RANGANATH NUGGEHALLI

RANGANATH NUGGEHALLI

RANGANATH NUGGEHALLI

Principal Scientist, UPS

UPS Optimizes Delivery Routes
UPS, the leading logistics provider in the world, and long known for its penchant for efficiency, embarked on a journey to streamline and modernize its pickup and delivery operations in 2003. This journey resulted in a suite of systems, including ORION (On Road Integrated Optimization and Navigation) optimization system. Every day, ORION provides an optimized route for each of UPS’ 55,000 U.S. drivers. The system creates routes that maintain the desired level of consistency from day to day. To bring this transformational system from concept to reality, UPS instituted extensive change management practices to ensure that both users and executives would accept the system. Costing more than $250 million to build and deploy, it is estimated that ORION is saving UPS $300 to $400 million annually. ORION is also contributing to the sustainability efforts of UPS by reducing its CO2 emissions by 100,000 tons annually. By providing a foundation for a new generation of advanced planning systems, ORION is transforming the pickup and delivery operations at UPS.