UPS also hates those damn left hand turners

UPS has realized that it can save a lot of operational budget by minimizing left hand turns on their routes. This shows that Dad is not the only one who hates those damn left hand turners.


UPS CIO: Driving cost savings by eliminating left-hand turns
Optimizing the delivery of 14.5 million packages per day

In a CIO Sessions interview, United Parcel Service CIO Dave Barnes tells ZDNet editor in chief Dan Farber that his company will save $600 million per year through package flow technologies that include preloading vehicles in the morning, routing drivers according to volume and favoring right-hand turns.