Plan and follow the most efficient routes for delivering goods.

“Plan and follow the most efficient routes for delivering goods.” is a core task performed by Couriers and Messengers. Among the occupation's 17 rated tasks, workers place it 8th by importance (#10 most important). About 99% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Analyze data to improve operations. in Analyzing Data or Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T1.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.012% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 11% of that use is work-related
• Most common interaction: task iteration
• Average autonomy of the AI: 3.3 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 98% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Working with AI vs. handing it off

Of the AI conversations mapped to this task, the split between people working alongside AI and people delegating the task to it.

How people interact with AI on this task

Other tasks in this occupation

• Deliver and pick up medical records, lab specimens, and medications to and from hospitals and other medical facilities. · importance 4.7
• Obtain signatures and payments, or arrange for recipients to make payments. · importance 4.6
• Record information, such as items received and delivered and recipients' responses to messages. · importance 4.5
• Receive messages or materials to be delivered, and information on recipients, such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, and delivery instructions, communicated via telephone, two-way radio, or in person. · importance 4.5
• Load vehicles with listed goods, ensuring goods are loaded correctly and taking precautions with hazardous goods. · importance 4.5
• Walk, ride bicycles, drive vehicles, or use public conveyances to reach destinations to deliver messages or materials. · importance 4.4
• Sort items to be delivered according to the delivery route. · importance 4.4
• Deliver messages and items, such as newspapers, documents, and packages, between establishment departments and to other establishments and private homes. · importance 4.3
• Unload and sort items collected along delivery routes. · importance 4.3
• Check with home offices after completed deliveries to confirm deliveries and collections and to receive instructions for other deliveries. · importance 4.2
• Collect, seal, and stamp outgoing mail, using postage meters and envelope sealers. · importance 4.0
• Use telephone to deliver verbal messages. · importance 4.0
• Perform general office or clerical work, such as filing materials, operating duplicating machines, or running errands. · importance 3.9
• Perform routine maintenance on delivery vehicles, such as monitoring fluid levels and replenishing fuel. · importance 3.8

See all tasks on the Couriers and Messengers page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Plan and follow the most efficient routes for delivering goods.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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}