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<blockquote data-quote="FedGT" data-source="post: 2581257" data-attributes="member: 58838"><p>.......This is going to be long. </p><p>I was IC but most of your questions apply to both models. </p><p></p><p>There isn't much you are going to do to limit codes. You can always call ahead or you can beat it in to the driver to pay attention to closure notes and relay them to the terminal (even with that only a 30% chance the hub won't still load it). </p><p></p><p>To address your human error question the answer depends on wages (which is the answer to a lot of your questions) no technology for misdeliveries, disputes, conflicts, etc. google earth street view can be very beneficial for disputes but that is it. </p><p></p><p>There are route optimizer apps for time and fuel (I use one). A combination of a well trained driver and the maps can be very beneficial but the largest problem is time constraints and business hours. Regardless of how well you optimize a route if there are businesses closed at the beginning of the day you are going to be backtracking. </p><p></p><p>There is tracking software but it is expensive and I would say not worth an investment. Other than that you can see on Mygroundbiz what pickups are done, how many stops are done, and where the drivers last stop was. </p><p></p><p>1. Hope and pray. </p><p></p><p>Varies depending on the route. Oversized is the one of the biggest problems with this model. 1 OS box could be 12" long by 20" wide by 1" thick or it could be a damn sectional squeezed into a 36" by 36" cube. Most of my 1200s I don't like to put more than 270 packages 50 OS even that can definitely push it. </p><p></p><p>2. Not an option, get them out or come back and reload</p><p></p><p>3. Send an email to the flex guy at FedEx and move whatever stops to whatever driver you want. </p><p></p><p>4. Old people are slow, millennials are lazy and entitled and usually worthless, don't hire really fat people. Somewhere in the middle is the 1 in 50 that you want to hire and will be a good asset. Efficacy only is dictated on the quality of employee, most efficient is 1 small box per stop but that doesn't pay the bills very well and not going to happen. Great drivers can average over 20 stops an hour in suburban territory bad under 12 and that is pretty well regardless of package count (of course that doesn't include actual bulk truck routes). </p><p></p><p>5. Don't know</p><p></p><p>6. N/A and a guessing game to anyone else</p><p></p><p>7. Weekly rate plus monthly performance bonus</p><p></p><p>8. Not missed virtually ever, most problems are picking up early or late. There are already reminders in the scanner that they will be closing in 30 min</p><p></p><p>9. Review paragraph 5</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FedGT, post: 2581257, member: 58838"] .......This is going to be long. I was IC but most of your questions apply to both models. There isn't much you are going to do to limit codes. You can always call ahead or you can beat it in to the driver to pay attention to closure notes and relay them to the terminal (even with that only a 30% chance the hub won't still load it). To address your human error question the answer depends on wages (which is the answer to a lot of your questions) no technology for misdeliveries, disputes, conflicts, etc. google earth street view can be very beneficial for disputes but that is it. There are route optimizer apps for time and fuel (I use one). A combination of a well trained driver and the maps can be very beneficial but the largest problem is time constraints and business hours. Regardless of how well you optimize a route if there are businesses closed at the beginning of the day you are going to be backtracking. There is tracking software but it is expensive and I would say not worth an investment. Other than that you can see on Mygroundbiz what pickups are done, how many stops are done, and where the drivers last stop was. 1. Hope and pray. Varies depending on the route. Oversized is the one of the biggest problems with this model. 1 OS box could be 12" long by 20" wide by 1" thick or it could be a damn sectional squeezed into a 36" by 36" cube. Most of my 1200s I don't like to put more than 270 packages 50 OS even that can definitely push it. 2. Not an option, get them out or come back and reload 3. Send an email to the flex guy at FedEx and move whatever stops to whatever driver you want. 4. Old people are slow, millennials are lazy and entitled and usually worthless, don't hire really fat people. Somewhere in the middle is the 1 in 50 that you want to hire and will be a good asset. Efficacy only is dictated on the quality of employee, most efficient is 1 small box per stop but that doesn't pay the bills very well and not going to happen. Great drivers can average over 20 stops an hour in suburban territory bad under 12 and that is pretty well regardless of package count (of course that doesn't include actual bulk truck routes). 5. Don't know 6. N/A and a guessing game to anyone else 7. Weekly rate plus monthly performance bonus 8. Not missed virtually ever, most problems are picking up early or late. There are already reminders in the scanner that they will be closing in 30 min 9. Review paragraph 5 [/QUOTE]
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