UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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The sup had no idea where the air stops were---if he had I would bet that he would have had him deliver the air and then go to his first stop.
I drive a 2006 Freightliner P700 665-series car with a Mercedes 4 cyl. diesel. Do you work on any of these? Mine has 220K on it and still runs like a top.The VT engine is the diesel V8 that appears in International P1, P7, P12 and 24 footers from about 2004 to 2006. AKA the 6.0 Powerstroke. The 444e is the diesel V8 in International P7, P1, P12 and 24 footers from about 1996 to 2001. AKA the 7.3 Powerstroke.
I have quite a few of those in my fleet. Those aren't exactly trouble free, but they are like anvils by comparison. ECUs, injectors/lines, EGR valves/coolers are a few sore spotsI drive a 2006 Freightliner P700 665-series car with a Mercedes 4 cyl. diesel. Do you work on any of these? Mine has 220K on it and still runs like a top.
The sup had no idea where the air stops were---if he had I would bet that he would have had him deliver the air and then go to his first stop.
That's what they are going for. Who needs area knowledge right? Just hire them off the street and put their butts in a seat.
You give supervisors too much credit.
You should stop assuming what a supervisor would or would not do.
I drive a 2006 Freightliner P700 665-series car with a Mercedes 4 cyl. diesel. Do you work on any of these? Mine has 220K on it and still runs like a top.
Here's a little trick that has helped and worked well for me.
Orion has you delivering a few house calls during your air run. When u get to your first stop that doesn't fit, scan and prerecord it,then deliver on trace later. just don't forget about it.
I had a similar reaction when I sent in a PSR that mentioned keyless removal as a problem solution.I once suggested to my management team that the solution to ORION non-compliance would be for drivers to run the route according to common sense and put all stops in prerecord.
Upon return to the building, UPS could then have a team of clerks take the DIADs and complete the stops in whatever order was needed to generate the desired compliance metric. It would be a win/win; the drivers could get the work done in the real world, free of harassment, while UPS could manufacture whatever compliance metrics they needed in order to look good on their report.
My management team didnt appreciate my suggestion very much.
Don't jump through hoops......Not my circus....not my monkeyswhich would help each driver determine which irrelevant hoop he should devote the most effort into jumping through on any given day.