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<blockquote data-quote="pretzel_man" data-source="post: 565106" data-attributes="member: 927"><p>Air:</p><p> </p><p>Certainly no disagreement that everyone including mechanics are an important part of UPS and deserve to be well compensated.</p><p> </p><p>I also cannot disagree with the statement that UPS has been known to spend a dollar to save a penny.</p><p> </p><p>Usually its from poor management who chase numbers not understanding what those numbers mean and what else they affect. Cases of things like that are too numerous to mention. Of course, I will not say that the numbers are bad. They are essential, but management is supposed to understand what they mean and why they are there.</p><p> </p><p>However, there are other things that look like waste but are just the best choice between two bad choices. I do not know if use of the MD11 is one of those examples or not. I know little in that area. </p><p> </p><p>The organization has to look at ways to reduce cost in an entire network. This means that parts of the network may be less effective than others in order to reduce overall cost an make service. For example, aircraft schedules have to rotate so that planes can be positioned in place to start the cycle again. I guess that is like balancing empties in the ground side. </p><p> </p><p>Some of those moves may look stupid, but for the network they are good.</p><p> </p><p>Again, I do not know if this fits the MD11 example or not. If you say that it doesn't, I will not argue. I was just pointing out that not everthing that looks stupid really is. </p><p> </p><p>Of course there are plenty of true stupid things going on that it may not really matter.</p><p> </p><p>P-Man</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pretzel_man, post: 565106, member: 927"] Air: Certainly no disagreement that everyone including mechanics are an important part of UPS and deserve to be well compensated. I also cannot disagree with the statement that UPS has been known to spend a dollar to save a penny. Usually its from poor management who chase numbers not understanding what those numbers mean and what else they affect. Cases of things like that are too numerous to mention. Of course, I will not say that the numbers are bad. They are essential, but management is supposed to understand what they mean and why they are there. However, there are other things that look like waste but are just the best choice between two bad choices. I do not know if use of the MD11 is one of those examples or not. I know little in that area. The organization has to look at ways to reduce cost in an entire network. This means that parts of the network may be less effective than others in order to reduce overall cost an make service. For example, aircraft schedules have to rotate so that planes can be positioned in place to start the cycle again. I guess that is like balancing empties in the ground side. Some of those moves may look stupid, but for the network they are good. Again, I do not know if this fits the MD11 example or not. If you say that it doesn't, I will not argue. I was just pointing out that not everthing that looks stupid really is. Of course there are plenty of true stupid things going on that it may not really matter. P-Man [/QUOTE]
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