I'm PT and have booked 45+hrs the past two weeks, and I'm heading for another 45hrs this week. I'll take what I can get, sure beats the welfare(food stamps)
Mitchell, I once chewed out a Ground driver for taking an Express package. It was a POS box, falling apart. He tried to give it to me. I told him it might be ok for a Ground Package to look like that, but at Express we would never have accepted it. Seriously imagine the worst looking box you've ever seen, it was twice as bad.
Me and the express guy in my area help each other and the customer out. Can't blame the customer for our confusing business model.
He will call me if a scheduled express pickup was actually for me and I will do the same for him. We take each others boxes if not scheduled or if we get stopped by someone with a box.
We run into each other a dozen times a day. Why not help out the customer?
$2 billion profit from $40 billion in revenue is not the same as $2 billion profit from $10 billion in revenue or $2 billion profit from $100 billion in revenue.
Using your line of thought, all 3 of the above are equally successful. They're not.
Nope, nada, no way. You can't use my line of thought. Might hurt yourself.
i would have still taken it, then do a stat 37 with comment. in the customers mind the package was already accepted by a driver. but yeah, what i mentioned above is just a few routes where i know the ground and express drivers know each other.
how is this dynamic roads manifest take into account for offices that are closed 12-1 or receiving closed 11-12?
We've been using DRA since mid-April, with mixed results. While I haven't worked with it yet, here's what I've heard.I knew about what I'm going to write here earlier in the week. I had to get confirmation and "permission" from the source that gave it to me to get it up here. So here goes.
A number of stations nationwide will run their Saturday routes tomorrow using Dynamic ROADS start to finish. The Couriers have been instructed to come in early (at the locations which will do this) to get a 20-30 minute orientation on the Dynamic ROADS software and methods for followng the manifest and loading the truck. There is conflicting word on whether the Couriers will be permitted to deviate from the indicated stop ordering, or will be required to stick to the presented stop order no matter what.
They want to test out the capability of the system on Saturday to make sure there isn't a flood of problems during a regular business day.
I'll try to get results of the test up middle of next week.
It doesn't....how is this dynamic roads manifest take into account for offices that are closed 12-1 or receiving closed 11-12?
We've been using ROADS on saturdays for a few weeks now.
The results have been horrible, add to that a demoralized workforce and I see alot of grey hair for management this summer.