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Guide to model week
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Fluke
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Guide to model week
I have seen a new guide somewhere that gives advice on model week, can anyone provide a link to it? Thanks
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Fluke
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Re: Guide to model week
Never mind I have it, but don't understand it.
Using RM’s proposed model week as a starting point which could be weeks 11-17 in the main;
Establish what your traffic is each week over the last 12 months taking out Xmas and B/H weeks. This leaves you about 44 weeks. If your model week is below 30 of these weeks (31.8%) then you are going to struggle in covering the work when flexing up in the other weeks if staff do not want the overtime.
Based on the above, model weeks should be set at between 40% -65% of the previous 12 months reported weekly traffic. The lower end means more flexing up and overtime, the higher more robust duty structure and absorption opportunities. So if your model week is below 22 of the 44 then it would be 50% of the year.
If your model week (low traffic) is below 30 of the 44 weeks then surely those would weeks are supposedly you would need less flexing? only above the 30 (higher traffic) would you need more flexing?
Using RM’s proposed model week as a starting point which could be weeks 11-17 in the main;
Establish what your traffic is each week over the last 12 months taking out Xmas and B/H weeks. This leaves you about 44 weeks. If your model week is below 30 of these weeks (31.8%) then you are going to struggle in covering the work when flexing up in the other weeks if staff do not want the overtime.
Based on the above, model weeks should be set at between 40% -65% of the previous 12 months reported weekly traffic. The lower end means more flexing up and overtime, the higher more robust duty structure and absorption opportunities. So if your model week is below 22 of the 44 then it would be 50% of the year.
If your model week (low traffic) is below 30 of the 44 weeks then surely those would weeks are supposedly you would need less flexing? only above the 30 (higher traffic) would you need more flexing?
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arnold cheshire
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Re: Guide to model week
one lot of door to doors and a light tuesday and saturday 
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jessicarabbit
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Re: Guide to model week
Those 30 weeks you dont have enough hours in the AWD to do all the work so you flex up either by paying people OT to come in early or stay out late.
The remaining 14 weeks there is enough hours to do all the work (in theory) so you don't flex up instead you may be asked to lapse as you have to many hours used vs work to do.
If you set the model week even lower you could argue that you never have to lapse again but on heavy weeks everyone would need to work 10-15 hour days to do all the work
If set the model week higher you could potentially have to lapse more but at no-one would get 'flexing' OT.
This is all theory and in real terms it is very hard to get enough people to flex up on heavy days leading to cut-offs and delivery failure. Add this to the fact that a MC never records the traffic correctly or uses ridiculously low ACFs and so you never have enough hours in the office to handle the 'actual' mail volumes.
Welcome to RM The future........it's awful just awful
The remaining 14 weeks there is enough hours to do all the work (in theory) so you don't flex up instead you may be asked to lapse as you have to many hours used vs work to do.
If you set the model week even lower you could argue that you never have to lapse again but on heavy weeks everyone would need to work 10-15 hour days to do all the work
If set the model week higher you could potentially have to lapse more but at no-one would get 'flexing' OT.
This is all theory and in real terms it is very hard to get enough people to flex up on heavy days leading to cut-offs and delivery failure. Add this to the fact that a MC never records the traffic correctly or uses ridiculously low ACFs and so you never have enough hours in the office to handle the 'actual' mail volumes.
Welcome to RM The future........it's awful just awful