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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 887016" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>Because our <em>entire dispatch system</em> is a gimmick.</p><p></p><p>"History" has nothing to do with it in this era of corporate-mandated daily elimination of routes. Depending upon the number of routes we are allowed to dispatch and what sort of half-assed add/cuts we get, a "historical" delivery time means <em>nothing</em>. </p><p></p><p>I have residential stops on my route that I have delivered at 9:30 AM one day and 8:15 at night the next. I run up to 150 miles per day in 3 different counties.... an area that encompasses almost 400 square miles. Depending upon which routes have and have not been eliminated, I might have up to 20 Next Day Air stops to get off by 10:30, 15 or 20 business stops that must be delivered by noon, and on-route pickups that need to be picked up sometime between 2:00 and 5:00.</p><p></p><p>The "trace" I am expected to follow was written years ago, before our building downsized from 4 centers down to 2 and before PAS/EDD was implemented. The old ZIP code boundaries that this trace was designed around are now obsolete due to the center realignment. My route is basically a Band-Aid "Frankenroute" that is cobbled together from the remnants of other routes that have been permanently eliminated.</p><p></p><p>Despite all of that, I feel like "my choice" still could work....<strong>if my management team is empowered to make dispatch decisions themselves </strong>instead of being forced to mindlessly follow some corporate stops-per-car edict. To succeed, My Choice will need management teams that can Keep Their Plan Moving, Get The Big Picture, Expect The Unexpected, Adjust to Changing Conditions and Aim High in Dispatching. Which is why, unfortunately, that the program will fail.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 887016, member: 14668"] Because our [I]entire dispatch system[/I] is a gimmick. "History" has nothing to do with it in this era of corporate-mandated daily elimination of routes. Depending upon the number of routes we are allowed to dispatch and what sort of half-assed add/cuts we get, a "historical" delivery time means [I]nothing[/I]. I have residential stops on my route that I have delivered at 9:30 AM one day and 8:15 at night the next. I run up to 150 miles per day in 3 different counties.... an area that encompasses almost 400 square miles. Depending upon which routes have and have not been eliminated, I might have up to 20 Next Day Air stops to get off by 10:30, 15 or 20 business stops that must be delivered by noon, and on-route pickups that need to be picked up sometime between 2:00 and 5:00. The "trace" I am expected to follow was written years ago, before our building downsized from 4 centers down to 2 and before PAS/EDD was implemented. The old ZIP code boundaries that this trace was designed around are now obsolete due to the center realignment. My route is basically a Band-Aid "Frankenroute" that is cobbled together from the remnants of other routes that have been permanently eliminated. Despite all of that, I feel like "my choice" still could work....[B]if my management team is empowered to make dispatch decisions themselves [/B]instead of being forced to mindlessly follow some corporate stops-per-car edict. To succeed, My Choice will need management teams that can Keep Their Plan Moving, Get The Big Picture, Expect The Unexpected, Adjust to Changing Conditions and Aim High in Dispatching. Which is why, unfortunately, that the program will fail. [/QUOTE]
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