I need your help for a minute!

South_London_Postie · Post by **South_London_Postie** » 01 Aug 2017, 10:24

All,

My brother in law has struggled to get past the application stage for parcelforce (i know i know he needs a job!) can we all bump our heads together to help him get past the delivery manifest questions stage please, will be much appreciated. i thought many brains will be better than 1

Background
Royal Mail Group offers a number of products to customers. These include: Before 9am: guaranteed to be delivered to customers' addresses before 9am. Before 10am: guaranteed to be delivered to customers' addresses before 10am. Before 12 noon: guaranteed to be delivered to customers' addresses before 12 noon. 48 hour parcels: take 2 days to reach a customer but have no set delivery time.

THE EXERCISE
Planning your delivery route: A number of parcels are stacked inside a wheeled cage next to your van. Your manager confirms that these are your deliveries for the day and that you will be delivering parcels in two postcode areas; TY7 and TY8. The parcel depot is in Broadfield, on a small industrial estate, which is in the TY7 postcode area. You will also deliver to the village of Cainton in the TY8 area and this area is slightly further away. You will be making a number of drops along the way and some of these drops may involve delivering more than one parcel to the same address. In planning your route you should consider multi-drop opportunities and other time saving options for delivery.

Question

From the list below, please select the order of which you would deliver the parcels to the addresses below. ensuring each customer received their parcel at the correct time.

A - Before 12 noon - Jacksons Pet Shop - Lime Street - Cainton TY8 5JU
B - Before 9am - Unit 15 - Redfield Industrial Estate - Broadfield TY7 8UL
C - International - Greens Solicitors - 111 London Road - Cainton TY8 1HG
D - Before 9am - 78 Green Street - Broadfield TY7 9KB
E - 48 hour - Unit 15 - Redfield Industrial Estate - Broadfield TY7 8UL
F - Before 10am - KLP Products - Redfield Industrial Estate - Broadfield TY7 8OS
G - Before 9am - Thomson Ltd - Redfield Industrial Estate - Broadfield TY7 8OP
H - Before 12 noon - 20 Main Road - Broadfield TY7 8TG

thanks comrades.

Postie45 · Post by **Postie45** » 01 Aug 2017, 11:15

D,B,E,G,F,H,A,C

Post by **Lounge Lizard** » 01 Aug 2017, 14:09

Yes but might D be after B, E and G ?

Postie45 · Post by **Postie45** » 01 Aug 2017, 16:27

no because you have drop F on the industrial estate before 10 also on the route, i mean it all could be feasibly done in the order you suggest, but purely by info given this seems to be the most efficient route.

anthonyok · Post by **anthonyok** » 01 Aug 2017, 16:31

B G E D F H A C ?

Post by **Lounge Lizard** » 01 Aug 2017, 16:53

Postie45 wrote:no because you have drop F on the industrial estate before 10 also on the route, i mean it all could be feasibly done in the order you suggest, but purely by info given this seems to be the most efficient route.

Sorry,
What I meant was might D be after B, E, F and G ?

Postie45 · Post by **Postie45** » 01 Aug 2017, 16:57

because drops B-F take time, F needs to get there by 10am, D has to get there by 9am, so to me makes sense to put D (before 9am) before the B-F part

rubberbond · Post by **rubberbond** » 01 Aug 2017, 17:53

No wonder he can't pass the thing,neither can we! Broadfield first I reckon after that god only knows!

Post by **Lounge Lizard** » 01 Aug 2017, 18:04

Postie45 wrote:because drops B-F take time, F needs to get there by 10am, D has to get there by 9am, so to me makes sense to put D (before 9am) before the B-F part

Ah, yes.

It's only Parcel Forced that have to decide such things

that's until all of us have timed deliveries.

ruralscum1 · Post by **ruralscum1** » 01 Aug 2017, 23:31

If only there was eight parcels to deliver in a day