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asked to take specials/tracked/recorded without pda

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spiderj
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asked to take specials/tracked/recorded without pda

Post by spiderj »

As title states I was asked to take the above without a PDA(goosed)
I was told to take epod card and write it all out
If I copy someone's signature isn't that fraud?
Any advice will be appreciated
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Re: asked to take specials/tracked/recorded without pda

Post by PhilthyPhil »

It's fine for SD and signed for but tracked should be done using a PDA.
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Re: asked to take specials/tracked/recorded without pda

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Thank you-explains why my manager disappeared. :whistle
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Re: asked to take specials/tracked/recorded without pda

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Why would you need to copy someone's signature?
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Re: asked to take specials/tracked/recorded without pda

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Manager has previously told us to enter all info-code and signature if PDA goosed
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Re: asked to take specials/tracked/recorded without pda

Post by Himaggen »

I don't understand what you mean by copy someone's signature.

The Customer signs their own name on the EPOD adjacent to the time of delivery.

If used for Special Delivery, the EPOD would need to be returned and scanned back at the office before their 9:00 AM or 1:00 PM deadlines in order not to have failed.

You cannot use EPOD cards for Tracked items because the customer has paid specifically for tracking to doorstep. Without the PDA the Customer is not receiving the service they've paid for.

Additionally, as many Tracked items are 'No Signature Required' there is no Electronic Proof Of Delivery, just proof of arrival at DO.
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Re: asked to take specials/tracked/recorded without pda

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Had been told to enter all info from epod into a working PDA on return to office.
Including any signatures :d'oh!
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Re: asked to take specials/tracked/recorded without pda

Post by Bahia Feliz »

spiderj wrote:Had been told to enter all info from epod into a working PDA on return to office.
Including any signatures :d'oh!
Ah,that explains it!! That is a definite no no I would say.
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Re: asked to take specials/tracked/recorded without pda

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I've never had a PDA but still deliver all specials, recordeds and tracked. :nana :nana :nana
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Re: asked to take specials/tracked/recorded without pda

Post by arnold cheshire »

Sherpas Rule wrote:
spiderj wrote:Had been told to enter all info from epod into a working PDA on return to office.
Including any signatures :d'oh!
I get this as well, I often end up as the office sweeper taking out cut off's etc but rarely get a PDA, when I asked about signed for Trackeds the answer was to enter them on to a PDA on return to office.
even the tracked that require a signature ?
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Re: asked to take specials/tracked/recorded without pda

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Himaggen wrote:
If used for Special Delivery, the EPOD would need to be returned and scanned back at the office before their 9:00 AM or 1:00 PM deadlines in order not to have failed.
So, If I deliver a Special at 12:50 and get back to the Office for 13:05, It's a fail?

Thought these PDA's had 3G on them and sent them strait away like it does for the tracked?
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Re: asked to take specials/tracked/recorded without pda

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SP115 wrote:
Himaggen wrote:
If used for Special Delivery, the EPOD would need to be returned and scanned back at the office before their 9:00 AM or 1:00 PM deadlines in order not to have failed.
So, If I deliver a Special at 12:50 and get back to the Office for 13:05, It's a fail?

Thought these PDA's had 3G on them and sent them strait away like it does for the tracked?
I was talking about the EPOD not the PDA. The EPOD Card would need to be scanned back at the office before the deadline in order not to have failed.

The only way your Office can get away with Tracked Items on an EPOD card is if they are not tracking them to doorstep, (all items must be getting scanned with the GPS location being your Office). I'm surprised you're Managers are getting away with it, but one thing is for sure as soon as a few of these are reported as not delivered and the GPS data is audited someone will be for the high jump!

Anyone manually recreating peoples signatures etc. later on back at the office is on the rocky road to dismissal. Refuse to transfer the data and report the Managers to Moya. You only have to follow a reasonable instruction and that is not reasonable.
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Re: asked to take specials/tracked/recorded without pda

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SP115 wrote:
Himaggen wrote:
If used for Special Delivery, the EPOD would need to be returned and scanned back at the office before their 9:00 AM or 1:00 PM deadlines in order not to have failed.
So, If I deliver a Special at 12:50 and get back to the Office for 13:05, It's a fail?

Thought these PDA's had 3G on them and sent them strait away like it does for the tracked?
No. You can get a signature before the 13.00pm deadline, but the card has to be in the office by between 13.30 to 13.45 (not sure of exact time) at the latest for confirmation. That's the way it's been done in my office forever, the cards are then sent off for the signature to be copied onto the website for customers to view.
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