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EUALogística e transporte2013–2016

UPS

ORION delivery route optimization

UPS's ORION route optimization was projected to cut 100 million miles and $300–400 million a year

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Problema

A typical UPS delivery route has around 120 stops, and the number of possible sequences is enormous. At UPS's scale, removing one mile per driver per day is worth about $50 million a year.

Abordagem

UPS spent about a decade developing and testing ORION (On-Road Integrated Optimization and Navigation), an operations research system that plans each driver's stop sequence. Rollout to US routes began in 2013; in 2015 the company sped it up and planned full US deployment by the end of 2016. The project won the INFORMS Franz Edelman Award in 2016.

Números principais

100M milesannual reduction in miles driven expected at full deploymentDeclaração da própria empresa[1][2]
$300–400Mexpected annual cost savings in the USDeclaração da própria empresa[2][3]
10M gallonsannual fuel savings expected at full deploymentDeclaração da própria empresa[1][2]

Lição

UPS expected small reductions per route to produce large savings across its fleet. The figures were the company's estimates for full deployment.

Categorias

Tipo de inovação
Inovação de processos
Tecnologia de IA
Otimização
Forma de adoção
Desenvolvimento interno
Evidência
Declaração da própria empresa

Fontes

  1. UPS Routing Program ORION Helps Drivers Trim Miles, Reduce Costs
    Transport Topics9 de ago. de 2016Notícia

Resumos das fontes

[1]UPS3 de mar. de 2015

UPS announces that it is speeding up the ORION rollout to about 70% of planned routes in 2015 and expects full deployment by the end of 2016. At full deployment it expects about 100 million fewer miles a year, 6 to 8 fewer miles per route, 10 million gallons of fuel saved, more than $300 million in annual savings and 100,000 metric tons less CO2.

[2]Transport Topics9 de ago. de 2016

Transport Topics reported from a UPS demonstration in July 2016 that ORION was weeks from covering most US delivery operations after a decade of development and a rollout that began in 2013. It gives UPS's expectations of 100 million fewer miles, 10 million gallons less fuel and $300–400 million in annual US savings. It also cites the company's rule of thumb that one mile per driver per day is worth $50 million a year.

[3]INFORMSabr. de 2016

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences announces that UPS won the 2016 Franz Edelman Award for ORION, the route optimization system used by its drivers. It describes the system's effect as $300 million to $400 million in annual savings and cost avoidance, figures that come from UPS.

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Adicionado em 25 de out. de 2026 · Atualizado em 25 de out. de 2026
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