The best expediting company

[LDB]

The best company in expediting is, well, I'm not going to say however I am going to say the best company in expediting is the one that treats their contractors as equals and partners. You will see steady growth and strong loyalty. You will see operating policies that respect the operators as valuable assets, not as cattle to be herded through in droves. You will see openness and everyone working together from the top down. Expediting is ever changing. A decade from now the best company will still be the best company, it will just have grown tremendously and overshadow most by that time.

 

[Rocketman]

The best company in expediting is, well, I'm not going to say however I am going to say the best company in expediting is the one that treats their contractors as equals and partners. You will see steady growth and strong loyalty. You will see operating policies that respect the operators as valuable assets, not as cattle to be herded through in droves. You will see openness and everyone working together from the top down. Expediting is ever changing. A decade from now the best company will still be the best company, it will just have grown tremendously and overshadow most by that time.

A lot of truth to what your saying. But, I have to say, that describes my carrier pretty good, but they have been around 60-70 trucks for a long time. I really don't get the feeling they want to grow much larger than that either.

As for the big companies, your spot on.

 

[Dakota]

The best expediting company is the one that works for you...and that one is different for every person.

 

[greg334]

Leo, I wish it was the case but the best expediting company is one that fits right for the individual who is contracted with them.

By using the words partner, equal, valuable asset and openness, it gives a false sense where a person is in the real world. The word honesty and trust is missing and is missing from many carriers.

See Leo, I am not and don't want to be treated as a partner or an equal because my expectation is to have some honesty involved from everyone from the top down. Being a partner means to me if I get that dispatcher who tells me screw off, I want them fired. Being a partner means that I have access to the same load board as the dispatcher sees, I have the ability to make my decisions to run a load without having to worry about meeting some requirements and it means I have the data where the other trucks in the fleet are and what has been dispatched. Above all as a partner, I have access to all the companies policies that affect me both indirectly and directly.

BUT I am not a partner, I am a service provider and in being one, I expect honesty most of all. Fairness is the second trait I expect to see but as with other service providers, I don't care about mr and mrs super expediter sitting across from me in the truck stop or how much they got for that load that wasn't offered to me but I care on how I preform on the work they want me to do and the time for them to find me work. With that fairness and honesty also goes along the concept of respect, which is not the same thing you are talking about - I am talking about respect with negotiations for that work without being rushed. I feel that this is important because I am providing them the same service as a plumber or a lawyer and because you don't rush a plumber in telling you if he is going to take the job or not, I don't expect to be rushed in my decision to take the work or not that is offered by the carrier.

Most carriers treat people as children, many of them think that you are incapable of doing the job that you are contracted for and many are just control freaks.

 

[LDB]

While I did not use the specific words honesty and trust, those and many other affirmatives are implicit in what I said.

 

[greg334]

I understand that but for you and me, it is a given what you wrote while for those who read this and try to emulate our success, it can be difficult to understand what the difference is or the expectations are what you stated without the words of honesty or trust being discussed.

I don't think that any carrier is willing to be truthful and honest or trust the contractor as much as in other industries, which I heard is the same as the excuses I have heard about information access.

 

[LDB]

I'm obviously thinking of a specific carrier that exhibits honest and integrity, truthfulness etc. significantly above others. I can't say if they trail, equal or exceed others in other industries as I don't have the information or experience to do so. They do exceed in our own industry.

 

[dabluzman1]

Wow, I feel like I am at a high school graduation and hearing the valedictorian sending us off to conquer the world.
Eheheheheh, equal partners.
The main problem we have here is the premis the universe rotates around you and we all think the same way you do.
You can hope the company sees you as an equal and treats you like a partner and is looking out for your well being til the cows come home.
Your business venture is very seperate from theirs and your success is a product of your work ethic and diligence.
Opportunity is presented for you to capitalize on by providing your ahem "partner" your very best serving of THEIR customers, NOT YOURS.
Take care of your business, be successful and true to yourself and yours. Be happy and content in your knowing success is measured by you and your product.
The best carrier is your last carrier.

 

[kwexpress]

Well I guess I would have to say the best carrier out there is you.
No other carrier will care more about your success than you. There should be no one you can get along better with than yourself. No other carrier could offer any type service without you. Instead of asking what brown can do for you think of what you can do for them?
You got everything you need to do what they do. You can be just as big as the biggest or stay off the grid it all depends on how much blood, sweat, and tears you want to invest in yourself.
You don’t need them without them you can survive. Can they really survive without you? The more you practice the better you get so keep on top of things and you will be the top rated carrier.
In your own eyes anyway. That’s how I see it and that’s how I roll. If you are happy with yourself at the end of the road then you are the best.
But enough about you because I have a world to cover on time or it’s my dime and that don’t make dollars or since.

R-farms
feed the world

 

[ttruck]

The best is the one that works for you do not dictate to me give me my load offer and ill deliver god forbid[can i say god]antything happens but dont change directions in the middle of the road if you made a rule nstick with it .

 

[skyraider]

Obamacare Expediting is the best. When u arrive at ur pickup point u are introduced to ur shipping clerk and to the loading tow motor operator. Fresh coffee and donuts are free for u too. At selected locations they even wash ur van or truck with Obamacare Expediting. I dont see why one would work anywhere Else. They take good care of me and wipe my bottom when it needs it.

 

[greg334]

I'm obviously thinking of a specific carrier that exhibits honest and integrity, truthfulness etc. significantly above others. I can't say if they trail, equal or exceed others in other industries as I don't have the information or experience to do so. They do exceed in our own industry.

There is no carrier that you can talk about honesty, integrity or truthfulness because we can't compare it to others until we are a part of it.

But because you are avoiding naming a specific carrier, I assume that you would not want to back those claims up with actual comparisons to other carriers or a comparison how other industries treat their contractor - which this one treat them as if we were all in the 11th century.

I would find it hard to believe that any carrier will give a contractor the tools to exceed in revenue generation with the same trust that the contractor puts into the carrier.

 

[redytrk]

Obamacare Expediting is the best. When u arrive at ur pickup point u are introduced to ur shipping clerk and to the loading tow motor operator. Fresh coffee and donuts are free for u too. At selected locations they even wash ur van or truck with Obamacare Expediting. I dont see why one would work anywhere Else. They take good care of me and wipe my bottom when it needs it.

Sign me up!!!!

 

[Dakota]

The one on the other side of the fence

 

[greg334]

Just to add this to the mix.

Our carrier do not work for us, we work for them. They work for their investors and the customers they serve, sometimes in that order.

I read where someone pays the carrier to find them loads and to do the work they don't want to do but they got it backwards.

YOU work for the carrier and THEIR customer, your customer is not their's, it is the carrier who is YOUR customer.

Another reason why not to look at this as a partnership or anything like that.

 

[Jefferson3000]

The best company in expediting is, well, I'm not going to say however I am going to say the best company in expediting is the one that treats their contractors as equals and partners. You will see steady growth and strong loyalty. You will see operating policies that respect the operators as valuable assets, not as cattle to be herded through in droves. You will see openness and everyone working together from the top down. Expediting is ever changing. A decade from now the best company will still be the best company, it will just have grown tremendously and overshadow most by that time.

So I guess what you're saying is, that the best expediting company out there is mine. Thanks for the props, Leo. Of course I am a bit biased, but then again, aren't we all?

 

[LDB]

Ah yes, "the rules". Well, I refer to the exception to the rule. That's why they aren't like every other carrier who fits the "rules" you mention.

 

[Moot]

A decade from now the best company will still be the best company, it will just have grown tremendously and overshadow most by that time.

It's the tremendous growth that eventually turns the best company into a monstrous meat grinder.

 

[scottm4211]

It's the tremendous growth that eventually turns the best company into a monstrous meat grinder.

I'd have to agree with Moot Stewart.

 

[Moot]

Our carrier do not work for us, we work for them.

I read where someone pays the carrier to find them loads and to do the work they don't want to do but they got it backwards.

You may have read that on this very E.O. forum. I am one of the people who have it "backwards" and have posted my thoughts about this more than a few times. If you want to act and be treated like an employee that's fine. I do find it funny that you claim I have it backwards though!

I had a contract with my previous carrier. I paid them 41% of the linehaul charges to procure customers, handle authority, permits, collections and various other duties that I didn't want to handle. I kept 59% of the linehaul charges for picking up and delivering freight. I remember people at orientation thinking I was crazy for daring to suggest that the carrier was working for me. I also subscribe to the drive less earn more school of thought. I realize flat rate per mile blurs the distinction between contractor and employee, but I can still discern the difference!