LTB 470/16 - I. E. Observations Delivery Office Outdoor Validation Studies (August 2016)

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LTB 470/16 - I. E. Observations Delivery Office– Outdoor Validation Studies (August 2016)

No. 470/16

8th August 2016

I. E. Observations Delivery Office– Outdoor Validation Studies (August 2016)

Dear Colleague

Branches will be aware of the ongoing validation exercise of existing planning values used in delivery, which has been carried out using fully trained Industrial Engineers as explained in LTB 230/15 and agreed by the Postal Executive in April last year. The main reason for this is the ongoing efficiency review that is taking place on behalf of Ofcom the regulator and the purpose of this maintenance programme is to carry out checks on national planning values, which are being used for product costing and efficiency models.

Industrial Engineers will carry out work studies to collect data on the operational tasks, across all areas of the outdoor operation from leaving the office to returning to the office in order to ensure the Royal Mail figures demonstrate that products are priced relative to cost and that the operation is working efficiently. This current exercise is about validating the data calculations and assumptions used in the above mentioned models. This underpins the work on regulatory and commercial pricing.

This exercise is part of the rolling programme of work agreed last year and is designed to verify model workload for route based workload calculations (also known as bottom up modeling). The findings of the exercise will also influence the model for Final Mile Optimisation (FMO) which we will need to be fully involved in.

In line with previous TORs we will have full access to all outputs/data generated and the CWU will be involved at all 3 sites and at national level. The list of sites involved is included in the TOR (attached) and they have already been communicated with via email on Friday 22nd July 2016. Also attached is the letter sent in the email to the participating delivery units.

The exercise commenced on Monday 1st August 2016 with our agreement as it is a continuation of the exercise agreed last year in a generic TOR.

Any enquiries to Bob Gibson’s Office, quoting reference 230.03
Email address:outdoorsecretary@cwu.org


Yours Sincerely

Bob Gibson
CWU Assistant Secretary – Outdoor

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That was odd, there was an "Industrial Engineer" following our postman this morning who actually timed the short conversation we had. What was even more interesting was the fact that the CWU Rep took VR a couple of weeks ago and so there isn't much chance of CWU involvement in this trial.