City
of Edmond, OK
Reduction in the number of routes from 40 to 30 resulting
in significant operational savings.
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Mill Valley Refuse
System, Inc, CA
Saved 14% in efficiency, reduced operating costs
by $375,000, and resulted in a reduction in the number of
vehicles from 22 to 19.
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Issues with Transitioning
to Automated
SWANA Collection Symposium 2005 - Presentation from Kevin Callen
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Using Routing Software
for Analyzing Residential Collection Costs, Defining Procurement
Areas and Routing
SWANA Collection Symposium 2004 - Presentation from Kevin
Callen
Route optimization software
is a sophisticated analytical tool for not only creating
routes for collection vehicles, but also for analyzing
collection costs and facilitating procurements for contract
collection services. The traditional approach to analyzing
collection costs and defining districts or procurement
areas has been to use industry thumb rules, such as an
average number of stops for a route per day. However, these
industry thumb rules are typically not accurate on an individual
route basis, as the number of stops and mileage can vary
greatly based on the population density and distance from
the depot and disposal facilities to the route. Routing
software accurately defines individual routes, number of
trucks required, and the mileage and labor required to
service an area.
This paper reviews the
experiences of using FleetRoute route optimization software
for use in analyzing residential waste collection costs
and planning procurements for contract collection services.
Case studies include Nashville, Tennessee and an undisclosed
county in the Mid-Atlantic. These projects were conducted
by WasteBid.com, Inc. under sub-contract with Gershman,
Brickner & Bratton, Inc.
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