Scottyhawk
What is it? A brown box. Duh
They do not give two craps about misloads it seems in my building, every truck is chock full of them and the only message I ever see is deliver them, big arrow down, Message accepted revised ETA 2200
Is this just my location?
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bleedinbrown58
That’s Craptacular
Apparently now in my building..it's circle the PAL sticker AND write the HIN # on every package.
Overpaid Union Thug
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They do that here too. I try not to look at my preloader in the morning before work because seeing him struggle to write all of that gibberish lets me know immediately that I will have a crappy load every day. Only when they are permitted to only look at the PAL and verify it matches the address label do I have a decent load. They aren't aloud to move the labels on days they are forced to write the numbers. The loads are such a cluster **** on those days.
watdaflock?
Well-Known Member
I politely disagree. Depending on the shape of the box and where the PAL label was placed, writing the #s helps you double check for misloads. Obviously it's easier to load in the right order and then for drivers to locate packages if can easily see the PAL #.
Overpaid Union Thug
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Writing numbers is a waste of time and money (for crayons/Sharpies). A preloader comparing the address on the PAL against the shipping label address is far more affective at reducing misloads than forcing them to scribble numbers that many of us can't even read. Add the fact that we often end up with multiple address with the same sequence numbers and we end up with a nightmare of a load and more misloads to boot.
Plus, preloaders, per the methods, are supposed to face labels for selection. Until corporate got on this scribbling numbers kick we could walk into the truck and just about every box would have a PAL (WHICH INCLUDES THE ADDRESS) faced for selection. Those that didn't typically had the shipping label faced for selection. Now I often have to do a six sided check on a box just to find out if its the one I'm looking for. Not cool! Especially in the summer time. Particularly when the preloader writes the wrong numbers on the boxes.
Scribbling numbers is a counter productive waste of time. Common sense should prevail.
bleedinbrown58
That’s Craptacular
THE VAST MAJORITY of DRIVERS DO NOT READ PAL #s TO LOCATE PACKAGES. They read the shipping labels.
Overpaid Union Thug
Well-Known Member
I actually use them some when the pals are actually faced for selection. But that is rare nowadays. I can actually read the printed numbers. I use them as a guide and will use the addresses whenever there are multiple address with the same sequence number. Lately I'll take the time to face PALs (peeling them to do so if need be) so that I don't have to deal with the chicken scratch and/or dyslexia sequence numbers that are written. In my center misloads go down and load quality goes up whenever our center manager or preload supervisors have the balls to let the preload do things right. Misloads skyrocket and load quality plummets when they go back to the chicken scratch method.
watdaflock?
Well-Known Member
effective
Comparing PAL to shipping label is called an out of sync. Misloads is putting a package on the wrong PC.
By The Book
Well-Known Member
I always thought a misload was just loaded in the wrong spot in the right car and a misroute was a package loaded on the wrong car.
so, out of sync pal labels get misloaded... right
bleedinbrown58
That’s Craptacular
Exactly....out of syncs still count as misolads.
oldngray
nowhere special
If its not loaded where its supposed to be loaded ... its a misload. People can try to use other names for it but doesn't change what it is.
By The Book
Well-Known Member
They shouldn't count as misolads against the laoder.
bleedinbrown58
That’s Craptacular
Sure they should....I was trained to compare the last 4 digits of the tracking # on the PAL to the last four on the shipping label to match sure they match.
bleedinbrown58
That’s Craptacular
Actually misloads...formerly called "off routes"...are now known as WIWCs..... Walk In Wrong Cars
Scottyhawk
What is it? A brown box. Duh
If misloads were just misloads within the truck, my whole truck would be a misload. Misloads are packages belonging to another truck in your truck, or packages that are out of sync (spa person puts wrong pal on package) placed in your truck by a preloader who is not doing their job by verifying pal with address label.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
Here they are called service failures.
oldngray
nowhere special
All so that the numbers on a report don't look as bad.
bleedinbrown58
That’s Craptacular
The acronym division guy was gunning for a raise.
