I usually argue that things are not for numbers alone.
In this case, this is a pure numbers game.
This adds no value.
Thank you Pretzel for the honest response. I understand why UPS uses numbers. Certain numbers, if made, create a predicted result or bottom line in theory. Problem is using the helper board ourselves(the driver) to meet the quota of stops slows us down and confuses the entire day with my helper. Its great if he knows how to use it and goes and delivers a school while i knock off 5 stops is a huge help, but if he doesn't and I need to put 70 stops in it myself it certainly slows us down, thus creating a good number but retarding our actual production
So my point is:why does UPS have to play the numbers game with the helper boards? Who are they trying to prove anything to with these "helper board numbers"? It certainly isn't Wall Street because they certainly don't see these numbers ( this also begs the question:if UPS is screwing with helper board numbers, god only knows what they are doing to fudge their accounting to impress Wall Street).
Its things like this that make me shake my head at UPS. I'm pro-UPS all the way, love the job, wouldn't want to work anywhere else(within reason,lol) and almost bleed brown. However, some of the things UPS does embarrasses me or makes me think twice of my pride for working at UPS.
The number 1 thing is having 2 or 3 drivers delivering on the same street at the same time, or having our customers have to deal with 2-3 different drivers depending on the day of the week. Prior to EDD/PAS these customers had the same driver for 15 years day in and day out. Does UPS REALLY NEED to do this?
In my opinion, add/cuts are the worse thing to ever come down the pike because nobody ever gets it right except the driver and I mean getting it right because its the driver that ends up taking the brunt of these mistakes and delivering these mistakes. Ok, I just went on a tangent here but I think this needs to be said: ENOUGH already with the add/cuts! Have a plan and stick to it. Send help later if needed. For example, the purpose of add/cuts are to lighten a diver who is heavy and add work to lighter load. Problem is 10/10 times the pre loader can't find all the packages to take from the heavy car. So now this driver has to go to the area and deliver the 2-5 stops that didn't get pulled and the driver that was light skates free of the extra 2-5 stops he was intended to receive.
Seriously, this happens 10/10 times. The pre-loader NEVER gets all of them, ever. There is always some piece of bulk or what-ever stuffed behind other parcels with the package weighing 95 LBS and the label is face-down on the floor (Gee, no wonder you couldn't find it nit-wit, I cant find it either when you put the label down on the floor and you can't move the thing). Then, you get entire add/cuts that don't get cut or added so now the heavy driver is stuck with 15 stops that are not in his EDD and the light driver is 15 stops less than he is showing EDD.
This crap happens EVERY DAY! And its not like the pre load are sitting around fiddling their thumbs. Can you imagine someone coming down and telling you to remove 25 parcels that you hustled to load to make their pieces per hour only to be told to remove them and put them back in the cages? I was always told once you touch the package once more than needed you are going to over-allowed. I guess its gospel on the pre load to touch at least 25 parcels once more than needed.
AH, add/cuts. Just get rid of them. Its cost too much money to fix these errors that were intended to save money in theory. Can't they just leave it alone? It would save time, miles, and overall efficiency if they stuck to a plan and let it ride. Seriously, do the baselines have to change every day? Or for that matter do all the routes have to change EVERYDAY?
Remember the days when your route was your route and there was no question who got what? AH, how I long for the good old days...