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wkmac
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Sounds like you are side loading the conveyor belt and pushing it off track with package flow. See if you can get the belt tension tightened up and this may help some. If it has a floating weighted pulley see if the pulley is bottoming out during heavy flow because this will unload belt tension and cause several problems. If you do get a slide get a 90 degree slide that deposits the merchandise lenght wise to the conveyor. This will stop the sideloading and the tracking problems. If the conveyor is flat to it's lenght (no inclines) then suggest that next time the belt itself is changed they install BBxBB belting. This has a very slick surface that eliminates tracking problems from side loading. Also it's easier to pull packages from on the Preload.
Now I'd like to offer a personal observation and that will be all I have to say. I'm a 21 year UPS Teamster so I speak as a co-worker and not a management person. You do seem to focus always on the negative. Even when a positive suggestion is made, instead of focusing on that and trying to put that into practice you focus again on another negative. We all are prone to do it because it's so easy sometimes.
Huge longterm gains come in small steps so instead of looking for another negative, focus your energy on small positive steps because over time you might start seeing some of the problems you speak of go away or dwindle in scope and impact. I can name you tons of problems I see on a daily basis but I can also tell you tons of issues that are problems no more because of small steps. And sometimes those small steps become very unexpected giant leaps and they also instill a sense of pride and accomplishment in us.
Everyone of us here, management and hourly alike, can sit here and name problem issue after problem issue but it's positive focus that in the end will make all the difference in the world. JMO.
Wish you the best of luck!
mac
Sounds like you are side loading the conveyor belt and pushing it off track with package flow. See if you can get the belt tension tightened up and this may help some. If it has a floating weighted pulley see if the pulley is bottoming out during heavy flow because this will unload belt tension and cause several problems. If you do get a slide get a 90 degree slide that deposits the merchandise lenght wise to the conveyor. This will stop the sideloading and the tracking problems. If the conveyor is flat to it's lenght (no inclines) then suggest that next time the belt itself is changed they install BBxBB belting. This has a very slick surface that eliminates tracking problems from side loading. Also it's easier to pull packages from on the Preload.
Now I'd like to offer a personal observation and that will be all I have to say. I'm a 21 year UPS Teamster so I speak as a co-worker and not a management person. You do seem to focus always on the negative. Even when a positive suggestion is made, instead of focusing on that and trying to put that into practice you focus again on another negative. We all are prone to do it because it's so easy sometimes.
Huge longterm gains come in small steps so instead of looking for another negative, focus your energy on small positive steps because over time you might start seeing some of the problems you speak of go away or dwindle in scope and impact. I can name you tons of problems I see on a daily basis but I can also tell you tons of issues that are problems no more because of small steps. And sometimes those small steps become very unexpected giant leaps and they also instill a sense of pride and accomplishment in us.
Everyone of us here, management and hourly alike, can sit here and name problem issue after problem issue but it's positive focus that in the end will make all the difference in the world. JMO.
Wish you the best of luck!
mac