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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1137363" data-attributes="member: 14668">Pman,We have several routes that deliver to malls or huge bulk stops that are loaded in multiple 24 foot vans. The driver empties the van out, returns to the building, and makes a second trip in a second vehicle to complete the route.If SPORH is the flavor of the week and we are chasing a number, one of the easiest ways for management to game the system is simply to use TAW or Safety Committee employees to shuttle these vehicles out to the delivery area and drive the empty ones back. Since their time is coded out to TAW or safety, they essentially become &quot;ghost drivers&quot; whose time and mileage doesnt get charged to the center. They can also be used to shuttle misloads between drivers, saving those drivers the time and mileage that would have otherwise shown up on the report. I have personally had several days on TAW where I drove over 200 miles and &quot;worked&quot; for 10+ hours without showing up on any sort of a report.The other variable that can have a huge effect on the metrics you mention is the manner in which misloads are accounted for. If &quot;service&quot; is our flavor of the week (and no TAW&#039;s are available) as a center we can rack up hundreds of miles and the equivalent of an entire paid day chasing them off. If SPORH is the flavor of the week, and responsibility for those misloads can in any way be &quot;charged&quot; to another part of the operation, then we will simply record them as &quot;missed&quot; and bring them back. This variable alone can have huge impacts on the center&#039;s numbers for the day.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1137363, member: 14668"] Pman, We have several routes that deliver to malls or huge bulk stops that are loaded in multiple 24 foot vans. The driver empties the van out, returns to the building, and makes a second trip in a second vehicle to complete the route. If SPORH is the flavor of the week and we are chasing a number, one of the [I]easiest[/I] ways for management to game the system is simply to use TAW or Safety Committee employees to shuttle these vehicles out to the delivery area and drive the empty ones back. Since their time is coded out to TAW or safety, they essentially become "ghost drivers" whose time and mileage doesnt get charged to the center. They can also be used to shuttle misloads between drivers, saving those drivers the time and mileage that would have otherwise shown up on the report. I have personally had several days on TAW where I drove over 200 miles and "worked" for 10+ hours without showing up on any sort of a report. The other variable that can have a huge effect on the metrics you mention is the manner in which misloads are accounted for. If "service" is our flavor of the week (and no TAW's are available) as a center we can rack up hundreds of miles and the equivalent of an entire paid day chasing them off. If SPORH is the flavor of the week, and responsibility for those misloads can in any way be "charged" to another part of the operation, then we will simply record them as "missed" and bring them back. This variable alone can have huge impacts on the center's numbers for the day. [/QUOTE]

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