VTurri
Seasoned Expediter
Greetings EO,
My name is Vince Turri, President of Fusion Transportation Group and Turri Logistics. Although we work with many of the companies and owner operations that are part of the EO community I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself and my company to the members that may not know much about us.
Fusion Transportation Group was opened in 2005 under the name Turri Transportation Co. We rebranded the company this year to Fusion Transportation Group as we decided to modify our business model to include specialized transportation services in combination with the current expedited transportation division. Turri Logistics Co. is our brokerage division, we currently work with all but a few companies that advertise here on Expeditors Online.
Like all of our colleagues here advertising and chatting on the forums, we too our seeking owner operators to join our family. What makes us different than our competitors? For starters our owner operator turnover is the lowest in the industry! That is quite the claim I know, but it is true. We had a fleet owner pull one of his three trucks last week (still kept two of the three signed on). That was the first truck we had leave in three months. In fact our dispatcher turnover is higher than our owner operator loss rate if that says anything about the efficiencies of our program (or the demands I place on my dispatchers).
How do we do it you may be asking yourself? The key to our success is how efficiently we dispatch and plan our assets. Our goal is to load each truck in the fleet daily, and maximize each owner operator’s earning potential by keeping the truck loaded, dispatched, and pre dispatched before it even empties. The secret is planning the freight on the trucks, versus making our owner operators bid against each other for freight like some of our competitors. We do not want to drive down the rates to our owner operators with mass load offers. We measure each truck weekly to insure the owner operator is meeting specific revenue thresholds. In doing so, we can streamline the dispatch process and measure what areas to stay away from where the rates and freight opportunities are depressed; and what customers to save capacity for that tend to pay better rates. This philosophy has allowed our fleet count to remain consistent and grow and do all of this with only one full time recruiter!
I take the success of our contractors personally. I understand what it takes to make it in the business as an owner operator. You have truck payments and repairs, you need enough left over after expenses to provide for your family while you are on the road away from them working to support your loved ones. You need a carrier that understands this and treats you like a business partner, not a number.
Is our program the best? I wish it was, but that’s never the case. I know the owner operators we have love it here at Fusion Transportation. They know our team works their tails off keeping them moving and loaded! They know we demand performance and service, and in return they understand the customers will keep calling us, which means more loads for our trucks!
Many trucking companies have also benefitted from this business model. Our partner carrier network has grown substantially over the last year. That is because we understand in order to keep our owner operators loaded and profitable, we need a lot of load opportunities. Our goal is to always have more loads to cover then trucks on the fleet, which is why I am writing this message to tell you about Fusion Transportation Group.
As much as I appreciate our partner carriers, we need to grow our fleet to service our customers. Teams are always in demand at Fusion being either a tractor that can haul to 44,500 pounds or a large 22-24 foot straight truck. That being said our single owner operators do very well with us having strong consistent weekly settlements. An area where we have had tremendous growth is with our specialized division. I highly recommend owner operators that are currently pulling dry van that have experience with pulling specialized trailers strongly consider calling us and exploring our programs. We cannot keep up with the demand and typically these loads pay much better than traditional expedite freight.
If you are an owner operator, a driver looking for work, or a fleet owner looking to explore a carrier with a fresh perspective, a carrier looking for loads; we look forward to hearing from you!
Contact us: [email protected] or call Dan 313-682-0003
Warmest Regards,
Vince Turri
My name is Vince Turri, President of Fusion Transportation Group and Turri Logistics. Although we work with many of the companies and owner operations that are part of the EO community I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself and my company to the members that may not know much about us.
Fusion Transportation Group was opened in 2005 under the name Turri Transportation Co. We rebranded the company this year to Fusion Transportation Group as we decided to modify our business model to include specialized transportation services in combination with the current expedited transportation division. Turri Logistics Co. is our brokerage division, we currently work with all but a few companies that advertise here on Expeditors Online.
Like all of our colleagues here advertising and chatting on the forums, we too our seeking owner operators to join our family. What makes us different than our competitors? For starters our owner operator turnover is the lowest in the industry! That is quite the claim I know, but it is true. We had a fleet owner pull one of his three trucks last week (still kept two of the three signed on). That was the first truck we had leave in three months. In fact our dispatcher turnover is higher than our owner operator loss rate if that says anything about the efficiencies of our program (or the demands I place on my dispatchers).
How do we do it you may be asking yourself? The key to our success is how efficiently we dispatch and plan our assets. Our goal is to load each truck in the fleet daily, and maximize each owner operator’s earning potential by keeping the truck loaded, dispatched, and pre dispatched before it even empties. The secret is planning the freight on the trucks, versus making our owner operators bid against each other for freight like some of our competitors. We do not want to drive down the rates to our owner operators with mass load offers. We measure each truck weekly to insure the owner operator is meeting specific revenue thresholds. In doing so, we can streamline the dispatch process and measure what areas to stay away from where the rates and freight opportunities are depressed; and what customers to save capacity for that tend to pay better rates. This philosophy has allowed our fleet count to remain consistent and grow and do all of this with only one full time recruiter!
I take the success of our contractors personally. I understand what it takes to make it in the business as an owner operator. You have truck payments and repairs, you need enough left over after expenses to provide for your family while you are on the road away from them working to support your loved ones. You need a carrier that understands this and treats you like a business partner, not a number.
Is our program the best? I wish it was, but that’s never the case. I know the owner operators we have love it here at Fusion Transportation. They know our team works their tails off keeping them moving and loaded! They know we demand performance and service, and in return they understand the customers will keep calling us, which means more loads for our trucks!
Many trucking companies have also benefitted from this business model. Our partner carrier network has grown substantially over the last year. That is because we understand in order to keep our owner operators loaded and profitable, we need a lot of load opportunities. Our goal is to always have more loads to cover then trucks on the fleet, which is why I am writing this message to tell you about Fusion Transportation Group.
As much as I appreciate our partner carriers, we need to grow our fleet to service our customers. Teams are always in demand at Fusion being either a tractor that can haul to 44,500 pounds or a large 22-24 foot straight truck. That being said our single owner operators do very well with us having strong consistent weekly settlements. An area where we have had tremendous growth is with our specialized division. I highly recommend owner operators that are currently pulling dry van that have experience with pulling specialized trailers strongly consider calling us and exploring our programs. We cannot keep up with the demand and typically these loads pay much better than traditional expedite freight.
If you are an owner operator, a driver looking for work, or a fleet owner looking to explore a carrier with a fresh perspective, a carrier looking for loads; we look forward to hearing from you!
Contact us: [email protected] or call Dan 313-682-0003
Warmest Regards,
Vince Turri
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