Silly Shipper, learn your lesson!

Because the stupidity seems to be everywhere I look, I don't think the names are important, so I'll leave them out. I pull for a dedicated 3PL fleet, out of a Chicago area DC, for a nation wide store chain. During our peak season we may see 250 loads per week, for our 35 truck fleet, and have scored no less than 97% on time deliveries, in the 6yrs we've had the account. Thats no brag, just fact... and honestly I don't know how that compares elsewhere in the industry. But what I do know is, our company takes that 97% very seriously, and you can expect to see office managers, dispatchers and drivers getting fired for our low performance. Enough background.

Twice in the past 3-4yrs I've seen our DC broker some loads to a few mega fleets, with devastatingly bad results. Both times they have dropped their accounts, within a month or two, and some within a week. All to save a round trip fee, stated in our contract... Totally understandable, don't blame them, I'd try it too. But when you get burned you learn, its a mistake you only make once... or twice. Nope, they are not only stuck on stupid, they doubled down on it.

Recently (July 1st), the store chain closed a nearby DC in St. Louis, which meant another 17 stores shipped from our location. They put it to a bid, and one of the largest megas of all megas, took it at a price that we couldn't touch. No surprise there. But now the DC is flipping out, this mega started at 70% and has levelled off at a consistent 83-84% for the past 3wks. And if I understand correctly, they are stuck with these clowns for a year.

This rant may sound like I'm against the megas, but its not... really this has no personal effect on me. Rather its a rant about the total incompetence of the front office pencil pushers that claim to have a degree in something that qualifies them to understand logistics. When its so obvious that at 5yrs old, mom picks me up from school on time, dad is always late... I want mom to pick me up! Its not that simple, but its darn close to a jr. high school math problem.