#Ups delivery by end of day drivers
Drivers know down to the minute when they should arrive at each stop and how long it should take to drop off a package. This system gives drivers a road map for the best route to drop off each package. Then the most efficient delivery route is mapped using a state-of-the-art system called the UPS On-Road Integrated Optimization and Navigation System (ORION). Work starts at 3 a.m., or earlier depending on volume that day, where employees sort items and prepare packages for delivery. I have worked as a driver assistant, personal vehicle deliverer, as well as a shuttle driver, taking packages from our operations facility to drivers during the day. Almost every year, I have delivered packages one or two days during the season, sometimes more. It is also not unusual for UPS managers to deliver packages using their own cars and trucks.Īs the principal scientist at UPS, I have been with the company for 29 years and this is my 30th holiday season. These extra workers are needed to load delivery vans and assist drivers on the road, while some will use their own vehicles to deliver UPS packages. UPS hired more than 100,000 seasonal employees to help with the expected rush. This year, it’s a combination of both with the holiday falling on a Wednesday. If Christmas falls early in the week, the peak day occurs during the middle of the previous week.
If it is toward the end of the week, the peak delivery hits in the earlier part of Christmas week. Our peak holiday delivery day depends on when Christmas falls. Shoppers had just three weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas, which means shopping time is crunched. That number could reach 34 million packages this year thanks to a shortened holiday season caused by a late November Thanksgiving. On peak delivery day last year, UPS delivered about 32 million packages.
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