OK, so as I stated in another thread, I JUST start with Schneider National.
While I did just fine with the weird work assignments procedure during orientation, I'm now really confused with it all...
When I called my DBL on Friday, (the last day of orientation), he told me that he (or someone from the weekend shift) would be sending me a work assignment.
Upon getting home a little while ago with the truck, I got that assignment.
OK, so, while I've got that 300+ page book, it does a VERY poor job of explaining the correct procedure I'm to follow to complete said assignment. ie; start to finish, which order to reply to macros in.
I've got a rough idea of how things should go, ie; reply to the P/U Macro when you arrive at/depart from the shipper and receiver and HOW each macro gets filled out, but it's the ORDER that's driving me nuts.
I know I'm to send in a macro 18 daily, but the book tells me that the macro is just for teams. The trainers in orientation said otherwise.
I know I'm to reply to the fuel lvl request for routing, (I've done that), but I'm kind of lost now.
Should I be waiting until tomorrow to send in my macro 18?
I could really use some help on the trip planning portion as well.
This stuff, to me at least, seems pointless.
I'm so used to just getting a load assignment, a date and time to be picking up and delivering, routing, and then just doing some basic math for fuel stops (# of gallons in tanks * 5.5MPG = fuel stop).
I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around Schneider's way of doing things. Particularly, the ORDER in which to do things...
I really wish they would just hand out some sort of "cheat sheet" that spelled out the order in which I'm to do this stuff.
Have I confused everyone?
I hope not, but then at least I'll no longer be alone, LOL...
Just to kind of recap, I'm guessing I need me hand held in regard to the trip planning and that #### macro 18...
As always, thanks in advance for the assist.
Schneider's wacky Work Assignment procedures?
Discussion in 'Schneider' started by S3NTYN3L, Jun 26, 2010.
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Mac 18 is for everyone. You're supposed to send it in every day, and when you get a load.
When I first started with SNI, I was asked to send in my trip plan. That was hard for me to put in writing, I'd never had to do that before. Luckily I was only asked that one time.
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When you get your load info, everything is laid out basically like you're going to do it. Just follow the macro's through, including the one for your barcode. Don't send that in before you actually deliver the load. When that macro first came out, I jumped the gun and sent the barcode in before hand. I wound up being pulled from that load. I got somewhat of a nastygram telling me not to do that. I guess it screwed up the system because the guy that delivered that load ofcourse didn't have my barcode. Oh well, live and learn.
With the fuel macro, I always sent in about 1/8 less than my gauge showed. That way I had a bit of reserve, just in case. You can fuel at an OC any time, and not get whacked on the fuel optimizer.
Now you need to watch about requesting directions. You have the street level. and SNI directions. The street level, in my opinion, are like mapquest or streets and trips. They are for big trucks though. I always cross referenced them with my atlas. They like to use local names for streets/roads instead of using route numbers. I don't know about you, but I could care less about, say, Telegraph road, it's US24 people, I don't care about some of the cutesy local names!!
The SNI directions are written by drivers, 99.9% of them are accurate. But when they're bad, they're terrible. There is a mac for direction feedback, and you correct them as needed. And they WILL be corrected.
When in orientation, it seemed they gave out some sort of laminated sheet that had a cheatsheet of sorts on one side, and trip planning on the other, IIRC.
Anymore or anything you need help on, let me know. There are a number of others here that could you as well.
Hey, I know you can't PM yet, but I'll send you one anyway, you can still read them.
Good luck on your first load, and don't worry, if you need help, CALL your DBL, that's part of why they're there. You'll catch on in no time.
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Wow, thanks for the quick replies!
Yeah, I've got the laminated sheet for the macro 18, but it's not of much help to me at this point. I've pretty much got the mechanics of it down, but that darn sheet only serves to make me second guess myself until I get so confused I'm only screwing things up rather than making things better (ie; having a proper trip plan like the company wants).
OMG, I forgot all about those barcode things!
That's something they on briefly and VAGUELY touched upon for a few seconds on Wednesday...
I plan on doing the same thing with my fuel macros so I'll have a bit in reserve as well...
OK so, here's mytrip:
I live about 10 miles from the PU location. Total miles for trip = 272 according to fuel solution I requested when I got home with the truck.
6/28 0100 P/U in Breinigsville, PA AVG DUR = 30minutes OP Window = 0100-2359 LDED MILES = 272
I have no idea what OP means but that was used in place of AT, ON or BY. I don't have a box number so I suppose I'm either to find an empty or pick up a pre-loaded one.
6/28 0500 DEL in Wheaton, MD AVG DUR = 2hours BY Window = DEL TIME MILES FROM PREV LOC = 163
6/28 1200 DEL Lancaster, PA AVG DUR = 2hours BY Window = 0700-1200 MILES FROM PREV LOC = 109
When I divide the mileage by 50mph my plans have me arriving 30min LATE to the first stop in Wheaton, MD
I know that the AT = an appointment, and that I'm not to arrive any earlier and certainly not any later.
The BY's and ON's have me a little messed up.
Am I correct in my thinking that a BY means no later than the second time in a window while still allowing for AVG DUR?
ANd for the ON's, they simply mean ON that date and within the window while again allowing for AVG DUR?
####, I'm so screwed...
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