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Swine flu shot campaign could involve 600M doses The latest count is 27,000 cases with 127 deaths in the U.S. However, weekly case counts are not as significant as they once were. At least one state (Hawaii) has stopped reporting because it is already known that the flu is widespread and...

We are careful about giving out our phone number too. But if you want a Petro card, the phone number must be provided. You cannot register a card online without providing a phone number. When we tried to register by phone, the highly-trained call center professional explained that the number is...

The thought did occur. I wonder if they would mind if I supplied Petro's phone number instead of my own. That way they could make sales calls to themselves. Before we register Petro cards, we will check to see if you can still get showers off the fuel receipts. We use Petro so seldom anyway...

If you heard it from a driver that is more experienced than you, it is not your place to question it. Don't you read EO? Be informed.

This may be old news to many of you. Diane and I just learned that Petro is going to a registered loyalty card system (Petro Passport Driver Rewards) in which cards are issued by name, similar to Flying J's system. Existing cards will no longer be valid after June 30 according to a person at...

The Garmin web site has a good support section. Check it out for a solution. Updating your software may help.

Looks one of those intense executive boot camp training events with an emphasis on team building and problem solving.

That's the rub. Changes to company computer programs are not flipped on and off like a switch. A change made here may cascade through the system in unintended ways and cause a negative effect someplace else. A good amount of thinking and testing precedes such changes. It is easy to come up...

If you compare the monthly results of one expediter or even one expedite carrier with the LTL world, a one-to-one correlation would not likely appear. However, if you compare the long term trends of expedited, LTL, truckload, rail and air freight, I believe you would find a correlation. It will...

According to their press release, the motivation was to "further enhance our expedited footprint." That's what's missing in our business! Diane! Honey! Quick! We need an enhanced expedited footprint. Let's head out first thing in the morning to Enhanced Expedited Footprints R Us. I'm checking...

While analyst opinions vary from analyst to analyst, you know that one is not a stoolie at a company by the analyst's name, employer or firm, and previous works. The web site linked above does not name the analyst but I have no doubt that he or she is not employed by one of the expedite...

Wall Street optimists are pointing to certain indicators as evidence that the recession will soon be over and recovery is at hand. Their spirits are bouyed by recent stock market increases. In a pig's eye! I caution expediters from buying into the same optimism and making decisions based not...

Your history lesson is a great illustration of how independent contractors adapt to changing circumstances. Under a variety of changing company policies and market conditions, Steve has modified his getting-home strategy to achieve what he wants. There is an important lesson here for new...

We live in a very good express center (Minneapolis). If we wanted to be home, the last thing to do would be to stay in service and on the board. Offers would come in and we would be out in very little time (usually). The reason to not make a special trip home to wait for freight is that we would...

I know several fleet owners that told their teams the same thing. It is easier to wait at home than out on the road. Even if it costs the fleet owner money to get the team home, it is worth it because the teams are less likely to quit.

You make a good point. One person's approach to expediting and experiences in it is different than others. This is where our house on wheels approach really pays off. Because we cook and live in the truck, it is never less expensive for us to wait for freight at home than it is to wait for...

If you are in the business to make money, staying home so others can haul the freight is not in one's best interests. The fact that wait times between loads have increased is not a reason to deadhead home. It is a reason to stay out.

1. When we are home, we are usually out of service so, except for the day we go back in service, no load offers would be received by any means. 2. When we are home, we are off line more than when we are on the road. E-mail would not be a good way to get info to us. 3. When I am on the computer...

For what purpose do they do this? Why is it worth doing? I would not have asked before the information became unavailable to us, but finding that FDCC and contractors seem able to live without it, why track it?

Or we can disregard the importance of refusals altogether. If FDCC can no longer track our acceptance percentages or at least care enough about it to tell us what they are, why should we? A standard that is not announced has zero effect as a motivator. Contractors have now gone many months...