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TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA - YRC's in for the long haul
Roadway parent believes it has found solution to ever-increasing problems of trucking business
Akron,OH,USA -The Akron Beacon Journal, by Jim Mackinnon -Jul 20, 2008: -- ... The owner of Akron-based Roadway thinks it has come up with its own recipe for success to address industrywide transportation problems: the Velocity Network... The idea is to provide faster customer service with trucks that travel fewer miles, said Mike Smid, president and chief executive of YRC North American Transportation. The division, based in Overland Park, Kan., along with its corporate parent, is made up of trucking companies Roadway, Yellow Trans-portation, Reimer Express, USF Glen Moore and the smaller businesses that make up YRC Regional Transportation... The Velocity Network, which has been a couple of years in planning, began rolling out in the past several weeks at USF Holland, Yellow Transportation and Roadway. The concept basically redesigns a significant part in how the less-than-truckload, or LTL, trucking companies go about their business while increasing the ability to provide next-day and second-day pickup and delivery, the company said... The Velocity Network cuts transit time on 30,000 lanes of travel used by YRC trucks. The company expects to be able to improve service by one day for more than 15 percent of its 150,000 daily shipments in the United States... In addition, the changes will result in trucks traveling about 8 million fewer miles a year, which will cut fuel costs as well as time, Smid said... The changes needed the cooperation of the Teamsters, who make up 66,000 of YRC's employees, he said...Labels: trucking industry news USA
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