Route feasibility · UPDATED 2026-10-14

A stop count is not a route.

Grouped locations, drive time, access windows and parking belong in the conversation.

A route can look manageable on a screen and feel completely different on the road. I track feasibility because “how many stops?” does not answer “how much work?” Grouped locations, apartment access, lockers, parking, station distance, and restricted mailroom hours all change the day.

Count the hidden work A grouped stop can contain several delivery locations. A building can require finding parking, walking to an entrance, using a callbox, finding a locker, or contacting the customer. These steps take time even when the stop counter moves only once. A dispatcher needs to know where that time goes.

Compare the plan with the actual day Use the scheduled shift as the starting point. Subtract the time reserved for breaks, station activity, outbound and inbound travel, and other known work. What remains is a planning estimate of delivery time. It is not a performance target and it is not proof that a route can be completed safely.

Pair that estimate with actual departure, first delivery, access delays, rescue timing, and return data. Missing data should stay marked as missing. A precise-looking worksheet with invented times creates confidence the evidence has not earned.

Make the evidence usable The best escalation is specific: this route, this date, this access restriction, this observed delay. State the effect and the operational change you are requesting. Do not claim every unsuccessful delivery was unavoidable; separate the constraint from the choices made around it.

Support the person on the road Look-ahead planning, clear area references, and early coaching matter. So does listening when a driver says a location cannot be accessed. More pressure cannot open a locked mailroom or create a legal parking space.

I share the questions to ask here. My detailed evaluation logic, templates, and operating methods are part of the deeper system work. Start with one route and a record you can explain. What part of your route disappears when somebody reduces the whole day to a stop count?