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<blockquote data-quote="Ricochet1a" data-source="post: 597421" data-attributes="member: 22880"><p>Right now Express is ironing out the issues with ROADS as far as correctly designating drop zones and getting route boundaries correct. At my location they have done a good job of getting what are traditional drop zones correctly identified. </p><p> </p><p>The Couriers at my location are finally beginning to see the light regarding their needed presence on the AM sort. I can take someone off the street and teach them to load all pieces marked with route number 123 into this truck, and place any pieces that have an alternate route ID (drop zones) either to the left or right of the truck. The next implemention of ROADS will be the placing of a stop order number on the label, enabling someone off the street that understands the concepts of "greater than and less than", to get packages into stop order. When this is accomplished, Couriers will no longer be needed to run the AM sort. Handlers (just like UPS) can be brought in to run the sort and load trucks into stop order. Progress at work. </p><p> </p><p>The next thing that will happen (as I've stated for months) is the transfer of 2nd and 3rd day volume to Ground for delivery. This will reduce inbound volumes to Express stations by more than half. With the reduced inbound volumes and technology eliminating the need for skilled Couriers to run the AM sort, all that will be needed is part-time delivery Couriers to get out the overnight volume. This can easily be accomplished within 6 hours if the delivery Couriers aren't running the sort (just pretrip trucks, download vanscans and computer determined stop order). </p><p> </p><p>New software will be used to indicate to the Couriers what the next scheduled stop address is. After a stop is accomplished, the powerpad will indicate what the next delivery address is (no need to even look at the cargo area contents). The power pad will indicate number of pieces to be delivered at that address and the Courier will only have to ensure that they pull out all pieces for that address. </p><p> </p><p>This can all be done under 6 hours for existing routes if they are just delivering overnight volume and the Couriers don't work the sort. Given the reduced volume, the committment time for standard overnight can probably be moved up to 2 PM in most service areas (attempting to get an advantage over UPS). </p><p> </p><p>From a business standpoint, it makes sense. To all the employees that poured it out over the years building Express, it is a stab in the back. If Fred would just come out and admit this is the plan, then people could make plans. But nothing of the "sort" will be done. Fred wants FT hourly Couriers to think all is well and they have career prospects for the next 10-20 years. It is more like 2-4 years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricochet1a, post: 597421, member: 22880"] Right now Express is ironing out the issues with ROADS as far as correctly designating drop zones and getting route boundaries correct. At my location they have done a good job of getting what are traditional drop zones correctly identified. The Couriers at my location are finally beginning to see the light regarding their needed presence on the AM sort. I can take someone off the street and teach them to load all pieces marked with route number 123 into this truck, and place any pieces that have an alternate route ID (drop zones) either to the left or right of the truck. The next implemention of ROADS will be the placing of a stop order number on the label, enabling someone off the street that understands the concepts of "greater than and less than", to get packages into stop order. When this is accomplished, Couriers will no longer be needed to run the AM sort. Handlers (just like UPS) can be brought in to run the sort and load trucks into stop order. Progress at work. The next thing that will happen (as I've stated for months) is the transfer of 2nd and 3rd day volume to Ground for delivery. This will reduce inbound volumes to Express stations by more than half. With the reduced inbound volumes and technology eliminating the need for skilled Couriers to run the AM sort, all that will be needed is part-time delivery Couriers to get out the overnight volume. This can easily be accomplished within 6 hours if the delivery Couriers aren't running the sort (just pretrip trucks, download vanscans and computer determined stop order). New software will be used to indicate to the Couriers what the next scheduled stop address is. After a stop is accomplished, the powerpad will indicate what the next delivery address is (no need to even look at the cargo area contents). The power pad will indicate number of pieces to be delivered at that address and the Courier will only have to ensure that they pull out all pieces for that address. This can all be done under 6 hours for existing routes if they are just delivering overnight volume and the Couriers don't work the sort. Given the reduced volume, the committment time for standard overnight can probably be moved up to 2 PM in most service areas (attempting to get an advantage over UPS). From a business standpoint, it makes sense. To all the employees that poured it out over the years building Express, it is a stab in the back. If Fred would just come out and admit this is the plan, then people could make plans. But nothing of the "sort" will be done. Fred wants FT hourly Couriers to think all is well and they have career prospects for the next 10-20 years. It is more like 2-4 years. [/QUOTE]
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