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Who's Stupid Idea Was "Stops Per Car"?
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<blockquote data-quote="Catatonic" data-source="post: 773809" data-attributes="member: 7966"><p>As to whose idea was Stops Per Car? I would guess it was maybe <strong>Jim Casey</strong> and if not him, then <strong>George Smith</strong> and probably somewhere in the 50's.</p><p> </p><p>When I first saw this thread's title ... I did not take it seriously. And then I realized that what was being complained about was the increase in Stops Per Car (or at least I thought I did). Now I'm not too sure what anyone or everyone is complaining about except that almost everyone feels the dispatch is too high.</p><p> </p><p>To P-Mans point - Stops per Car was used back in the 70's as the basis for planning the number of drivers in a center and it had been around "forever" then. I remember the tedious and boring process of planning out a whole year with pen and paper and adding and cutting drivers as volume increased and decreased. The splits were usually done in the morning by the preload. The decision was the center manager's or lead supe whether to add or cut a route.</p><p> </p><p>As an aside, I remember when I went into management, I took a pay cut because I averaged over 54 hours a week. It took almost 3 years to get back to what I was making as a driver. So dispatch was not that great back then either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Catatonic, post: 773809, member: 7966"] As to whose idea was Stops Per Car? I would guess it was maybe [B]Jim Casey[/B] and if not him, then [B]George Smith[/B] and probably somewhere in the 50's. When I first saw this thread's title ... I did not take it seriously. And then I realized that what was being complained about was the increase in Stops Per Car (or at least I thought I did). Now I'm not too sure what anyone or everyone is complaining about except that almost everyone feels the dispatch is too high. To P-Mans point - Stops per Car was used back in the 70's as the basis for planning the number of drivers in a center and it had been around "forever" then. I remember the tedious and boring process of planning out a whole year with pen and paper and adding and cutting drivers as volume increased and decreased. The splits were usually done in the morning by the preload. The decision was the center manager's or lead supe whether to add or cut a route. As an aside, I remember when I went into management, I took a pay cut because I averaged over 54 hours a week. It took almost 3 years to get back to what I was making as a driver. So dispatch was not that great back then either. [/QUOTE]
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