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<blockquote data-quote="35years" data-source="post: 2800189" data-attributes="member: 60822"><p>It worked for decades, at much higher profit margins, I might add.</p><p></p><p>Imagine, having managers run the staffing who actually see the results of ill conceived plans. Not just the fragmentary, spurious resulting numbers.</p><p></p><p>IE is so far removed from the actual, real world of moving boxes that they can not see how their staffing and routing plans create absurd inefficiencies.</p><p></p><p>Center Managers now just try to clean up the mess that IE creates.</p><p></p><p>It really is pointless trying to explain what really happens to someone who sits in a cubicle and wonders why the projected numbers get all out of wack. But I will try...</p><p></p><p>-----------------------------------------------------</p><p><strong>You (IE) design a shovel</strong> <strong>with a flat front end to dig because your computer model shows you can lift more dirt per shovel-load that way.</strong></p><p></p><p>- The worker knows it needs a pointed front end to break through the heavy dense clay.</p><p></p><p>- His manager can see the shovel needs a pointed end.</p><p></p><p>-IE looks at the reduced production and finds a different metric to proclaim that the flat nosed shovel is superior, since he never actually sees the shovel in action. "They must not be using the shovel correctly".</p><p></p><p>-IE then creates a metric for the worker to attain, and the center manager to enforce; "You have to lift one pound of dirt each time you lift the shovel, since the computer says it is more efficient that way"</p><p></p><p>-The manager then orders the worker to chop at the clay one once at a time, and only lift it once he piles up 16 ounces.</p><p></p><p>-So the worker does it this way, meets the metric for lifting 1 lb at a time, and the shovel is proclaimed a success...Don't acknowledge it take twice as long to dig the hole. IE guy scratches his head</p><p></p><p>------------------------------------------------------</p><p>The sad thing is you actually believe your own self-created virtual reality.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="35years, post: 2800189, member: 60822"] It worked for decades, at much higher profit margins, I might add. Imagine, having managers run the staffing who actually see the results of ill conceived plans. Not just the fragmentary, spurious resulting numbers. IE is so far removed from the actual, real world of moving boxes that they can not see how their staffing and routing plans create absurd inefficiencies. Center Managers now just try to clean up the mess that IE creates. It really is pointless trying to explain what really happens to someone who sits in a cubicle and wonders why the projected numbers get all out of wack. But I will try... ----------------------------------------------------- [B]You (IE) design a shovel[/B] [B]with a flat front end to dig because your computer model shows you can lift more dirt per shovel-load that way.[/B] - The worker knows it needs a pointed front end to break through the heavy dense clay. - His manager can see the shovel needs a pointed end. -IE looks at the reduced production and finds a different metric to proclaim that the flat nosed shovel is superior, since he never actually sees the shovel in action. "They must not be using the shovel correctly". -IE then creates a metric for the worker to attain, and the center manager to enforce; "You have to lift one pound of dirt each time you lift the shovel, since the computer says it is more efficient that way" -The manager then orders the worker to chop at the clay one once at a time, and only lift it once he piles up 16 ounces. -So the worker does it this way, meets the metric for lifting 1 lb at a time, and the shovel is proclaimed a success...Don't acknowledge it take twice as long to dig the hole. IE guy scratches his head ------------------------------------------------------ The sad thing is you actually believe your own self-created virtual reality. [/QUOTE]
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