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RMCtv : Royal Mail have developed and completed an initial trial of a white plastic sleeve insert for Yorks-Shovels included
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britwrit
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Re: RMCtv : Royal Mail have developed and completed an initial trial of a white plastic sleeve insert for Yorks-Shovels included
So it's a superhub AND a container-making factory now? Awesome.
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denhamhoop
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Re: RMCtv : Royal Mail have developed and completed an initial trial of a white plastic sleeve insert for Yorks-Shovels included
Yep bar the fact the MK4 has a section which can lift it up to a level where you don't actually break your back sorting out of them. These monstrosities are perfectly designed for the PSM and the tipper to put the work into the machine. The large part of Royal Mail has a human being touching his toes to try and take out the packets from them. I guess you work on a PSM go have a chat with the Manual Sorters in your MC what their opinion of them is and come back to me2chorizon wrote: ↑02 Jun 2023, 23:12They are the same as a MK4BigSacks wrote: ↑02 Jun 2023, 19:00Good for you mate.2chorizon wrote: ↑01 Jun 2023, 21:54DJ Joyce is talking bull,
There are perfectly adequate laid out methods of nesting, strapping and moving white correx sleeves.
And for loading and repat operations.
Hopefully by the end of this week we should be at some 60% white correx sleeves across the network.
Hope it all goes well and makes things smooth in processing whilst your colleagues have to manually sort from these ridiculous f***ing things every day.
Well done you.
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denhamhoop
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Re: RMCtv : Royal Mail have developed and completed an initial trial of a white plastic sleeve insert for Yorks-Shovels included
Yep bar the fact the MK4 has a section which can lift it up to a level where you don't actually break your back sorting out of them. These monstrosities are perfectly designed for the PSM and the tipper to put the work into the machine. The large part of Royal Mail has a human being touching his toes to try and take out the packets from them. I guess you work on a PSM go have a chat with the Manual Sorters in your MC what their opinion of them is and come back to me2chorizon wrote: ↑02 Jun 2023, 23:12They are the same as a MK4BigSacks wrote: ↑02 Jun 2023, 19:00Good for you mate.2chorizon wrote: ↑01 Jun 2023, 21:54DJ Joyce is talking bull,
There are perfectly adequate laid out methods of nesting, strapping and moving white correx sleeves.
And for loading and repat operations.
Hopefully by the end of this week we should be at some 60% white correx sleeves across the network.
Hope it all goes well and makes things smooth in processing whilst your colleagues have to manually sort from these ridiculous f***ing things every day.
Well done you.
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SpacePhoenix
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Re: RMCtv : Royal Mail have developed and completed an initial trial of a white plastic sleeve insert for Yorks-Shovels included
Yet to see a Mk4 with the base bit raised up. In practice the bases in them are likely to be at their lowest level to maximise their capacitydenhamhoop wrote: ↑04 Jun 2023, 08:29Yep bar the fact the MK4 has a section which can lift it up to a level where you don't actually break your back sorting out of them. These monstrosities are perfectly designed for the PSM and the tipper to put the work into the machine. The large part of Royal Mail has a human being touching his toes to try and take out the packets from them. I guess you work on a PSM go have a chat with the Manual Sorters in your MC what their opinion of them is and come back to me2chorizon wrote: ↑02 Jun 2023, 23:12They are the same as a MK4BigSacks wrote: ↑02 Jun 2023, 19:00Good for you mate.2chorizon wrote: ↑01 Jun 2023, 21:54DJ Joyce is talking bull,
There are perfectly adequate laid out methods of nesting, strapping and moving white correx sleeves.
And for loading and repat operations.
Hopefully by the end of this week we should be at some 60% white correx sleeves across the network.
Hope it all goes well and makes things smooth in processing whilst your colleagues have to manually sort from these ridiculous f***ing things every day.
Well done you.
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postslippete
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Re: RMCtv : Royal Mail have developed and completed an initial trial of a white plastic sleeve insert for Yorks-Shovels included
A shovel to get the packets out from the bottom? Now that invention is ground-breaking.

On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world.
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dazzler123
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Re: RMCtv : Royal Mail have developed and completed an initial trial of a white plastic sleeve insert for Yorks-Shovels included
when sorting packets to the walk bags we have about 5 people around 1-3 yorks. So now we are pulling out and waving snow shovels around with boxes on the floor for good use. what could go wrong?
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oypostie
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Re: RMCtv : Royal Mail have developed and completed an initial trial of a white plastic sleeve insert for Yorks-Shovels included
You have shovels. You are honoured

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SpacePhoenix
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Re: RMCtv : Royal Mail have developed and completed an initial trial of a white plastic sleeve insert for Yorks-Shovels included
Boxes on the floor aren't allowed as they're trip hazarddazzler123 wrote: ↑05 Jun 2023, 21:20when sorting packets to the walk bags we have about 5 people around 1-3 yorks. So now we are pulling out and waving snow shovels around with boxes on the floor for good use. what could go wrong?
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TopperGas
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Re: RMCtv : Royal Mail have developed and completed an initial trial of a white plastic sleeve insert for Yorks-Shovels included
Suggest you have a look at the video in post 1 as the OPG is shown demonstrating at around the 2 mins mark how to scoop the last few packets into a tray she's placed on the floor. I assume RM will say that the trays shouldn't be left unattended on the floor once they are filled.
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yellowbelly
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Re: RMCtv : Royal Mail have developed and completed an initial trial of a white plastic sleeve insert for Yorks-Shovels included
Why would they still be a hazard if it's used as described and then it's picked up and removed - no longer a trip hazard.SpacePhoenix wrote: ↑06 Jun 2023, 19:42Boxes on the floor aren't allowed as they're trip hazarddazzler123 wrote: ↑05 Jun 2023, 21:20when sorting packets to the walk bags we have about 5 people around 1-3 yorks. So now we are pulling out and waving snow shovels around with boxes on the floor for good use. what could go wrong?
Anything put on the floor is a trip hazard if it's left there. It's just normal workplace husbandry and the same as any
other SSOW/risk assessment if the information/warnings/controls are not followed.
Surely people wouldn't plonk the empty tray back on the floor when they've emptied the last packets/parcels out of it would they?
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2chorizon
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Re: RMCtv : Royal Mail have developed and completed an initial trial of a white plastic sleeve insert for Yorks-Shovels included
Order’s came through yesterday to our MC, utilize and despatch white correx containers to all D.O’s
Get those quadriceps limbered up, you’re gonna be experiencing what an MC worker experiences at that physical level 5 days per week!
Get those quadriceps limbered up, you’re gonna be experiencing what an MC worker experiences at that physical level 5 days per week!
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SpacePhoenix
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Re: RMCtv : Royal Mail have developed and completed an initial trial of a white plastic sleeve insert for Yorks-Shovels included
MC->MC dispatches of SD sleeves will soon have to use green sleeves, will there be enough? Currently red sleeves get used.
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PDAHappy
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Re: RMCtv : Royal Mail have developed and completed an initial trial of a white plastic sleeve insert for Yorks-Shovels included
The SOP for SD’s has required all SD’s to be transported in Green Sleeves for some years.So that’s not going to happen anytime soon.
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SpacePhoenix
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Re: RMCtv : Royal Mail have developed and completed an initial trial of a white plastic sleeve insert for Yorks-Shovels included
No sign of us using them for MC->DO runs to either not every MC was ordered to do so or our MC was ordered to do so and management are ignoring the order from above
Red sleeves have been used for MC->MC runs for a good few years now. We're not allowed to use green sleeves for any MC->MC runs
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adb2aber
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Re: RMCtv : Royal Mail have developed and completed an initial trial of a white plastic sleeve insert for Yorks-Shovels included
What planet are you on? The number of green sleeves available to use is tiny, they've probably been hoarded by some offices. There's never been anywhere near enough of them. SDs in open topped reds are a regular feature in NetworkSpacePhoenix wrote: ↑07 Jun 2023, 12:29MC->MC dispatches of SD sleeves will soon have to use green sleeves, will there be enough? Currently red sleeves get used.