Two prep rates ?

[Brainache]

Is there a faster prep rate expected for wsm bundles compared to coded bundles & manual ? I`m well up to speed prepping my round
and don`t expect to save any time with wsm.
We`re not getting wsm bundles anytime soon but some posties think you hold the bundle right up close to the slots and pop them in at supersonic speed - " I`ll be so quick at tying up when wsm comes in , get out earlier and finish even earlier than I do now!
BRILLIANT!! " is wot there saying - Doh !

[jessicarabbit]

There is no such thing as individual prep rates anymore. What you have is an agreed tool (IWT) with unagreed values (100bsi) The DOM and planner should input all the measurements into the IWT and then change the way mail is received ie sequenced or meched. You should then input the number of D2D contracts you are due to recieve that week. This will give a value for prep and tie up of whole delivery. It depends on how much mail you normally receive (it is calculated using the info from the mech machine it gives a percentage of mail to the whole office for your walk.) It then assumes that for example if you receive 3.1% of the total mail you would then receive 3.1% of all the manual mail to your office. It also depends on how many delivery points your walk has on it. More points more tie up time. That figure is then calculated as a total prep time. It is hard to calculate actual items per minute as the D2D muddys the issue. I have seen figures quoted as 15 items per minute for total prep and tie up time which seems fairly OK until you realise that they are basing it on MC figures which are at best rough calculations and at worst licking your finger and holding to the wind. But good luck with your revision when it comes in. I agree that getting as close to the frame is a good idea. In our DO guys stand on perstop trays to prep the top line and kneel on the floor to do the bottom line which reduces the shoulder strain of reaching up and down. (Please don't tell the H&S police or Brother Magrew)

[Brainache]

In our DO guys stand on perstop trays to prep the top line and kneel on the floor to do the bottom line which reduces the shoulder strain of reaching up and down. (Please don't tell the H&S police or Brother Magrew)

Thanks for the reply. This is the bit I`m getting at - arm/shoulder ache. I think I`ll sort in my normal way - I could always shuffle the wsm bundles up a bit to vary the height

[fishtank]

I could always shuffle the wsm bundles up a bit to vary the height

Don't laugh...that's exactly what you should do...it works.
You tip the trays on your frame and take random bundles to sort...it saves your arm dropping off prepping the top row.

[jockstrapp]

I could always shuffle the wsm bundles up a bit to vary the height

Don't laugh...that's exactly what you should do...it works.
You tip the trays on your frame and take random bundles to sort...it saves your arm dropping off prepping the top row.

Ah so it's not just my arm that gets sore prepping top row. (and I thought it was my age)

[kilrenny]

we do not get any sequenced mail. have bee told 20 items a minute. when I asked was this for sequenced and if this was set by timing a manual sort or computer the DOM did not know.