sinister minister
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We received a talk about Digitization. Scanners will be recording our route movements and delivery points over a, yet to be determined, six week period. Any thoughts?
Digitizing the route
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Skierstmoritz
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Demonstrated Ability! It will determine our pay! Watch out runners and overevaluated routes. It's all about the scanner.
DB.Cooper
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Were you, or your office, part of the "time study"???
There was to be a "test" of the roughly 4200 routes that were in the "study"... having to do with RRECS implementation...
This test was on again, off again... not sure what the latest status is... surprise, surprise... we are suffering from a lack of any clear guidance from the NRLCA... but we did a LOT of clown party pix in their last glossy magazine...
sinister minister
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Not a part of time study.Were you, or your office, part of the "time study"???
There was to be a "test" of the roughly 4200 routes that were in the "study"... having to do with RRECS implementation...
This test was on again, off again... not sure what the latest status is... surprise, surprise... we are suffering from a lack of any clear guidance from the NRLCA... but we did a LOT of clown party pix in their last glossy magazine...
oldandtired
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I thought maybe all us rural carriers would get a post card or something telling us about this new system , after all it’s only going to determine our pay checks ! Seems surely my dues can pay for a post card at the very least . On the topic of clown party pics ... didn’t you get the stand up talk that we all are gonna be required to now where our clown suits ! Think there’s a function on the scanner now for that , hahahahahaha.Were you, or your office, part of the "time study"???
There was to be a "test" of the roughly 4200 routes that were in the "study"... having to do with RRECS implementation...
This test was on again, off again... not sure what the latest status is... surprise, surprise... we are suffering from a lack of any clear guidance from the NRLCA... but we did a LOT of clown party pix in their last glossy magazine...
sinister minister
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There was emphasis on line-of-travel as well as scanning at point of delivery, i.e. scan at box, scan at door. In the future, when I have more than 1 parcel per delivery, it will receive an individual scan for each piece. If multiple parcels are to be delivered to the door, I will deliver and scan each piece individuallly. Each parcel will be scanned and delivered individually. This should be legal because we have never been trained on use of scanner or protocol for scanning. I will demonstrate the ability to scan each parcel as delivered.
DB.Cooper
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That's wild then... because I've not heard a peep about this... I also was NOT part of the study...
Wonder why you heard this and most other "non-study" peeps, like me, have heard nil???
blamethesub
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The talk you received sounds like the memo I received last week and typed up on the other thread. Only difference is we were not told about a 6-week period for mapping. I just assumed it can happen at any time now that we've been informed/warned.
That other thread was "Are We Ever Going to See This Implemented?"
That other thread was "Are We Ever Going to See This Implemented?"
DB.Cooper
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Speculation... or do you know something???
Skierstmoritz
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Like you RD, DB, O & T, we have heard nothing. We are not part of the study and are an all rural office. If that even matters
DB.Cooper
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My office is all rurals... no city side... not sure if that makes any diff... probably not...
If something big is gonna happen... 1st, I'll believe it when I see it... 2nd, why isn't the NRLCA saying something??? Mushrooms...
Our deadline for Rt inspections was supposedly April 1st... all of these April Fool's Day deadlines are making me nervous...
Been doing this for 25 years and route inspections are supposed to be done yearly whether there is a count or not. Nothing new.
All -- In case manglement says a route inspection is not necessary, there is:
-- PO-603's Section 523 - Frequency - Management schedules at least one annual inspection of rural routes.
-- The M-38's Section 512 - Frequency - All routes MUST be inspected at least ONCE EACH CALENDAR YEAR.
-- PO-603's Section 523 - Frequency - Management schedules at least one annual inspection of rural routes.
-- The M-38's Section 512 - Frequency - All routes MUST be inspected at least ONCE EACH CALENDAR YEAR.
Windindaface
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Will this Digitization prescribed pill cause me more work related headaches?
LostinDakota
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Set line of travel should be interesting due to the detours required due to flooding and/or scheduled road construction on the route. As far as taking each parcel and scanning individually, I have been doing that for quite some time now as occasionally a customer will want to "help" me by removing said parcels from their front door before I return with the others. By doing each parcel individually as I set it down, I never have to request the customer bring the parcel back so I can scan it.
Rt2mailman
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The1st scan registers the position, finishing at the vehicle is fine unless you enter all the way through. Once you enter through to the zip, your next scan registers your new position. When we first were told to scan at the door I tested this by having my supervisor look up the positions of certain scans. If I scanned an item and drove a mile or 2 away where I first scanned showed the position. If I scanned a piece before the address and then entered through to the zip at the address it showed I delivered the item where I first scanned it.
There is training on how to use the scanner, and even test bar codes to scan. In our office we do nothing with out first being trained how to do it. We didn't do spm's for a year because there was supposedly no training. You can find a training modual on the USPS website for almost everything, even edit sheet work, which new employees get very little training.
There is training on how to use the scanner, and even test bar codes to scan. In our office we do nothing with out first being trained how to do it. We didn't do spm's for a year because there was supposedly no training. You can find a training modual on the USPS website for almost everything, even edit sheet work, which new employees get very little training.
They are supposed to be done in the few weeks leading up to and during the mail count period which would be around March, IF we had a contract. That's why they are pushing for them to be done now.
sinister minister
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Another consideration, why does management need 6 weeks to get an accurate assessment for digitizing the route, yet a mail count only needs 2-3 weeks for an accurate count?
