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<blockquote data-quote="PPH_over_9000" data-source="post: 4548773" data-attributes="member: 79761"><p><strong>tl;dr:</strong> A big thank you to everybody that's responded. Y'all really gave me some damn good tips that, when you think about it, seem like common sense but I guess I've always been lacking in that department. Much appreciated.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Man, I learned that by accident yesterday. Had an irreg in the back of my load and figured I have back doors, might as well take it and the handcart out the back.... and the second those doors opened it felt like I was standing in front of an AC vent on full blast.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Oh no, we don't do that, lol. Some days my first stop has a HIN/PAL of ~8600, some days it's in the 1000's, some days it's a RDR/RDL stop. Typically, though, after about 10 stops ORION has me get to work clearing most of my 1000 and 2000 shelf, and once I get that space to work with I'll set up entire sections/streets stop-by-stop myself. Sometimes I feel like I've only got time to grab the next two or three stops, but I honestly prefer to clear my 2000's and then use that shelf to line up entire streets (which USUALLY share the same HIN/PAL, but not always.)</p><p></p><p>I put the advice that [USER=45266]@PT Car Washer[/USER] and [USER=61439]@DriverNerd[/USER] gave me into practice today, though, and my day went much smoother. I won't know for sure until tomorrow but I think I finished my 263 stops about an hour and a half early today. I also improvised a little and cleaned out my irregs as early as I could before running my route in trace. I gotta say, things are so much better when you make yourself room to move around without having to climb and crawl through the back.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>They actually mentioned this specific issue at our rookie PCM today. Apparently we're supposed to call the center when we can't find a package on our truck, then they look it up in the computer to see whether it's had a scan that signals it was loaded onto your truck or not. Then, we're supposed to look again if the scan says it was loaded or if there's no confirmed scan for that package, and then call the center back to let them know whether or not we found it. It was the first any of us in the PCM had ever heard of this practice, but apparently there were two late feeder trucks yesterday and pretty much everybody clocked out with their missing pieces still in their DIAD and it gave our management team a real headache. Would've been nice if they had told us that they sent us out with a ton of missing pieces, but that's just the way she goes.</p><p></p><p>I didn't know the Not Found key removed it from EDD, though, that might come in handy if I manage to qualify. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group2/rolleyes.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Rolleyes :rolleyes:" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> There's so much that Integrad doesn't teach you, and my group had next-to-no experience with a DIAD before passing by memorizing the 5's and 10's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PPH_over_9000, post: 4548773, member: 79761"] [B]tl;dr:[/B] A big thank you to everybody that's responded. Y'all really gave me some damn good tips that, when you think about it, seem like common sense but I guess I've always been lacking in that department. Much appreciated. Man, I learned that by accident yesterday. Had an irreg in the back of my load and figured I have back doors, might as well take it and the handcart out the back.... and the second those doors opened it felt like I was standing in front of an AC vent on full blast. Oh no, we don't do that, lol. Some days my first stop has a HIN/PAL of ~8600, some days it's in the 1000's, some days it's a RDR/RDL stop. Typically, though, after about 10 stops ORION has me get to work clearing most of my 1000 and 2000 shelf, and once I get that space to work with I'll set up entire sections/streets stop-by-stop myself. Sometimes I feel like I've only got time to grab the next two or three stops, but I honestly prefer to clear my 2000's and then use that shelf to line up entire streets (which USUALLY share the same HIN/PAL, but not always.) I put the advice that [USER=45266]@PT Car Washer[/USER] and [USER=61439]@DriverNerd[/USER] gave me into practice today, though, and my day went much smoother. I won't know for sure until tomorrow but I think I finished my 263 stops about an hour and a half early today. I also improvised a little and cleaned out my irregs as early as I could before running my route in trace. I gotta say, things are so much better when you make yourself room to move around without having to climb and crawl through the back. They actually mentioned this specific issue at our rookie PCM today. Apparently we're supposed to call the center when we can't find a package on our truck, then they look it up in the computer to see whether it's had a scan that signals it was loaded onto your truck or not. Then, we're supposed to look again if the scan says it was loaded or if there's no confirmed scan for that package, and then call the center back to let them know whether or not we found it. It was the first any of us in the PCM had ever heard of this practice, but apparently there were two late feeder trucks yesterday and pretty much everybody clocked out with their missing pieces still in their DIAD and it gave our management team a real headache. Would've been nice if they had told us that they sent us out with a ton of missing pieces, but that's just the way she goes. I didn't know the Not Found key removed it from EDD, though, that might come in handy if I manage to qualify. :rolleyes: There's so much that Integrad doesn't teach you, and my group had next-to-no experience with a DIAD before passing by memorizing the 5's and 10's. [/QUOTE]
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