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<blockquote data-quote="PPH_over_9000" data-source="post: 5119797" data-attributes="member: 79761"><p>idk man, pick-ups can be pretty brutal.</p><p></p><p>Load charts are irrelevant. Even when you get them they're going to be missing volume. They're best used to figure out your bulk stops, because even though the system hasn't fully populated yet most of the bulk stops should still be listed at the bottom of the sheet.</p><p></p><p>Loading is basically building a number line with PAL numbers. You don't even have to follow the shelf numbers so long as everything's in order. If one shelf is heavier than the others, you snake the load into the light shelf. Need to put boxes on the floor? Cool, just use the PAL label and put the boxes in some kind of logical sequence. If you can't figure out how to explain it to someone new, just tell them "Front-to-back, top-to-bottom, left-to-right, low to high." Always try to make the most accessible package-- whether it's on top of another box or to the left like a bookshelf-- an identical or lower PAL number than the package beneath, behind or to the right of it. It's not always possible but that's the idea.</p><p></p><p>Once you can keep up the pace, loading's incredibly easy. The pace can be a killer, though, so you need to figure out how to buy yourself a little time. Most people do this by stacking out, and that's okay! You just have to get those stacks loaded before it gets to the point that you can't get into your truck anymore and are forced to either stack out further or jump in the truck to clean up and miss package after package on the belt.</p><p></p><p>I'll also say that working from a conveyor belt, the closer you are to the top of the belt the more difficult your job's gonna be. What you want is to be the 3rd to 4th last person from the bottom of the belt. That way you get the luxury of having less packages to sort through, you can look up the belt to watch for breaks in the volume where you might be able to hit the bathroom or a snack machine really quick, and you're relieved from having to help with the split at the top and from having to help clean up at the bottom when volume gets ridiculous and everybody misses their stuff. 3rd or 4th from the bottom, that's where you want to be if you're loading from a belt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PPH_over_9000, post: 5119797, member: 79761"] idk man, pick-ups can be pretty brutal. Load charts are irrelevant. Even when you get them they're going to be missing volume. They're best used to figure out your bulk stops, because even though the system hasn't fully populated yet most of the bulk stops should still be listed at the bottom of the sheet. Loading is basically building a number line with PAL numbers. You don't even have to follow the shelf numbers so long as everything's in order. If one shelf is heavier than the others, you snake the load into the light shelf. Need to put boxes on the floor? Cool, just use the PAL label and put the boxes in some kind of logical sequence. If you can't figure out how to explain it to someone new, just tell them "Front-to-back, top-to-bottom, left-to-right, low to high." Always try to make the most accessible package-- whether it's on top of another box or to the left like a bookshelf-- an identical or lower PAL number than the package beneath, behind or to the right of it. It's not always possible but that's the idea. Once you can keep up the pace, loading's incredibly easy. The pace can be a killer, though, so you need to figure out how to buy yourself a little time. Most people do this by stacking out, and that's okay! You just have to get those stacks loaded before it gets to the point that you can't get into your truck anymore and are forced to either stack out further or jump in the truck to clean up and miss package after package on the belt. I'll also say that working from a conveyor belt, the closer you are to the top of the belt the more difficult your job's gonna be. What you want is to be the 3rd to 4th last person from the bottom of the belt. That way you get the luxury of having less packages to sort through, you can look up the belt to watch for breaks in the volume where you might be able to hit the bathroom or a snack machine really quick, and you're relieved from having to help with the split at the top and from having to help clean up at the bottom when volume gets ridiculous and everybody misses their stuff. 3rd or 4th from the bottom, that's where you want to be if you're loading from a belt. [/QUOTE]
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