The Ontario Trucking Association recently completed Operation Upgrade – a six-month campaign to find out how truck drivers are treated at shipping and receiving facilities and measure their level of satisfaction with their carriers’ customers. Click here to read Are you a Customer of Choice? “We asked drivers to speak up about what they were [...]
The following article on success is from KRTS, a company that offers training in the transportation industry, and provides Challenger with top quality drivers. Without a doubt, one of the all-time best books that I've read is Gung Ho by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles. I have read this book many times and love it [...]
Over the past few years there have been many changes within technology geared towards improvements in fuel consumption and safety. Technology, as it relates to driver safety, has been changing at a fast pace. We have seen everything from e-logs, collision avoidance systems and driver facing cameras – all geared towards improving driver behavior. Most [...]
I thought I would take a few moments to describe a typical day in operations, and what we spend our time doing here at Challenger. Typically, a morning starts by going through “the numbers” (such as on-time pickup and delivery, total miles run compared to plan, empty miles, productivity per driver and miles per gallon). [...]
As drivers we all hope that our friends in dispatch can keep us moving so that we can keep the wheels turning and earning money. Yet once in a while, a driver will end up with time-off while still on the road. Sometimes that is a whole day, a weekend, or just a few hours. [...]
Recently I was talking to someone about the type of employee they thought they were. This person said they thought they were a good employee overall. They had been with the company for a long time, and did their work to the best of their ability. If they were asked to perform extra tasks or [...]
Video is all around us these days. There are dash cameras on many vehicles, and cameras on every phone. If you go to a concert you will see people watching the concert through their phones, which I find a bit weird. The point is that cameras and video are all around us; even if you [...]
It only takes one long weekend to show the lack of courtesy out on the road these days. I know seeing sunshine is exciting, I get it. It is also the first long weekend of the year and I get that as well. I understand the weather is making people want to be outside more. [...]
As a driver there is a lot to worry about on the road. You are in charge of getting high value freight to customers, being safe on the roadways, and representing the company in a professional way. For most drivers unless they are on a dedicated run they often think of a delivery as a [...]
This dreaded time of year comes up every year the same time and is one of those areas that most people try to avoid. Whether driver or owner operator it is important that you keep on top of your tax obligations so they don't come back and tap you on the back of the head [...]