busy as Santa Claus. Good plans must take into consideration more than what can fit into a sleigh- time zones, weights, re-loads and reindeer towing capability just to name a few.
Fortunately, this year Santa implemented UPS’s RoadNet, a tactical daily routing tool, which increased his delivery profitability and customer service through routing efficiency. Using advanced industry algorithms and custom routing passes, Santa made his multiple intelligent route plans faster-maximizing investment in his fleet.

RoadNet at the North Pole
This year UPS’s RoadNet software was a big help for Santa. He was able to visit 20 more houses per hour, which got him back home to Mrs. Claus hours earlier than any previous year, and saved the reindeer from exhaustion. Here’s how RoadNet helped save Christmas:

• Increased Resource Utilization- Santa made better use of existing resources by delivering more and driving (flying) less. The answer to increasing volume is not always to put more reindeer on the sleigh, but to make smart, efficient deliveries.
• Win When Customer Demanded Change – Santa exceeded customer service expectations when open/close time windows change, or an off-time zone (or day) delivery appears.
• Made Sound Business Decisions – By knowing the actual cost per stop, Santa knew how delivery costs affect his profitability.
• Set Driver Standards -Creating route plans and gathering actual information allowed Santa to set performance standards and expectations-which resulted in less overtime, less reindeer exhaustion, and a very happy Mrs. Claus.
• Decreased Routing Time – Santa’s elves spent less time configuring routes and more time assessing what-if scenarios to produce better, more efficient routes.
• Holiday Routing – This year, Santa increased holiday week efficiencies by having the flexibility to alter route plans dynamically.

How RoadNet Can Help You
Reports
RoadNet can produce a number of reports to make transportation information available to you quickly and easily. These reports can be used as is, or can be customized to fit your business needs.
Standard Reports Include:

• Driver Manifests, Maps, Directions and Itineraries
• Route Summary Statistics
• Off-Day Delivery Exception Report
• Resource Utilization Report
• Customer Delivery Cost Report
• Time Window Exception Report
• Actual versus Projected by Route and by Stop Reports

Results
Customers experience significant gains that result in increased profitability, and have used RoadNet for:

• Reduction in miles driven
• Reduction in vehicles
• Reduction in overtime
• Reduction in routing time
• Increased vehicle capacity
• Dramatic improvements in driver management
• Dramatic improvements in customer service

Roadnet's suite of software solutions encompasses route planning and optimization, territory planning, dispatch and tracking, and a series of programming tools that enable online customer self-scheduling, graphical map display, ETA look-up and more. MobileCast, the wireless dispatch and tracking solution, includes real-time stop information, bar code scanning, electronic signature capture, GPS tracking, DOT logging, and fuel tax reporting. The Roadnet and Barcoding Inc. solution enables delivery and service organizations with mobile workers to have visibility into their field operations in real time. This visibility is critical to improving customer service and managing exceptions efficiently, thereby providing significant competitive advantage to users, just ask Santa.

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