Midland Mail Centres Review - 90 day consultation!

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midland mail centre:
by benn2261 » Thu Jan 13, 2011 19:37,pm
hi had a meeting today told that 7 midland mail centres were being reviewed with a 90 day consultation exercise.
any midland mail centre heard diferent whether they will be closed or left open.

Anyone else heard the same?, Our DO was told this today aswell

[disheartened]

It appears the "Mail Centre Cull"marches on.......any ideas which mail centres?

[Stampy]

Derby & Nottingham & Leicester into a NEW MC built somewhere out in the sticks???

Wouldn't put it past them!

[noggin1969]

Derby & Nottingham & Leicester into a NEW MC built somewhere out in the sticks???

Wouldn't put it past them!

R

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Derby & Nottingham & Leicester into a NEW MC built somewhere out in the sticks???

Wouldn't put it past them!

RM were looking for a site close to the M1 j23/24 to build/lease to cover them 3 MC's

Also on that same point rumors also suggest a new DO to cover Grantham/Sleaford/Newark with WSM

J23 M1 is one of the worst places for bottlenecks of traffic! Looks like all will get their mail at DOs by Tea Time!

[kendo1]

Heard from differen Doms all saying the same thing South Midlands Mail center,Poor INEXPIRENCED MANAGEMENT,giving a really poor service to delivery offices thats getting worse,not my comments,but 3 different doms at different times all said the same!

[POSTMAN]

Heard from differen Doms all saying the same thing South Midlands Mail center,Poor INEXPIRENCED MANAGEMENT,giving a really poor service to delivery offices thats getting worse,not my comments,but 3 different doms at different times all said the same!

That is so funny,managers calling other managers poor!

[benn2261]

Heard from differen Doms all saying the same thing South Midlands Mail center,Poor INEXPIRENCED MANAGEMENT,giving a really poor service to delivery offices thats getting worse,not my comments,but 3 different doms at different times all said the same!

hi i have taken work to south midlands mail centre, quite frankly looking at it inside it looks like will wonka`s chocolate factort , some regular staff but loads of manpower on cheap wages.
it does appear to look like noone knows whats going on. only a observation though im sure they will make it work after all royal mail are great at planning things lol .

[andy2007]

Heard from differen Doms all saying the same thing South Midlands Mail center,Poor INEXPIRENCED MANAGEMENT,giving a really poor service to delivery offices thats getting worse,not my comments,but 3 different doms at different times all said the same!

That is so funny,managers calling other managers poor!

At least they're accepting the truth now!

[dodger162]

I don't think there has been an official announcement of a review and it's likely that several areas will be announced at once. The safe MCs will be Birmingham (likely to take Worcester), Wolves and South Midlands. Nottingham MC is on the list for WCM, is it big enough to take Derby and Leicester? Could Nottingham be extended or might Leicester go into South Midlands?
There are also rumours of a new MC being built near East Mids airport but then why would Nottingham be on the list for WCM?

[Sippin40oz]

Derby MC seems doomed to be honest. Theres no room for expansion into a WCM and the access is pretty poor for trucks. Rumours are that the lease for the building is up soon as well so its pretty obvious it wont last much longer! East midlands airport seems like a sensible place to put a large MC so i doubt RM will go with that!

[andy2007]

I don't think there has been an official announcement of a review and it's likely that several areas will be announced at once. The safe MCs will be Birmingham (likely to take Worcester), Wolves and South Midlands. Nottingham MC is on the list for WCM, is it big enough to take Derby and Leicester? Could Nottingham be extended or might Leicester go into South Midlands?
There are also rumours of a new MC being built near East Mids airport but then why would Nottingham be on the list for WCM?

Any improvements brought about by WCM, can easily be transferred to a new site. It's mostly about the way we do the job, rather than the building itself. WCM is being rolled out to EVERY RM site, eventually. Although it's really a fallacy, to call it that. As they're only cherry picking bits the bits of the method, that they want. And ignoring the most important bit.

The basis for a successful World Class System. Is to involve those who're actually DOING the job, in the running of the business. We're a valuable resource, which is usually (particularly in RM) ignored. Yet, as anyone at a WCM site will know: It's mostly Managers who're heading up the "Pillars". Instead of the "Pillars" being run by the Workers, who should then be reporting back to Managers, for the final say. As a result, WCM in RM will IMHO ultimately fail.

Still, it's a good way of justifying excessive levels of Management. By sending them on courses, and giving them numerous roles in the WCM "Pillars". I wonder if that's the reason (they can't face having to do OPG work again). Or if they're just too scared of us showing them up, by coming up with far more effective ways of working?
How many times, have we had disasters, because of their hairbrained schemes?
Just look at what's happening now, with the reviews.

[thebandit]

Derby MC seems doomed to be honest. Theres no room for expansion into a WCM

and the access is pretty poor for trucks.

Rumours are that the lease for the building is up soon as well so its pretty obvious it wont last much longer! East midlands airport seems like a sensible place to put a large MC so i doubt RM will go with that!

... and the access is pretty poor for trucks. Agreed. Remember the time when someone nearly demolished the gatehouse just out of sight to the right. One gateman always vacated the flimsy building when a truck went in or out.

[Sippin40oz]

@thebandit

Lol i didnt hear about that one must have been before my time! What you cant see from that picture is the small side road that runs adjacent to the building. Iam suprised artic lorries even manage to get in there sometimes!

[benn2261]

I don't think there has been an official announcement of a review and it's likely that several areas will be announced at once. The safe MCs will be Birmingham (likely to take Worcester), Wolves and South Midlands. Nottingham MC is on the list for WCM, is it big enough to take Derby and Leicester? Could Nottingham be extended or might Leicester go into South Midlands?
There are also rumours of a new MC being built near East Mids airport but then why would Nottingham be on the list for WCM?

where do you get your information from about the mail centre review. as usual royal mail like to inflate the rumours to make people think it`s their mail centre that`s closing.
Just some clear cold facts of information would be nice somebody somewhere knows which centres are going.