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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 640459" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>It is an idiotic business practice to assume that <em>any </em>human being can do a perfect job 100% of the time. Human error is inevitable...and is only made worse under typical UPS conditions (impossible time standards, overcrowded facilities, undersized package cars, understaffed operations etc.)</p><p> </p><p>A "safety net" is ideal, and ought to be a standard practice. Unfortunately it isnt always possible; due to overcrowding in my building, my route is loaded outside on an MDU next to routes from different cities. If I get a misload, it is for an address <em>at least </em>30 miles away and there is no way for me to make service on it.</p><p> </p><p>UPS's standard method for dealing with misloads has always been to just scream at the preloader to "work faster" while at the same time setting him up to fail. If you want to reduce misloads...set him up to succeed. Assign him a realistic number of routes to pull, run the belt at a realistic speed, design your facility to allow for adequate egress, and quit busting up entire routes 10 minutes before the end of the shift in order to placate some idiot from IE who wants a ridiculous number of stops per car.</p><p> </p><p>There are no bad preloaders...only bad preload managers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 640459, member: 14668"] It is an idiotic business practice to assume that [I]any [/I]human being can do a perfect job 100% of the time. Human error is inevitable...and is only made worse under typical UPS conditions (impossible time standards, overcrowded facilities, undersized package cars, understaffed operations etc.) A "safety net" is ideal, and ought to be a standard practice. Unfortunately it isnt always possible; due to overcrowding in my building, my route is loaded outside on an MDU next to routes from different cities. If I get a misload, it is for an address [I]at least [/I]30 miles away and there is no way for me to make service on it. UPS's standard method for dealing with misloads has always been to just scream at the preloader to "work faster" while at the same time setting him up to fail. If you want to reduce misloads...set him up to succeed. Assign him a realistic number of routes to pull, run the belt at a realistic speed, design your facility to allow for adequate egress, and quit busting up entire routes 10 minutes before the end of the shift in order to placate some idiot from IE who wants a ridiculous number of stops per car. There are no bad preloaders...only bad preload managers. [/QUOTE]
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