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Sustainability Guidelines New Methods
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Geezer
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Sustainability Guidelines New Methods
Sustainability Guidelines New Methods
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fishtank
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Re: Sustainability Guidelines New Methods
It kind of looks as if RM have "cutting off" well and truly covered.
Solutions
If the actual outdoor span is proven to be in excess of the prescribed duty time, you could consider the following:
Indoor
1. Accept the longer outdoor element of the duty and reduce the level of IPS to balance the duty
Outdoor
1. Minimise the number of returns to the van to optimise the outdoor sequence (experience suggests that 40 – 60 min loops offer a good balance between time away from the van, and loops with sufficient trolley capacity to carry all items proper to that loop)
2. Where people are not maximising the delivery of packets as part of a delivery loop, educate people that this is more efficient – once over the ground is the key
3. Where people need to break off from the planned delivery sequence to deliver exceptional items (SD items positioned at the back-end of the delivery; RM Tracked items; items too large for the lightweight trolley), look to utilise dead time spent waiting at the van where loops do not naturally balance (the driver should be the person taking the shorter loop, then utilising the dead time to deliver exceptional items)
4. Where a delivery has an exceptional number of packets and Special Deliveries over and above the planned time value within the duty, look to give additional time for this activity – rebalancing other aspects of the duty
5. For shared vans, if either of the pair is waiting for an excessive amount of dead time back at the van, after the delivery of exceptional items, look to rebalance between the 2 walks
6. If people are only exceeding time on the heavier days, then consider introducing long & short attendances
7. As a result of prepping packets and Special Delivery items people could leave the office later. If so, consider introducing earlier starts - within the constraints of traffic arrivals and missort work, and only within agreed attendance times.
8. If the walk has been planned into pouch sections using Pegasus planning values, then you have the option to test each pouch section against the planned time to isolate problem sections of the walk – Telemetry can help with this
9. For shared vans, it may also help to drive the route using a vehicle which has telemetry fitted. During the implementation phase the normal vehicle could be swapped out with a telemetry vehicle which could rotate through each route capturing accurate times against which to review.
Telemetry in support of new delivery methods
Telemetry can be a useful tool to help you understand exactly when people are leaving and returning to the office, and how closely they are working to the prescribed plan. For example, the tool provides reports which show the number of times an engine stops and starts over a given period – ideal for helping you to understand whether the shared van pair is leaving the office to time and performing the planned number of delivery loops on a given day.
It’s important to bear in mind that not every vehicle will be fitted with a telemetry device. As Regions, it may be advisable to move about telemetry-fitted vehicles to offices and walks deploying delivery methods so that you are able to perform this detailed analysis early on in a given revision.
Solutions
If the actual outdoor span is proven to be in excess of the prescribed duty time, you could consider the following:
Indoor
1. Accept the longer outdoor element of the duty and reduce the level of IPS to balance the duty
Outdoor
1. Minimise the number of returns to the van to optimise the outdoor sequence (experience suggests that 40 – 60 min loops offer a good balance between time away from the van, and loops with sufficient trolley capacity to carry all items proper to that loop)
2. Where people are not maximising the delivery of packets as part of a delivery loop, educate people that this is more efficient – once over the ground is the key
3. Where people need to break off from the planned delivery sequence to deliver exceptional items (SD items positioned at the back-end of the delivery; RM Tracked items; items too large for the lightweight trolley), look to utilise dead time spent waiting at the van where loops do not naturally balance (the driver should be the person taking the shorter loop, then utilising the dead time to deliver exceptional items)
4. Where a delivery has an exceptional number of packets and Special Deliveries over and above the planned time value within the duty, look to give additional time for this activity – rebalancing other aspects of the duty
5. For shared vans, if either of the pair is waiting for an excessive amount of dead time back at the van, after the delivery of exceptional items, look to rebalance between the 2 walks
6. If people are only exceeding time on the heavier days, then consider introducing long & short attendances
7. As a result of prepping packets and Special Delivery items people could leave the office later. If so, consider introducing earlier starts - within the constraints of traffic arrivals and missort work, and only within agreed attendance times.
8. If the walk has been planned into pouch sections using Pegasus planning values, then you have the option to test each pouch section against the planned time to isolate problem sections of the walk – Telemetry can help with this
9. For shared vans, it may also help to drive the route using a vehicle which has telemetry fitted. During the implementation phase the normal vehicle could be swapped out with a telemetry vehicle which could rotate through each route capturing accurate times against which to review.
Telemetry in support of new delivery methods
Telemetry can be a useful tool to help you understand exactly when people are leaving and returning to the office, and how closely they are working to the prescribed plan. For example, the tool provides reports which show the number of times an engine stops and starts over a given period – ideal for helping you to understand whether the shared van pair is leaving the office to time and performing the planned number of delivery loops on a given day.
It’s important to bear in mind that not every vehicle will be fitted with a telemetry device. As Regions, it may be advisable to move about telemetry-fitted vehicles to offices and walks deploying delivery methods so that you are able to perform this detailed analysis early on in a given revision.
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fishtank
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Re: Sustainability Guidelines New Methods
If there is a problem, what is the cause?
If people are struggling to achieve their outdoor spans, then there are a number of questions to work through to identify the problem:
Indoor
Is there a delay in leaving the office?
1. Is prep beginning at the time specified in the duty?
2. What is the prep time allowed for in the duty compared to the actual time taken to perform?
3. The telemetry data (only available in some offices) will give you a good idea of the time when the vehicle is leaving the office.
If there is a delay, why is this?
1. Have you asked what the issues are?
2. Is there sufficient prep time in the duty?
3. Is mail arriving on time?
4. Are the missorts causing delays?
5. Have the frames been resequenced to match the sequence of the walk?
6. Have the frames been labelled to indicate how to bundle the mail into pouches?
7. Are there performance issues: is this a capability (can’t do) or a culpability issue (won’t do)?
8. Has a training programme been put in place to familiarise staff with the new method and encourage people to meet performance expectations?
9. Are there any health or personal issues that are causing delays?
10. Have there been regular changes in pairings during the bedding in period
Outdoor
1. What is the outdoor time allowed in the duty compared to the actual time taken to perform?
2. Has the duty been walk tested to be achievable within the span?
3. Which days are people exceeding their duty time?
4. Has the duty scenario been planned on a ‘park and loop’ basis to reduce dead time?
5. Is the planned sequence of the route logical; and have parking points been optimally located?
6. Are the people adhering to the number of loops designated for that walk, and following the prescribed delivery sequence for each?
7. Is either of the pair waiting for an excessive amount of dead time back at the van?
8. Monitor people to establish how long the packets and Special Delivery items take to deliver compared to the time people have in their duty for this?
o Are people maximising the number of packets and Special Delivery items taken out and delivered as part of the delivery loop?
o How are people delivering the exceptional items (SD items positioned at the back-end of the delivery; RM Tracked items; items too large for the lightweight trolley)?
o Does this delivery have an exceptional number of packets compared to the time given for this in the delivery?
9. Has the right walk base information been fed into Pegasus (for example: gradients, steps, flats, number of delivery points)?
10. Has the A-Plus and Mapping Verification been satisfactorily updated as part of your revision?
If people are struggling to achieve their outdoor spans, then there are a number of questions to work through to identify the problem:
Indoor
Is there a delay in leaving the office?
1. Is prep beginning at the time specified in the duty?
2. What is the prep time allowed for in the duty compared to the actual time taken to perform?
3. The telemetry data (only available in some offices) will give you a good idea of the time when the vehicle is leaving the office.
If there is a delay, why is this?
1. Have you asked what the issues are?
2. Is there sufficient prep time in the duty?
3. Is mail arriving on time?
4. Are the missorts causing delays?
5. Have the frames been resequenced to match the sequence of the walk?
6. Have the frames been labelled to indicate how to bundle the mail into pouches?
7. Are there performance issues: is this a capability (can’t do) or a culpability issue (won’t do)?
8. Has a training programme been put in place to familiarise staff with the new method and encourage people to meet performance expectations?
9. Are there any health or personal issues that are causing delays?
10. Have there been regular changes in pairings during the bedding in period
Outdoor
1. What is the outdoor time allowed in the duty compared to the actual time taken to perform?
2. Has the duty been walk tested to be achievable within the span?
3. Which days are people exceeding their duty time?
4. Has the duty scenario been planned on a ‘park and loop’ basis to reduce dead time?
5. Is the planned sequence of the route logical; and have parking points been optimally located?
6. Are the people adhering to the number of loops designated for that walk, and following the prescribed delivery sequence for each?
7. Is either of the pair waiting for an excessive amount of dead time back at the van?
8. Monitor people to establish how long the packets and Special Delivery items take to deliver compared to the time people have in their duty for this?
o Are people maximising the number of packets and Special Delivery items taken out and delivered as part of the delivery loop?
o How are people delivering the exceptional items (SD items positioned at the back-end of the delivery; RM Tracked items; items too large for the lightweight trolley)?
o Does this delivery have an exceptional number of packets compared to the time given for this in the delivery?
9. Has the right walk base information been fed into Pegasus (for example: gradients, steps, flats, number of delivery points)?
10. Has the A-Plus and Mapping Verification been satisfactorily updated as part of your revision?
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pickaname
- Posts: 1467
- Joined: 11 Sep 2007, 20:24
Re: Sustainability Guidelines New Methods
Wat is the 'back end of the delivery'?
Are they suggesting SD'd are delivered at the end of the duty and not with regular mail?
Are they suggesting SD'd are delivered at the end of the duty and not with regular mail?