* Massachusetts - Technology seen as key to more ‘driver-centric’ trucking, stable truck capacity
Chelmsford,MASS,USA -JOC, by William B. Cassidy -Oct 01, 2014: -- Businesses struggling to hire and keep truck drivers need to look beyond incremental increases in per mile pay toward using technology more effectively to build driver-centric businesses. That process starts with labor management systems that can help trucking companies optimize the use of their most critical assets, said Malysa O'Connor, director of the logistics practice group at Kronos, a $1 billion workforce management software company in Chelmsford, Massachusetts... And there’s an unquantified cost of lost business and lost opportunity each day a truck goes “unseated” ... To be more “driver-centric,” motor carriers need to offer drivers more incentives, invest in new technology and offer competitive wages and benefits... Although several truckload carriers are raising driver pay — including the largest U.S. truckload carrier, Swift Transportation — O’Connor thinks incentives will play a leading role in improving driver satisfaction and retention... “there’s more emphasis on incentives than pay per mile. We have customers who have created incentive programs stretching from the warehouse out to the drivers, and they’ve seen productivity go up significantly” ... O’Connor said, “You also have to make sure you’re paying drivers for all the time they work, not just the time they’re driving” ... The end result, she suggested, will be a new dimension in supply-chain visibility...
* Virginia - Trucking turns it up
(Photo: Loaded trucks nearly Nevada)
Arlington,VA,USA -Tire Review, by Bob Costello -October 1, 2014: -- There is no industry more essential to the health and welfare of the U.S. economy than the trucking industry. America’s trucks move the vast majority of America’s freight – from farm to factory to warehouse to retailer to home, trucks dominate freight transportation... When looking at the industry, it is important to appreciate its size. According to the Department of Transportation, there are more than one million interstate motor carriers – including for-hire, private fleets and owner-operators. And those carriers moved 9.7 billion tons of freight in 2013 – nearly 70% of all the tonnage moved by trucks... Trucking is a $681 billion industry; more than 81% of all freight-related dollars were paid to the trucking industry. With more than 3.2 million drivers – and 7 million employees overall – trucking really is the lifeblood of the U.S. economy... In looking at the current state of the economy, and at truck freight, I’m optimistic despite what was a rough start to 2014...Labels: drivers shortage, trucking industry news USA
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