How many MDECs ?

leamphil · Post by **leamphil** » 10 Feb 2020, 19:45

Are there still four MDECs ? Or have any closed because technology has got better ?
... I assume handwriting has not improved

Post by **POSTMAN** » 11 Feb 2020, 11:26

I don't think there are 4 now from memory, and yes....handwriting has not improved lol

leamphil · Post by **leamphil** » 11 Feb 2020, 12:14

Trawling this site I've seen posts that talk about Stockport (Cheadle) closing in 2015 ?
Would that be right - or was it only a temporary closure ?

leamphil · Post by **leamphil** » 11 Feb 2020, 19:55

I also see that the old Plymouth MDEC building at Pennycomequick was sold to the University of Plymouth in 2018.
I assume the Plymouth MDEC moved to new premises ?

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Post by **POSTMAN** » 12 Feb 2020, 14:15

Genuinely can't remember, will send an email out to the MDEC group, see if any of them follow up.
Be good to buck them up, see if they're still alive.

Ren Hoëk · Post by **Ren Hoëk** » 12 Feb 2020, 15:30

Plymouth Pennycomequick MDEC moved to Plymstock Mail Centre after a number of rounds of VR reduced staffing levels.

Post by **Joe_Esposita** » 13 Feb 2020, 22:06

Stoke is still in the Stoke CSC building and I think Stockport MDEC was moved to Bolton (or thereabouts), I'm sure it was an old PO site where the Ask Allan/Moya team were once stationed......??

leamphil · Post by **leamphil** » 16 Feb 2020, 09:56

Postby TrueBlueTerrier » 29 Jun 2018, 12:14
LTB 379/18 Royal Mail: Four Pillars Agreement - 40 Minute Reduction in the Working Week for Manual Data Entry Centres (MDEC's)
29th June 2018
ROYAL MAIL: FOUR PILLARS AGREEMENT – 40 MINUTE REDUCTION IN THE WORKING WEEK FOR MANUAL DATA ENTRY CENTRES (MDEC’s)
....
The three MDEC sites (Farnworth, Plymouth and Stoke) now process an average of circa 8.6 million items per week as opposed to an average of 27.5 million in 2013.

The abbreviated post above says three MDEC sites, with no mention of Stockport (or Bolton) ??
Is that right ?

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 16 Feb 2020, 13:25

leamphil wrote:
Postby TrueBlueTerrier » 29 Jun 2018, 12:14
LTB 379/18 Royal Mail: Four Pillars Agreement - 40 Minute Reduction in the Working Week for Manual Data Entry Centres (MDEC's)
29th June 2018
ROYAL MAIL: FOUR PILLARS AGREEMENT – 40 MINUTE REDUCTION IN THE WORKING WEEK FOR MANUAL DATA ENTRY CENTRES (MDEC’s)
....
The three MDEC sites (Farnworth, Plymouth and Stoke) now process an average of circa 8.6 million items per week as opposed to an average of 27.5 million in 2013.
The abbreviated post above says three MDEC sites, with no mention of Stockport (or Bolton) ??
Is that right ?

That total number of items per week sounds a fair bit too low which makes me think that the MDECs might only service IMPs with possibly Solystic doing their own MDEC work

Post by **tractorboy2** » 17 Feb 2020, 12:16

Farnworth is in Bolton

leamphil · Post by **leamphil** » 29 Feb 2020, 11:36

So the answer is now three - Farnworth, Plymouth and Stoke (unless, of course, someone from another MDEC posts up to the contrary).

When exactly did Stockport (Cheadle) MDEC close ? Sometime in 2015 ??

Post by **Lockardian** » 05 Apr 2020, 02:13

Yes, I believe there are three MDECs - Plymstock, Stoke and Farnworth and a relief MDEC at Doxford (Sunderland) in December.

As well as letters and flats, MDEC also now deal with parcels (for the Parcel Sorting Machines).