Friday Night Frights in the Trucking Industry
You know those Friday night – those Fridays when all your drivers send in their paperwork. It’s when all the POD’s and Invoices and Driver payment sheets are strewn all …
Inspection Blitzes & Trucking Software
Every year before the summer high season, the trucking industry goes through a number of inspection blitzes. It’s called a blitz – in that a significant number of resources are …
Hours of Service Exemptions in the Trucking Industry
It’s pretty hard to enforce a universal standard, or policy, when you are creating so many exemptions to the policy. Now it appears that the Department of Transportation has exempted …
Using Data to Improve Your Small Trucking Company
I’d like to say I’m a trucker, but the reality is I’m an office lackey in a trucking company. My job is to find trends in the mountains of data …
The Trucking Industry, It’s All About Loyalty
So, you run a medium sized brokerage or trucking operation. You probably feel that you are as good as ‘your last load.’ Did you get it there as promised, on …
Duplicate Data in a Trucking Business
One of the biggest frustrations in a small to medium sized trucking company is having the resources necessary to run the business – finding loads, dispatching trucks – and also …
FMCSA Carrier Scoring Rules
It’s a bit like the scoreboard at a football game, or at a baseball or hockey game. It’s all up there for everyone to see. It’s pretty clear who is …
Cash Flow and Profit in the Freight Industry
It’s the lifeblood of the trucking and freight brokerage business. Yes, you have to make a profit. Sometimes, things are moving so quickly in your trucking or brokerage operation, that …
Getting Out of Excel Hell
“We are in Excel hell” said one exasperated caller. The business was enjoying success, starting out with a couple of trucks and adding 5 more in the past year. It …
Trucking Software and Father’s Day
So what does Trucking Software have to do with Father’s day? Well, there are a lot of Fathers across the nation who are long-haul truckers and spend a lot of …
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