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<blockquote data-quote="westsideworma" data-source="post: 456523"><p>the expectations definitely changed pre and post PAS. I was a preloader for a few almost 3 years before turning supe and even in that amount of time the "standards" have been raised far above what they were when even I was hired.</p><p></p><p>It is unrealistic and the only ones who believe is should be business as usual are the ones who have never done it or have done it one day (anyone can hustle all out for one day). I can still keep up with it but expecting these guys (on a boxline anyway) to get all 800-1200 pcs into 3-5 cars, perfectly sequenced with no mistakes in 3.5 hrs is just plain stupid. I don't expect my preloaders to do that. I can't do it, they definitely can't (upper management), why should expect it?</p><p></p><p>As I've said before, the threshold in my unofficial "research" has been 205-210 pph for boxline methods. When we do that or just above it, we often have no misloads on any of the cars and the load quality by and large is respectable. However we settle for 220+ and 2-4 misloads a day with a rare 0 sprinkled in here and there at that rate.</p><p></p><p>PAS doesn't make you faster, it makes picking the job up easier somewhat, but not faster (least on a boxline). It often makes you think more because the person dispatching is sometimes asleep at the wheel ("lets PAL everything to the 4000 section and see what happens"...argh or "lets PAL all the bulkstops to the top shelves and see how long it takes the preloader to notice"). Things like that occur on a pretty much daily basis. </p><p></p><p>I actually enjoyed preloading before PAS (yes you read that right). You were given somewhat realistic time to build loads. You were faster and more accurate because you didn't need to read anything other than the shipping label (no out of sync PALs or system flips to worry about). I say faster because if you made it the old way you had memorized your charts at some point (you had to, there was simply no other way). It was so ingrained in my brain that I could still load all the trucks I loaded and ones I helped with (often daily so I picked those up also after time) to this day, exactly as they were back then. </p><p></p><p>PAS left a foul taste in all of the loaders who did it both ways (myself included). I don't deny that it must help dispatchers and maybe even drivers somewhat (stop/piece count with EDD?), but I fail to see how it helps preloaders. Under PAS we give them less time to do their work and make them the fall guy if the system screws something up. It has improved from when it was first implemented, but that really isn't saying much in some areas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westsideworma, post: 456523"] the expectations definitely changed pre and post PAS. I was a preloader for a few almost 3 years before turning supe and even in that amount of time the "standards" have been raised far above what they were when even I was hired. It is unrealistic and the only ones who believe is should be business as usual are the ones who have never done it or have done it one day (anyone can hustle all out for one day). I can still keep up with it but expecting these guys (on a boxline anyway) to get all 800-1200 pcs into 3-5 cars, perfectly sequenced with no mistakes in 3.5 hrs is just plain stupid. I don't expect my preloaders to do that. I can't do it, they definitely can't (upper management), why should expect it? As I've said before, the threshold in my unofficial "research" has been 205-210 pph for boxline methods. When we do that or just above it, we often have no misloads on any of the cars and the load quality by and large is respectable. However we settle for 220+ and 2-4 misloads a day with a rare 0 sprinkled in here and there at that rate. PAS doesn't make you faster, it makes picking the job up easier somewhat, but not faster (least on a boxline). It often makes you think more because the person dispatching is sometimes asleep at the wheel ("lets PAL everything to the 4000 section and see what happens"...argh or "lets PAL all the bulkstops to the top shelves and see how long it takes the preloader to notice"). Things like that occur on a pretty much daily basis. I actually enjoyed preloading before PAS (yes you read that right). You were given somewhat realistic time to build loads. You were faster and more accurate because you didn't need to read anything other than the shipping label (no out of sync PALs or system flips to worry about). I say faster because if you made it the old way you had memorized your charts at some point (you had to, there was simply no other way). It was so ingrained in my brain that I could still load all the trucks I loaded and ones I helped with (often daily so I picked those up also after time) to this day, exactly as they were back then. PAS left a foul taste in all of the loaders who did it both ways (myself included). I don't deny that it must help dispatchers and maybe even drivers somewhat (stop/piece count with EDD?), but I fail to see how it helps preloaders. Under PAS we give them less time to do their work and make them the fall guy if the system screws something up. It has improved from when it was first implemented, but that really isn't saying much in some areas. [/QUOTE]
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