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UPS AVOIDS DRIVING 63.5 MILLION MILES IN 2010...due to conservation and technology?!!
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<blockquote data-quote="satellitedriver" data-source="post: 862677" data-attributes="member: 1664"><p><strong>Re: UPS AVOIDS DRIVING 63.5 MILLION MILES IN 2010...due to conservation and technolog</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong>Semantics.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong>I can only address my personal knowledge and experience. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong>When my satellite route was established 16yrs ago it was for one reason.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong>Reducing miles deadheading a pkg car down to the delivery area.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong>I was able to cut at least 100 miles per day off the route for the last 13yrs.</strong></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #006400">Now, with the SPC metric and the ADD/CUTS</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: #006400">my miles have increased at least 50 miles per day and I work at least 1and1/2hrs "extra" O.T. over and above my normal O.T.</span></strong>.</p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong>At least 2 to 3 time a week, they send a part-timer down from the center to take 15 to 20 stops off of me so that I do not work over 11 hrs. Add their 100 miles to my extra miles and you get the picture of a bad plan.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong></strong></span><strong><span style="color: #006400">Often, these part-timers are delivering under car wash code.</span></strong></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong>How these miles/hrs are falsified is none of my damn business</strong></span>.</p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong>Semantics are the words used by a center to justify the numbers that our DM demands to see.-( read as reported)-.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong>I equally blame the union and corporate to allow this "juggling" of numbers.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong></strong></span><strong><span style="color: #006400">If I ran my personal finances on just averages-(as is the case within UPS)-, my net worth would be much lower.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #006400">Three, of the many, wisdom's my father taught me;</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #006400"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #006400"></span><span style="color: #006400">Never play another man's game. -(do what you know how to do and do it well)-</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #006400">The whole is never greater that the sum of it's parts.</span></strong><span style="color: #006400"><strong>-( if one part of equation is false, so is the results)-</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong></strong></span><span style="color: #006400"><strong>Watch your nickles and dimes, the dollars take care of themselves.-( focus on the little things that really effect the desired outcome)-</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #006400"><strong></strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="satellitedriver, post: 862677, member: 1664"] [b]Re: UPS AVOIDS DRIVING 63.5 MILLION MILES IN 2010...due to conservation and technolog[/b] [COLOR=#006400][B]Semantics. I can only address my personal knowledge and experience. When my satellite route was established 16yrs ago it was for one reason. Reducing miles deadheading a pkg car down to the delivery area. I was able to cut at least 100 miles per day off the route for the last 13yrs.[/B][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#006400]Now, with the SPC metric and the ADD/CUTS[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#006400]my miles have increased at least 50 miles per day and I work at least 1and1/2hrs "extra" O.T. over and above my normal O.T.[/COLOR][/B]. [COLOR=#006400][B]At least 2 to 3 time a week, they send a part-timer down from the center to take 15 to 20 stops off of me so that I do not work over 11 hrs. Add their 100 miles to my extra miles and you get the picture of a bad plan. [/B][/COLOR][B][COLOR=#006400][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#006400]Often, these part-timers are delivering under car wash code.[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#006400][B]How these miles/hrs are falsified is none of my damn business[/B][/COLOR]. [COLOR=#006400][B]Semantics are the words used by a center to justify the numbers that our DM demands to see.-( read as reported)-. I equally blame the union and corporate to allow this "juggling" of numbers. [/B][/COLOR][B][COLOR=#006400]If I ran my personal finances on just averages-(as is the case within UPS)-, my net worth would be much lower.[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#006400]Three, of the many, wisdom's my father taught me; [/COLOR][COLOR=#006400]Never play another man's game. -(do what you know how to do and do it well)-[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#006400]The whole is never greater that the sum of it's parts.[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=#006400][/COLOR][COLOR=#006400][B]-( if one part of equation is false, so is the results)- [/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#006400][B]Watch your nickles and dimes, the dollars take care of themselves.-( focus on the little things that really effect the desired outcome)- [/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#006400][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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