I've been going through the
study results, and next up is parcel time.
So, the good news: if you are hauling the 'zon to doorsteps, you can expect to make some real time on your parcels.
If you are mainly delivering to parcel lockers, expect small gains. If you mainly deliver to mailboxes, expect some small losses.
But from what I've read in the study results, the difference between small/medium parcels in the mailbox (and a slight time loss) and a large parcel (and a BIG time gain) is whether or not you take the parcel to the door. I imagine they will eventually somehow distinguish by dimensions, but if they don't, then I'd say take everything to the door and really stick it to them!
The program is
here. You need:
1) daily avg parcels delivered to mailboxes
2) daily avg parcels delivered to lockers
3) daily avg parcels delivered to doorstep
If you want to use my
walking and
driveway simplifications:
4) daily avg steps (this is in the office getting parcels, and walking to and from delivery points)
5) daily avg driveway lengths
but you don't have to use these. Just leave all "0" in this part then add in your own calculations if you want.
Change to your numbers, click the "Run" button at the top, results at the bottom. Here is an example:
Code:
const MAILBOX_PARCELS = 40
const DOOR_PARCELS = 10
const LOCKER_PARCELS = 0
const NUMBER_OF_STEPS = 250
const DRIVE_LESS_THAN_A_POOL = 5
const DRIVE_A_POOL = 0
const DRIVE_A_FOOTBALL_FIELD = 4
const DRIVE_TWO_FOOTBALL_FIELDS = 0
const DRIVE_QUARTER_MILE = 1
const DRIVE_HALF_MILE = 0
...
Your previous parcel time was 150.00 minutes per week
Your cart time for parcels is 1.06 minutes per week
Your organize time for parcels is 87.75 minutes per week
Your mailbox parcel time is 40.10 minutes per week
Your locker parcel time is 0.00 minutes per week
Your door parcel time is 85.14 minutes per week
Your additional driving time for parcels is 22.74 minutes per week
Your walking time for parcels is 15.00 minutes per week
Your TOTAL new parcel time is 251.80 minutes per week
You will gain 101.80 minutes per week
* caveats:
1) The calculator assumes you are only delivering 1 package to a door. If, for instance, you take 2 packages to the same door, you will get less time. About 1 minute less per parcel --> 6 minutes less per parcel per week, I think, but this isn't entirely clear.
2) It also isn't clear how to calculate multiple trips to the same door (think 3 boxes of dog food in 3 knee buckling hauls).
3) There is a field for "Deliver Miscellaneous to the Door," but this, again, is not clear. I took it to mean taking mail with the packages, and is included.
4) It doesn't explicitly say scan time is built into these deliveries, but I'm assuming it is.
