Trpl:
First, its not difficult to fix. I've done it many times for centers in my area.
maybe not that difficult if you know how. Only one guy in our building will admit to knowing how to do anything with the system.
Second, its the local management job to set up the exact same information whether using DPS or using manual spreadsheets (like I did when I ran a center).
It just seems alot harder to do now than with the old system.
Third, the system gives tools that I would have died for....
- They can see trace and routes on a map.
- They can ask the system to create a trace as a starting point.
- They can work off-line to make edits and see the imapct
- They can see their PLD before the packages show up
Again, you have to have someone that has the time and knowledge.
perfect data is NOT required, just the same level of accuracy that we needed in the past.
GIGO
My point is that this is pointing out the more capable vs. less capable management. A poor manager will go on road an deliver misloads instead of fixing the problem to begin with.
It's been well documented that UPS is more for putting out fires rather than preventing them.
The right answer is to use the system as it was intended. It works and works very well. I've seen it and used it.
I think that was my point. Although I put too much stress on the accuracy or prefect data input.
I stand by my statement of "The blame should placed higher because that is where the decisions are made on how many and who are in the center to put out the fires. In a way, the odds our supervisor teams face are much like what the men of the Alamo face with Santa Anna. That is a design to fail."
P-Man
