Scanners being phased out???

[eats packages]

Honestly sounds like flavor up the month, they will try it for a while, realize it doesn’t work and go back to making everyone deliver all of them.

They tried that first Saturday with the Diad 6 and it was a disaster.
Second Saturday was a disaster because rain was in the mix.
Thing is so bad in the rain that DR in the cab makes more sense than risking it misclicking and crashing with water droplets on the screen.

 

[Thebrownblob]

They tried that first Saturday with the Diad 6 and it was a disaster.
Second Saturday was a disaster because rain was in the mix.
Thing is so bad in the rain that DR in the cab makes more sense than risking it misclicking and crashing with water droplets on the screen.

I’m not looking forward to getting that piece of crap!

 

[pkgdriver]

They tried that first Saturday with the Diad 6 and it was a disaster.
Second Saturday was a disaster because rain was in the mix.
Thing is so bad in the rain that DR in the cab makes more sense than risking it misclicking and crashing with water droplets on the screen.

Yep…2 1/2 years with it…Rain doesnt really affect my day. A bit but you adjust.

 

[OrionIsDaddy]

If you are a preloader you will notice a part time supervisor going through your car with a scanner "scan checking" looking for misloads.

 

[PTSandwichMaker]

June 13 is the last day any center is allowed to have preloaders use scanners.

After that managers are going to be directed not to deliver any misloads. We aren't going to pay a driver overtime to deliver a misload that can get serviced the next day (hopefully).

Less hours spent scanning on the preload and less hours onroad delivering misloads. And this isn't a guess, this is what I hear on calls

Well that’s good then re delivering misloads. I’m sure they will work out some type of downside to that so it’s bad for us though. What about new acronyms? Will there be backronyms? I’m just excited for that part honestly.

 

[PTSandwichMaker]

Honestly sounds like flavor up the month, they will try it for a while, realize it doesn’t work and go back to making everyone deliver all of them.

Oh. Well there’s the downside. I knew I was being too optimistic.

 

[nWo]

We just got these like a week ago.

 

[Cowboy Mac]

What if your whole truck is misload

Better verify that SLIC, driver!

 

[BadIdeaGuy]

If you are a preloader you will notice a part time supervisor going through your car with a scanner "scan checking" looking for misloads.

@BigUnionGuy what are your thoughts on preload supervisors scanning?

I have no problem with them supervising my work, but this used to be labor which was given to the preloaders, and now it is going to be given to supervisors?

The long and the short of this is that it will mean more trucks for all of us. Because they are taking my labor away from me.

 

[Thebrownblob]

@BigUnionGuy what are your thoughts on preload supervisors scanning?

I have no problem with them supervising my work, but this used to be labor which was given to the preloaders, and now it is going to be given to supervisors?

The long and the short of this is that it will mean more trucks for all of us. Because they are taking my labor away from me.

If they’re not forwarding the progress of the package I don’t think there’s much we can do about that.

 

[snarts]

At my hub they took them away from preload for 2 weeks then brought them back when misloads were out of control.

 

[PTSandwichMaker]

At my hub they took them away from preload for 2 weeks then brought them back when misloads were out of control.

I saw a post somewhere they took scanners away at someone’s hub & then retrained preloaders to use a marker to circle the route name on the PAL before loading, in order to prevent misloads in the interim (before getting RFID tech). But ofc misloads were still rampant. I figure that would fail as the whole point of no scanning is to increase efficiency (time) and marker circling every PAL would be counterproductive to that. The point of the post was actually that management was threatening discipline for misloads and comments implied that discipline would not stand due to fair days work fair days pay clause, and further because scanners had been taken away.

 

[Shift Inhibit]

With the rumor of scanners being phased out what will happen to all the gss's?
Think repurposing them would be kinda fun since they run on some form of windows

Not only are scanners being phased out .. this bc site is being phased out.

 

[I have been lurking]

If you are a preloader you will notice a part time supervisor going through your car with a scanner "scan checking" looking for misloads.

So pre 2019 then? LIKE IT USED TO BE?!

 

[scoot_]

Will there be beacons in each truck for rfid?
Surely those things will be ripped off by someone or something

 

[TearsInRain]

RFID is a (beautiful) pipe dream, i don't think it's actually going to get implemented, especially as we are on a collision course with either a recession or hyperinflation

i haven't heard anything about just sheeting misloads as missed and delivering next day, but if we aren't going to scan for whatever reason, that's the most logical path

naturally, we'll sheet misloads as missed for a few weeks, freak out at how many there are, and go back to instructing drivers/management deliver them

 

[Red Devil]

RFID is a (beautiful) pipe dream, i don't think it's actually going to get implemented, especially as we are on a collision course with either a recession or hyperinflation

i haven't heard anything about just sheeting misloads as missed and delivering next day, but if we aren't going to scan for whatever reason, that's the most logical path

naturally, we'll sheet misloads as missed for a few weeks, freak out at how many there are, and go back to instructing drivers/management deliver them

I am counting on running 6 misloads at the end of each day so I can buy gas and bread

 

[MECH-lift]

Put the box in the truck and get the belt wrapped for sake

preloads been around for over 100 years and still can’t figure it out ..SMH!!

 

[eats packages]

Put the box in the truck and get the belt wrapped for sake

preloads been around for over 100 years and still can’t figure it out ..SMH!!

I could do everything but wrap the belt

 

[728ups]

naturally, we'll sheet misloads as missed for a few weeks, freak out at how many there are, and go back to instructing drivers/management deliver them

No,what will happen is when misloads are out of control drivers will be instructed to bring them in and given to the clerk for an exception scan of some sort done in the center. Management will never admit system failure, rather service failures will be hidden in a Smoke and Mirror fashion