You're a people person, I can tell.
How many HATE this?
- Thread starter Jumbuck
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Expedite is a cakewalk. I'm with Xiggy on the 99% thing. Most shippers/receivers are happy to see me or at the very least, neutral. The other 1%, are a minor annoyance. If you really truly want to feel what it is like to be invisible, spend some time in a grocery warehouse. Once they do acknowledge your presence, you will wish they would go back to ignoring you.
I rarely have a problem with the people [security, clerks, forklift drivers], my problem is with a system that provides a mailing address [for a truck delivery] and customers who fail to provide clear signage [or any visible address] so I'm trying to find where I need to go when I get there [often in the dark, on a street that's busy with 4 wheelers who know where they're going & are in a hurry to get there].
I'd much rather be watching the traffic than distracted by the need to search for signs that may or may not even exist. And addresses - it would be much safer if businesses were 'encouraged' to display an address visible [and readable] from the street, IMO, because way too many don't bother.
I'd much rather be watching the traffic than distracted by the need to search for signs that may or may not even exist. And addresses - it would be much safer if businesses were 'encouraged' to display an address visible [and readable] from the street, IMO, because way too many don't bother.
Just a question. After recieving load info. from dispatch, do you the driver ever call the shipper/reciever office for directions ? What little experience with GPS, I have had is that the GPS will get you in the ballpark and still leave the driver hunting for the correct location.
Depends on the GPS. Garmins tend to be more accurate than the others, but there are plenty of locations the Garmin cannot find, but Google Navigator on the Droid can. If I go to where the Garmin and Google Navigator tells me to go and the place I'm looking for ain't there, and I've driven around a little and still cant find it, and a Google Web search still offers me nothing, I'll call and get directions. Sometimes these places are stuck back in a nook or cranny and you just can't find them without directions.
Thanks tknight.
Yes that is a problem, quite frequently, I was also told that the brokers do not want the carrier driver, who is picking up load contacting the shipper. I was thinking possibly internet search once you had the name of the shipper/reciever for contact info.
jimmy
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Thanks Turtle.
We were using the Garmin GPS . I was wondering if the gps coordinates of the shipping/recieving dock would help? Assuming you had the coordinates of course.
jimmy
21cExp
Veteran Expediter
In places that the actual dock does not match the address (across the tracks, down a half block, around the bend, etc) and it's a place I know I may be coming back to, I add the gate entry to my GPS Favorites. THEN you have the coordinates you can give to others. Or to just simply use to find easier next time yourself.
Slo-Ride
Veteran Expediter
Dang..Your wanting coordinates to a military gate. For some reason I really doubt carriers would send that out..But hey maybe Im wrong.
I would be happy just to get a P-up number with every load profile sent to the truck. Im willing to bet they come with each winning bid.
That just may shave a hour or so off my log book each week by getting me loaded and off the docks faster..
It would also free up their phones also saving valuable man hours in the office. Just this simply act would make everyone more efficient.
How many times have ya heard: Yep we got it right here and ready to go but we need your P-up number.
(20 mins later we are loading the truck instead of rollling)
I would be happy just to get a P-up number with every load profile sent to the truck. Im willing to bet they come with each winning bid.
That just may shave a hour or so off my log book each week by getting me loaded and off the docks faster..
It would also free up their phones also saving valuable man hours in the office. Just this simply act would make everyone more efficient.
How many times have ya heard: Yep we got it right here and ready to go but we need your P-up number.
(20 mins later we are loading the truck instead of rollling)
I would imagine so, but my particular model of Garmin (c550) does not have the ability to enter coordinates, It doesn't even tell you what your current coordinates are (unless you go into the diagnostics mode and look). It's retarded.
guido4475
Not a Member
A grocery warehouse.
zorry
Veteran Expediter
Turtle,when you drive a real truck you invest in a real truck gps.
Actually, the c550 was top of the line when it came out. With updated firmware and maps, it's still as good or better than most units on the market. I've only with they I could input coordinates about the times in the last 6 or 7 years since I got it, and every one of those times has been well off the beaten path, like at gold mines in Nevada, or 35 miles down dirt roads at military installations in Idaho. If I truly NEED coordinates, those are easily obtained from the phone or the QC.