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<blockquote data-quote="wornoutupser" data-source="post: 79292" data-attributes="member: 2196"><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>You have listed the end result but what is causing the problem? Is it late loads into the preload or is the preload running poorly due to staffing or mismanagement? </p><p></p><p>Hi Tie!</p><p> </p><p> Our largest problem is the physical setup of the building. We can not even park all of the employee cars at one time on the premises.</p><p></p><p> We have 4 unload bays, but only one can handle flatbed feeders. The other 3 are set up to have the older drop frame feeders. We all are aware that UPS is phasing out the drop frames at an accelerated pace, and we have more flatbeds than we can unload.</p><p></p><p> IE has already made it clear that we will have to continue to use roller stands and an extra person in the middle of the roller to unload the flatbeds that are positioned in the 3 drop frame slots. We do not even have enough rollers to get to the nose of a drop frame to roll the packages out of the trailer.</p><p></p><p> IE has also made it clear that we will not get a 5 foot wide belt (we have a 4 foot wide belt now) to handle the extra flow that they insist has to be run. This results in major jams all morning long on the preloaders that have to sort too much flow as they load and also results in the belt being shut off constantly. The preloaders have already called in safety complaints because they can not walk behind some cars due to the stacks.</p><p> </p><p> The next day airs are coming in at a decent time but they can only be unloaded in the flat bed unload. They have to wait every day until that feeder is pulled offline before they can run...and that is usually at or after start time.</p><p></p><p> The solution to the problem is to enlarge our building or start over in a new one. Our facility is not considered a priority for anything in our area, yet the growth here has exploded. We were down to 25 cars at one point and we ran almost 50 yesterday. We are running too many rentals with no shelves that slow down the delivery process, yet the company has not fixed the 4 cars outside that have blown engines. I am told that the auto manager (NOT the mechanic) is upset at our center manager and that we have to wait for the repairs. Did I also mention that we have 1 mechanic for 51 vehicles? How many other buildings have that ratio, especially in an extended center?</p><p> Our mechanic is top notch, but he is so far behind that anything not running related can not be repaired in the time that he has alloted to work. He is as frustrated as the rest of us.</p><p></p><p> Please understand that I DO NOT hold our center manger responsible for the majority of this mess. This is a long standing problem for our building that has existed for the 20 + years that I have been here. We have a new district and division manager here, yet we have not seen either one in the building yet. We simply are not a priority-It sems that we are too far away for them to be concerned.</p><p></p><p> Many may wonder why I put "HELLO ATLANTA" on so many posts-this is just the tip of the iceberg here!</p><p> --Just my honorable opinion!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wornoutupser, post: 79292, member: 2196"] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You have listed the end result but what is causing the problem? Is it late loads into the preload or is the preload running poorly due to staffing or mismanagement? Hi Tie! Our largest problem is the physical setup of the building. We can not even park all of the employee cars at one time on the premises. We have 4 unload bays, but only one can handle flatbed feeders. The other 3 are set up to have the older drop frame feeders. We all are aware that UPS is phasing out the drop frames at an accelerated pace, and we have more flatbeds than we can unload. IE has already made it clear that we will have to continue to use roller stands and an extra person in the middle of the roller to unload the flatbeds that are positioned in the 3 drop frame slots. We do not even have enough rollers to get to the nose of a drop frame to roll the packages out of the trailer. IE has also made it clear that we will not get a 5 foot wide belt (we have a 4 foot wide belt now) to handle the extra flow that they insist has to be run. This results in major jams all morning long on the preloaders that have to sort too much flow as they load and also results in the belt being shut off constantly. The preloaders have already called in safety complaints because they can not walk behind some cars due to the stacks. The next day airs are coming in at a decent time but they can only be unloaded in the flat bed unload. They have to wait every day until that feeder is pulled offline before they can run...and that is usually at or after start time. The solution to the problem is to enlarge our building or start over in a new one. Our facility is not considered a priority for anything in our area, yet the growth here has exploded. We were down to 25 cars at one point and we ran almost 50 yesterday. We are running too many rentals with no shelves that slow down the delivery process, yet the company has not fixed the 4 cars outside that have blown engines. I am told that the auto manager (NOT the mechanic) is upset at our center manager and that we have to wait for the repairs. Did I also mention that we have 1 mechanic for 51 vehicles? How many other buildings have that ratio, especially in an extended center? Our mechanic is top notch, but he is so far behind that anything not running related can not be repaired in the time that he has alloted to work. He is as frustrated as the rest of us. Please understand that I DO NOT hold our center manger responsible for the majority of this mess. This is a long standing problem for our building that has existed for the 20 + years that I have been here. We have a new district and division manager here, yet we have not seen either one in the building yet. We simply are not a priority-It sems that we are too far away for them to be concerned. Many may wonder why I put "HELLO ATLANTA" on so many posts-this is just the tip of the iceberg here! --Just my honorable opinion! [/QUOTE]
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