This is awesome, I'm totally stealing it lol.
I guess long waiting at customers is not normal for you guys. In TCD, if we have a pickup or delivery on that day, there won't be much driving. Average wait time for us to load or unload is 4 - 6 hours, sometimes a lot longer, rarely less.
Maverick drivers!! Whats your average miles per week?
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I was able to grind out 262 miles today!
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friday ill be at 2401
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Ok the first quarter of '13 is pretty much in the bag. Here are the numbers
Jan 12,724 miles 5 weeks
Feb 10,704 miles 4 weeks
Mar 7,246 miles 4 weeks
Total hub miles 30,674. In this time I also took 4 working days. March numbers really fell of due mainly to getting held up at shippers and consignees, just bad luck I guess. 2,359/wk was the overall average. -
Not really a stellar week here. 1700 miles but delivered Friday morning Chicago home by 9 AM taking a weeks vacation sweet.
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Seeing how your numbers are a little low and it's the start of a new quarter, now is the time to take action. I would call (face to face would be better) my FM and tell them you have goal to run X miles a week, and you need their help. Make a deal and bring the conversation around to "we" are going to do this. When you have a poor week ( don't get caught up looking at individual days) call or message your FM and tell them how dissapointed you are and ask what could "we" have done to make it better. Never inject anger or threats into these conversations.
Conversely, when things go great send a macro 0 to your FM telling them what a great job they did. Even though you did all the hard work they will gladly take credit. I'll do this for example when I get a preplan I'll send back a "thx for the plan". The FMs don't get a lot of positive reinforcement so when you give them some sugar it will be noticed.
Hope this helps, I'll get off my soap box now, time for more coffee any way.Last edited: Mar 31, 2013
jxu417 Thanks this. -
That's better.
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