Every safety director in the country wants to find a "window" into a person's future so that they can determine if they're a potential risk. After all, safety is about risk management. We talked about some ways to accomplish that last month in the discussion about Predictive Risk Modeling. Unfortunately we can't actually view the future but we can look at a person's past and current habits.... Read More

In traditional capacity models, carriers handle the heavy lifting; procuring freight from customers, obtaining licenses, filings, operating authority, liability insurance, etc. This environment is commoditized and fosters little opportunity to invest in or display value / differentiation. In all honestly, how many of your competitors have access to the same training modules, "proprietary" technologies, safety materials, etc.?... Read More

Preserving evidence in the event of an accident is crucial to minimizing one's liability exposure. This is Part 8 in a nine part series of related discussions. The full list of the parts to this series appears following this installment.

“Litigation Hold” is a commonly used term of art referring to the duty to preserve evidence when one has knowledge, actual or constructive, that such evidence is likely to be relevant to resulting litigation. The primary question is when such a duty is triggered. Once it is triggered, the issue then becomes the scope and timing of what action one should take, and what evidence one should preserve.... Read More

Preserving evidence in the event of an accident is crucial to minimizing one's liability exposure. This is Part 7 in a nine part series of related discussions. The full list of the parts to this series appears following this installment.

The development of technology has dramatically changed the world in which we live. Not that long ago, email and other electronic forms of communication, and information storage, were a novelty. Now, they are commonplace. In fact, it has been estimated that 95% of all information is now digital, and that more than 3.2 trillion emails are sent annually.... Read More

Go to Market Prepared

Sourcing your transportation spend can be a complex and emotion-filled process. Managing the process, introducing new potential providers, creating a competitive marketplace, and balancing service and price can be challenging even for the most seasoned project manager. Overcoming the challenges requires a fact-based, economics-driven, comprehensive approach.... Read More

Preserving evidence in the event of an accident is crucial to minimizing one's liability exposure. This is Part 6 in a nine part series of related discussions. The full list of the parts to this series appears following this installment.

The specific minimum requirements for records retention by interstate carriers, brokers, and freight forwarders are set forth in Part 379 of 49 CFR. While such regulations are not binding upon an intrastate, or otherwise exempt, entity, many states have adopted 49 CFR, in whole or in part, so that they may effectively apply. Moreover, even when they are not specifically applicable, a plaintiff may well argue that they provide an example of reasonable conduct, and thus the failure to abide by them could be deemed to constitute negligence, or provide the basis for a spoliation claim.... Read More

Too often in today's economy, insurers are getting the short-end of the stick when the motor carriers they insure file bankruptcy. By the time the insured files bankruptcy - or possibly even before any financial problems arise - it is generally too late to protect your company from the effects of the insured's bankruptcy. Therefore, safeguards must be put in place beforehand in order to insulate an insurer from bankruptcy's often harsh consequences, including harmful effects on an insurer's collateral.... Read More

I've been working at changing driver behavior for almost 30 years - both seasoned drivers with more than a million miles under their belts and those fresh out of trucking school in their first few weeks of commercial driving.

Through this experience (including presenting thousands of on-road training sessions), I've seen drivers make every mistake you can imagine, regardless of experience or attitude.... Read More