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This is done, drivers do get a route (EDD trace). Problem is that there's a min wage human (machines are too slow/expensive) with heavy time constraints who loads the truck. If they're part of the 1/3 that is a peak seasonal, don't care, or are pushed too hard by management, the load will be bad. Loading stop for stop is hard and has no incentive.

Most routes (at least here) have business stops which make up the majority of the bulk down the middle. If it's a resi route with a lot of irregulars (70-150lb packages, mattresses, etc) it'll be a mess.

The options to solve this are pretty much more trucks (there are none, and nowhere to put them after the "normal" seasonal increase), more drivers (hiring/training is an issue), making multiple trips (depends on distance from hub), or having parts of the route shuttled out.

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Just give the incentive. Give bonuses to loaders when trucks deliver more efficiently. It would probably help with turnover, so the peaks would be much better with second nature efficiency ops at the dock.

I would go so far as to say that if they had invested in efficiency this way they could have developed their ORION project for far less money since they would be crowdsourcing at least the first major part of the solution from their workforce. Study that with sensors and data, and develop your algorithm from there. AFAIK, an experienced taxi driver is every bit as fast as a google maps traffic optimized route.