killamjl
Well-Known Member
I was waiting for a Train to pass tonight and I had a pencil and paper so I did the math. (Im keeping this simple for the masses)
UPS Management has 20 friend/T drivers and 5 P/T
So they send there P/T home and send out the friend/T to make 5000stops (250 each ~or~ about an 11 hour day @ 2.5mins per stop)
Long story short it takes these 20 drivers 11 hours each to finish there route.
20 x 8 x 32 = 5120
20 x 3 x 48 = 2880
So UPS owes the 20 drivers 8000$ for there work + the cost of using 20 Package Cars + the cost of (miles x fuel).
8000$ + 20x + 20(y * 2.50$)
STAY WITH ME ALMOST DONE
Now what if Management sent out 20F/T and the 5 P/T to help out lets take a look.
Still have 5000 stops but now its 200 Stops per person. (or a 9 hour day a 2.5min per stop)
20 x 8 x 32 = 5120
20 x 1 x 48 = 960
5 x 8 x 25 = 1000
5 x 1 x 32 = 160
So UPS owes there drivers 7240$
7240$ + 25x + 25(y * 2.50)
To sum it all up, UPS does not save money trying to cram 250 stops in our trucks. In fact its the most in-efficient thing you can do and heres why.
No matter what numbers you plug in for X and Y its still only a 25% cost increase (even if you go thru a full tank of gas and the cost of using a ups vehicle is 100$ a day) the variable operating cost of 20 UPS drivers for 11 hours is still higher then 25 UPS drivers for 9 hours.
Not to mention the following problems
-Driver Helpers add cost to the group of 20 drivers and you dont need them when running 25 drivers
-When trucks are Bricked out at 250 Stops there are more misloads, more time spent organizing trucks.
-Driver productivity decreases at night and past 9 hours
-Drivers past 9 hours need help bringing in pickups (usually done by the management team, but still its an added cost)
-AND YOUR ENTIRE FCKING DRIVING TEAM GETS PISSED OFF AT MANAGEMENT FOR HAVING THERE HEADS UP THERE @#$ and not being able to use 3rd grade math...let alone 101 courses in Management class like TOC solutions and Efficiency Planning.....
On the bright side at least us friend/T drivers are making a fat paycheck off there mistakes.
Sorry for the math...
UPS Management has 20 friend/T drivers and 5 P/T
So they send there P/T home and send out the friend/T to make 5000stops (250 each ~or~ about an 11 hour day @ 2.5mins per stop)
Long story short it takes these 20 drivers 11 hours each to finish there route.
20 x 8 x 32 = 5120
20 x 3 x 48 = 2880
So UPS owes the 20 drivers 8000$ for there work + the cost of using 20 Package Cars + the cost of (miles x fuel).
8000$ + 20x + 20(y * 2.50$)
STAY WITH ME ALMOST DONE
Now what if Management sent out 20F/T and the 5 P/T to help out lets take a look.
Still have 5000 stops but now its 200 Stops per person. (or a 9 hour day a 2.5min per stop)
20 x 8 x 32 = 5120
20 x 1 x 48 = 960
5 x 8 x 25 = 1000
5 x 1 x 32 = 160
So UPS owes there drivers 7240$
7240$ + 25x + 25(y * 2.50)
To sum it all up, UPS does not save money trying to cram 250 stops in our trucks. In fact its the most in-efficient thing you can do and heres why.
No matter what numbers you plug in for X and Y its still only a 25% cost increase (even if you go thru a full tank of gas and the cost of using a ups vehicle is 100$ a day) the variable operating cost of 20 UPS drivers for 11 hours is still higher then 25 UPS drivers for 9 hours.
Not to mention the following problems
-Driver Helpers add cost to the group of 20 drivers and you dont need them when running 25 drivers
-When trucks are Bricked out at 250 Stops there are more misloads, more time spent organizing trucks.
-Driver productivity decreases at night and past 9 hours
-Drivers past 9 hours need help bringing in pickups (usually done by the management team, but still its an added cost)
-AND YOUR ENTIRE FCKING DRIVING TEAM GETS PISSED OFF AT MANAGEMENT FOR HAVING THERE HEADS UP THERE @#$ and not being able to use 3rd grade math...let alone 101 courses in Management class like TOC solutions and Efficiency Planning.....
On the bright side at least us friend/T drivers are making a fat paycheck off there mistakes.
Sorry for the math...