World Class Mail

[Budfrog]

Then of course you have the two jokers who gave us a lecture the other day. They have been in the business hardly any time at all and have absolutely zero operational experience. Where the hell do they find these people?

So there are positives then in that these chaps are not forming an orderly queue down at the local Jobcentre each week and they can do a lot less damage on WCM than they could in the operation - personally I think it's a win win situation and the business should be congratulated.

[craigyboy4677]

It cracks me up when you go into distribution centres or mail centres and you get pulled up for pulling two yorks at a time, talk about takin the piss especially when the yorks are practically empty

[hubbahubba]

It cracks me up when you go into distribution centres or mail centres and you get pulled up for pulling two yorks at a time, talk about takin the piss especially when the yorks are practically empty

Takin the piss is pulling 2 yorks at once.
1.You are doing the job of 2 people,and 2.Its a H&S issue.

[mistheword]

Story doing the rounds that the old Professor has had a fall out with Royal Mail directors and resigned. If this is true how will it effect world class. Its his baby so if Royal Mail carry on with it they will have rebrand it anybody heard similar stories?

[Budfrog]

Story doing the rounds that the old Professor has had a fall out with Royal Mail directors and resigned. If this is true how will it effect world class. Its his baby so if Royal Mail carry on with it they will have rebrand it anybody heard similar stories?

That would put an end to WCM in it's present form.

Knowing RM they would put a small project team together (20-30 graduates) and use the professors methodology to 'create' something different ... but at the same time reassuringly similar More project plans ... documentation ... jobs ... and most important of all ... BULL$HIT!

[GT750rider]

The WCM nonsense was fully endorsed by "forward thinking" empty heads at Gloucester about 18 months ago. It was everywhere, as is the way the crap. Then it was announced Gloucester was for the chop. WCM was dropped with immediate effect. Goodbye and good riddance WCM.

[Stampy]

Rumours circulating around our MC that the professor has been given the boot....

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Rumours circulating around our MC that the professor has been given the boot....

Its not a bad film - hope he enjoys it.

[barrowc]

Knowing RM they would put a small project team together (20-30 graduates) and use the professors methodology to 'create' something different ... but at the same time reassuringly similar More project plans ... documentation ... jobs ... and most important of all ... BULL$HIT!

I wonder if the professor has copyrighted the whole World Class Manufacturing methodology and how eager he would be to sue anyone who tried to come up with anything too similar?

[newtimes]

Knowing RM they would put a small project team together (20-30 graduates) and use the professors methodology to 'create' something different ... but at the same time reassuringly similar More project plans ... documentation ... jobs ... and most important of all ... BULL$HIT!

I wonder if the professor has copyrighted the whole World Class Manufacturing methodology and how eager he would be to sue anyone who tried to come up with anything too similar?

Judging from what people have said about it why use a Manufacturing methodology in a service business, 'you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear'," Pigs might fly",me say crap is crap, then again I have not earned the title of professor.

[Donk]

......................... 'you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear'," Pigs might fly",me say crap is crap, then again I have not earned the title of professor.

Or, "You can't polish a turd......but you can roll it in glitter." Which seems to fit the bill here.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Knowing RM they would put a small project team together (20-30 graduates) and use the professors methodology to 'create' something different ... but at the same time reassuringly similar More project plans ... documentation ... jobs ... and most important of all ... BULL$HIT!

I wonder if the professor has copyrighted the whole World Class Manufacturing methodology and how eager he would be to sue anyone who tried to come up with anything too similar?

Professor Jaminthemachina he must have made plenty of cash from this. Such luminaries as Pirelli, Fiat, Volvo and Chrysler have all swallowed his particular brand of snake oil. http://nraombakc.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02 ... a-way.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[LinChong]

At the first sniff of a consultant being invited into any organisation, the people who work in that organisation should immediately walk out and refuse to return until they are given a written agreement that no consultants will ever be invited in again.

Consultants are hired to cut jobs and make the survivors work harder for less pay. The Royal Mail managers who believed that postal workers would fall for this bollocks dressed up as Eastern mysticism have proved they have no respect for their colleagues and they probably have no respect for any other human beings either.

The Chief Executives of Royal Mail and the Post Office are really consultants. Public services should be run by people who have the confidence of their staff.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

I think Alan Sugar says it best:

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[fishtank]

Rumours circulating around our MC that the professor has been given the boot....

Royal Mail have decided to dispense with the Professor and his team and progress World Class Mail internally.
This means they get to judge their own progress so...of course it will be a success.