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UPS GOES ON THE ROAD WITH OS/2
October 14, 1993
Roadnet Technologies, a subsidiary of United Parcel Service (UPS),
uses IBM's OS/2* to help companies ship their products from their
warehouses to your supermarket!
Developed on OS/2 Versions 2.0 and 2.1, ROADNET 5000 is a computerized
vehicle-routing and scheduling software package that informs wholesalers
of the most efficient delivery route and schedule for their products.
Companies such as Kraft Foods, Sysco Foods, and Entenmann's, for
example, use the OS/2 application to minimize miles-on-the-road and
other operating costs while maximizing driver productivity on the way to
your retail stores.
All in all, OS/2 and the Roadnet** package manage the entire product
delivery process for many wholesalers. With ROADNET 5000, daily orders
are organized into geographically sequenced routes which yield the most
cost efficient delivery patterns. The application calculates least cost
delivery routes, anticipated mileage and even the anticipated length of
the delivery.
Before using OS/2, the application developers at Roadnet had to contend
with severe memory limitations of DOS. Simply put, the Roadnet
application was too large to run well on DOS. Additionally, the
existing text-based look-and-feel of the application was cumbersome for
end users so even they were dissatisfied. The idea of developing and
shipping the application under the Windows environment was impossible.
Using OS/2, the application developers were able to increase their
productivity significantly. In fact, today they often build their
programs in one session, work on enhancements in another, and run
electronic mail (E-mail) in a third session -- all at the same time.
Now, because OS/2 protects their application's memory address space, the
programmers find and fix memory-addressing problems sooner, improving
their quality control down the road.
End-users also are pleased that Roadnet is developing their application
on OS/2. The Workplace Shell graphical user interface provides a
consistently behaved, attractive user interface. Customers who use
the application daily have become more productive and satisfied on the
job.
The folks at Roadnet estimate that, together with OS/2, they have helped
manage 62,000,000 deliveries in the past 2 years alone. No wonder why
the company can boast of having a competitive edge in its industry.
For more information about OS/2 and the Roadnet application, contact
Amy W. Boblitz of Roadnet Technologies, 410-560-4117.
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IBM and OS/2 are registered trademarks of International Business
Machines Corporation.
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Roadnet is a registered trademark of United Parcel Service of
America, Inc.