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<blockquote data-quote="Floridacargocat" data-source="post: 1243806" data-attributes="member: 6168"><p>UPS, like USPS, is considered a mainstay of delivering goods (small and larger parcels). For this, it requires proper resource planning (which includes a.o. technical capabilities of the buildings, getting the right seasonal personnel and getting proper delivery vehicle capacity). Evident changes in customer purchasing habits come faster than erecting / extending building capacities. In essence, we are still working within the confines of a fixed envelope. Sometimes this envelope can be overpressurized (and thus extended) for a brief period, but the envelope is not built to be overpressurized. UPS needs a new look at this envelope, as the solution is not longer work (delivery capacity is limited by Federal work rules) but smarter work. Using office personnel for delivering commercial products requires DOT regulation compliance for all aspects. Or is it "more cost-effective" to have this kind of personnel do the job despite not being in proper compliance?</p><p>Raising hourly production standards to levels that realistically are not sustainable results only in a continuously increasing level of underachieving results. But then, our number crunchers still present levels of profitability, which are incredible. How much comes from a) price increases, b) fees and surcharges, c) real internal growth (RIG).</p><p>Our planners need to take a realistic look at the maximum/minimum levels of UOW and determine if a 2.5 : 1 or slightly higher number is the benchmark fur successfully delivering the goods in peak season (a certain level of reserves MUST be built into these calculations due to chain reactions by foreseeable continuous bad weather affecting ground and air supply lines).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Floridacargocat, post: 1243806, member: 6168"] UPS, like USPS, is considered a mainstay of delivering goods (small and larger parcels). For this, it requires proper resource planning (which includes a.o. technical capabilities of the buildings, getting the right seasonal personnel and getting proper delivery vehicle capacity). Evident changes in customer purchasing habits come faster than erecting / extending building capacities. In essence, we are still working within the confines of a fixed envelope. Sometimes this envelope can be overpressurized (and thus extended) for a brief period, but the envelope is not built to be overpressurized. UPS needs a new look at this envelope, as the solution is not longer work (delivery capacity is limited by Federal work rules) but smarter work. Using office personnel for delivering commercial products requires DOT regulation compliance for all aspects. Or is it "more cost-effective" to have this kind of personnel do the job despite not being in proper compliance? Raising hourly production standards to levels that realistically are not sustainable results only in a continuously increasing level of underachieving results. But then, our number crunchers still present levels of profitability, which are incredible. How much comes from a) price increases, b) fees and surcharges, c) real internal growth (RIG). Our planners need to take a realistic look at the maximum/minimum levels of UOW and determine if a 2.5 : 1 or slightly higher number is the benchmark fur successfully delivering the goods in peak season (a certain level of reserves MUST be built into these calculations due to chain reactions by foreseeable continuous bad weather affecting ground and air supply lines). [/QUOTE]
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