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<blockquote data-quote="browniehound" data-source="post: 407797" data-attributes="member: 4653"><p>What aggravates me is that it can be fixed very easily with a little work. I don't know who wants to do it, the driver or managemnet, but someone is being lazy.</p><p> </p><p>I just got on my bid route this year and the EDD was traced STOP for STOP! All you need is a map and you can almost scratch it blind. Every street is ordered perfectly and all the number breaks are split perfectly.</p><p> </p><p>For example, the trace takes you to the end of a street that makes a "T". The high numbers are to the right that is a dead end and the low are to the left. The trace sends you to the right to start at the high and work your way to the lows.</p><p> </p><p>This is how it should be for every route!! Isn't this what the system was designed for?? Why are we not more adamant at getting it right? It would give us a leg up on the competition in efficency if the driver and management could just take the initial time to get it right!</p><p> </p><p>I've been on many routes and none are as good as this one. I still think the system needs tweaking too. Right now we have to "trick" the system to get certain addresses pal'd correctly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For example, the driver prior to me was very clever. There was a large bulk stop that he wanted loaded in RDL Next Days included. This address was part of an office park so packages were addressed in different ways. The postal address was "75 Clarkesville ave." but in the office park it had an address 3 corporate park. Well there was no corporate park in the system so the packages were palled to 3 "park st"</p><p> </p><p>Park st, happened to be far off route and he kept getting misloads shuttled to him at 4pm to go back and deliver this business that closed at 5. He was making pick-ups so it became difficult and a nuisance to say the least.</p><p> </p><p>Come to fined out there was no address at 3 park st. The address didn't exist. So the driver (brilliant if you asked me; these are the things mangement should be thinking of) suggested that packages palled for "3 Park st." be palled to RDL on his route. I get 1-4 packages a day pal'd to 3 park loaded in RDL.</p><p> </p><p>Guess what, problem solved! No more misloads and such a clever "fix" by our driver that it should have been recognized in a PCM so maybe other similar issues could get fixed.</p><p> </p><p>Hasn't happened to my knowledge<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/sad-little.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sad-little:" title="Sad Little :sad-little:" data-shortname=":sad-little:" />.</p><p> </p><p>Think about the cost off those misloads? I'm sure there are many problems like this thoughout our district that don't get the attention that our driver had and its costing the comany $$$$ in misloads and shuttling (might as well be missed if it needs to be shuttled, fuel and labor take a $5 ground and turn it into $25 cost. Do when need this?)</p><p> </p><p>Brownie<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/peaceful.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":peaceful:" title="Peaceful :peaceful:" data-shortname=":peaceful:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="browniehound, post: 407797, member: 4653"] What aggravates me is that it can be fixed very easily with a little work. I don't know who wants to do it, the driver or managemnet, but someone is being lazy. I just got on my bid route this year and the EDD was traced STOP for STOP! All you need is a map and you can almost scratch it blind. Every street is ordered perfectly and all the number breaks are split perfectly. For example, the trace takes you to the end of a street that makes a "T". The high numbers are to the right that is a dead end and the low are to the left. The trace sends you to the right to start at the high and work your way to the lows. This is how it should be for every route!! Isn't this what the system was designed for?? Why are we not more adamant at getting it right? It would give us a leg up on the competition in efficency if the driver and management could just take the initial time to get it right! I've been on many routes and none are as good as this one. I still think the system needs tweaking too. Right now we have to "trick" the system to get certain addresses pal'd correctly. For example, the driver prior to me was very clever. There was a large bulk stop that he wanted loaded in RDL Next Days included. This address was part of an office park so packages were addressed in different ways. The postal address was "75 Clarkesville ave." but in the office park it had an address 3 corporate park. Well there was no corporate park in the system so the packages were palled to 3 "park st" Park st, happened to be far off route and he kept getting misloads shuttled to him at 4pm to go back and deliver this business that closed at 5. He was making pick-ups so it became difficult and a nuisance to say the least. Come to fined out there was no address at 3 park st. The address didn't exist. So the driver (brilliant if you asked me; these are the things mangement should be thinking of) suggested that packages palled for "3 Park st." be palled to RDL on his route. I get 1-4 packages a day pal'd to 3 park loaded in RDL. Guess what, problem solved! No more misloads and such a clever "fix" by our driver that it should have been recognized in a PCM so maybe other similar issues could get fixed. Hasn't happened to my knowledge:sad-little:. Think about the cost off those misloads? I'm sure there are many problems like this thoughout our district that don't get the attention that our driver had and its costing the comany $$$$ in misloads and shuttling (might as well be missed if it needs to be shuttled, fuel and labor take a $5 ground and turn it into $25 cost. Do when need this?) Brownie:peaceful: [/QUOTE]
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