receiving specials into delivery office

[Tunahowmad]

Would appreciate advice when receiving specials into our delivery office as different opinions on the scanning in procedure.
Physically the specials are picked and placed into the relevant walk duty section of the frames in the specials locker.
Then depending who is covering the specials duty is where there is a difference of opinion.
Using the Star Gun the DUN paperwork is scanned first so every special barcode on the DUN notes is scanned as received.
Then the actual special item barcode on each special is scanned and allocated to the relevant walk duty.
One regular states it doesnt matter what order the procedure is completed but a workplace coach states the DUN paperwork must be scanned first before the Star Gun is then used to allocate each actual special to the relevant duty.

Can anyone state with certainty if it makes any difference in which order the scanning in of specials to a delivery office is done

Sorry for long post but would appreciate advice tto avoid problems doing the scans in the wrong order. Many thanks for assistance

[doorstepped]

I have always done DUN note first as this then logs everything into your delivery office, then you allocate them to the walks. this was done in my old office by myself, on transfering to another office, they sort to walk first and scan to walks before scanning the dun notes.
in essance it probably does not make much difference, but I would of thought scanning the items into the DO with the DUN note first was the correct way to go.

[97gaz]

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[Tunahowmad]

Thanks for comments. Does seem to make sense as someone today did mention if done in the way some individials do the scans it affects the tracking online. Didnt elaborate but does indicate perhaps one method is the 'correct' way

Appreciated

[antcpfc]

The dubs are a complete waste of time. Often I have twenty or so more than on the list.
I scan The Dun then scan each parcel in. Then I go around and allocate to each walk.

[swindonandy]

The dubs are a complete waste of time. Often I have twenty or so more than on the list.
I scan The Dun then scan each parcel in. Then I go around and allocate to each walk.

So if an item on the DUN is missing, your way you say you have received it. It's then considered to have gone missing in your DO.

Items *should* be counted in and compared to DUN total and DUN only scanned if the totals match. Anything else and you scan the whole lot Missing DUN or Tampered/Violated (if for instance you receive a red sleeve of SD so it isn't secure)

[SpacePhoenix]

tbqf DUNs are not very good. Say an office sends 3 bags of specials to another, each with 35 items in (in practice it can easily be more than 35), and say 1 bag hasn't got a DUN, unless you scan the items in the bag with the bags that have got DUNs in, there's no way that you can be certain that the items in that bag are covered by the DUN that was in the bag.