07-17-2010, 01:58 PM
Gary S Wrote:I remember being involved in the discussion, but also don't remember where.
FedEx's thread on "situational modeling" in the operations category: http://www.the-gauge.net/forum/viewtopic...9&start=30
Gary S Wrote:The beauty of the tags is that it does away with all the paper-carcard-switchlist shuffling. You look at the car and take it where it needs to go. Simple!
The downside is you have a colored tag riding on top of your finely detailed and weathered rollingstock, ruining the illusion.
And, of course, that in order to be able to read the destination for your car at a further distance than you would normally have your paperwork, you will need to come up with color, shape and letter/number codes (as in the article) for your little stickers that will make sense to you and be reasonably recognizable/readable while the car is further away from your eyes than your typical switch list or car card would be.
You are still making waybills, btw. Only your waybills are smaller and stuck to your car, instead of put into a pocket on a car card.
Smile,
Stein