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Who's Stupid Idea Was "Stops Per Car"?
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<blockquote data-quote="pretzel_man" data-source="post: 773739" data-attributes="member: 927"><p>Stops per car is an old and important concept. I will agree that ofen it is not properly executed.</p><p> </p><p>Its basically very simple. Centers have a target stops per car and that is divided into the forecast to determine the number of drivers needed. </p><p> </p><p>For instance, if the forecast was for 3900 stops for a center and the target stops per car was 130, then the center needs 30 drivers. If the actual stops for the center come it at 3770 (130 less than forecast) the center needs 29 drivers. If the actual stops come in at 4030, 31 drivers are needed.</p><p> </p><p>Why is this needed and why the focus? When stops come in lower (3770 for example) and drivers are not cut, the stops per car drop from 130 to about 125. In practice, that reduction in stops does not usually equate to a reduction in paid hours. Unfortunately, this is true.....</p><p> </p><p>So, as I said this is often poorly executed. The problem is not the stops per car target, it is putting out a bad dispatch. I see too many centers when trying to break up a route to go from 30 drivers to 29 drivers, do a very poor job. They create a pocket dispatch, excess miles, excess hours, and force driver meets.</p><p> </p><p>By the way, SPC is only one metric. Miles is another important one. Dispatch is rated and measured by the number of miles run in a center. Making SPC and missing miles is also bad. There is a mileage index that each operation is measured on. It is equally as important (or more so) than SPC.</p><p> </p><p>Its no secret that the goal is do look for ways to reduce miles and replace those miles with stops (or paid day reduction).</p><p> </p><p>P-Man</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pretzel_man, post: 773739, member: 927"] Stops per car is an old and important concept. I will agree that ofen it is not properly executed. Its basically very simple. Centers have a target stops per car and that is divided into the forecast to determine the number of drivers needed. For instance, if the forecast was for 3900 stops for a center and the target stops per car was 130, then the center needs 30 drivers. If the actual stops for the center come it at 3770 (130 less than forecast) the center needs 29 drivers. If the actual stops come in at 4030, 31 drivers are needed. Why is this needed and why the focus? When stops come in lower (3770 for example) and drivers are not cut, the stops per car drop from 130 to about 125. In practice, that reduction in stops does not usually equate to a reduction in paid hours. Unfortunately, this is true..... So, as I said this is often poorly executed. The problem is not the stops per car target, it is putting out a bad dispatch. I see too many centers when trying to break up a route to go from 30 drivers to 29 drivers, do a very poor job. They create a pocket dispatch, excess miles, excess hours, and force driver meets. By the way, SPC is only one metric. Miles is another important one. Dispatch is rated and measured by the number of miles run in a center. Making SPC and missing miles is also bad. There is a mileage index that each operation is measured on. It is equally as important (or more so) than SPC. Its no secret that the goal is do look for ways to reduce miles and replace those miles with stops (or paid day reduction). P-Man [/QUOTE]
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