No, seriously, they’re becoming trendy. As I live in the land of “green,” up-cycled, organic, “minimize-your-carbon-footprint,” Portland, Oregon, I get to see/hear about some pretty strange things.
Scene Opens: A dark cave. In the middle, a Caldron boiling. Thunder.
Fillet of a fenny snake, In the caldron boil and bake; Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder’s fork, and blind-worm’s sting, Lizard’s leg, and owlet’s wing,— For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble…from Macbeth, circa 1613
The FMCSA has described the soon-to-be-released “improvements” to CSA’s methodology including the creation of a new HAZMAT BASIC. In short, the intention is to:
So Valentine’s Day came and went. Hopefully you had fun recognizing all those important people in your life. (Like we need a special day for that – we do it all the time – don’t we?) I know the 6 year olds sure enjoyed another reason for candy. It’s like a 2nd Halloween. Right after we just had the 100 day party! But I digress…
While you probably remembered your significant other, kids, kids’ classmates, kids’ teachers, kids’ sitters, your assistants, your friends, and the list goes on… quite the greeting card smorgasbord of folks you can remember. Did you remember your drivers? It’s not too late. Sure there’s driver appreciation week in the fall but why not give the gift that keeps on giving. Give them access to their very own CSA Report – - FREE of CHARGE to both you AND the driver. Remind your drivers to use www.roadsideresume.com or turn it on if you haven’t yet. For those you that haven’t become a Vigillo subscriber yet (there are 1.3M authorities out there), you can sign up as an affiliate and offer this too free of charge to your drivers! Check out our website at http://vigillo.com/drivers.html for further details or see our YouTube Chapter for Dan Baker videos on it as well.
When’s the next candy celebration day? Maybe just days away – Friday’s coming right? You’d think I was a dentist… or a dentist’s wife!
Thanks to the hundreds who registered and attended the CSA By the Numbers Webinar this week. The video recording and slides are below. Enjoy!
VIDEO RECORDING:
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This blog post is actually a re-blog (is that a real term?…..I’ve heard of re-tweeting …whatever….. I digress). Wendy Leavitt of FleetOwner.com wrote this excellent article about a recent webinar conducted by Don Osterberg of Schneider National and Al LaCombe of Dupre Logistics which I thought was worth posting.
—By Wendy Leavitt, FleetOwner.com
Drivers are key to the success of any trucking operation, so it only makes sense to invest in how they are hired, retained and managed to be successful on the job. Implement a good driver-performance management program based on solid data and you could start to see results “almost immediately,” speakers Don Osterberg, senior vice president of safety, security & driver training for Schneider National, Inc. and Al LaCombe, director of safety, training & security for Dupre’ Logistics, LLC told representatives of 240 companies who recently attended a live webcast sponsored by GreenRoad and presented jointly by Fleet Owner and the Truckload Carriers’ Assn. (TCA).
What are the key trends and insights you should know about the constantly changing world of CSA? What does the future hold? Find out!
WEBINAR: CSA BY THE NUMBERS!
Vigillo presents a free complimentary hour-long webinar on CSA By the Numbers: trends, anomalies, unexpected twists and turns and…what to expect in the future! All presented by Vigillo’s CEO, Steve Bryan.
UPDATE: Webinar slides & recording available HERE.
Sign up for the date and time of your choice:
| Webinar: CSA By The Numbers with Steve Bryan |
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| Date | Pacific | Mountain | Central | Eastern | Registration Link |
| Wed, Feb 15 | Noon | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | Completed |
| Thurs, Feb 16 | 8:30am | 9:30am | 10:30am | 11:30am | Completed |
CSA is changing again! The FMCSA has announced that they will be adding new violations to the CSA methodology when they release the January snapshot (expected in early February). The main changes are:
At Vigillo, we take pride in vigilantly monitoring CSA changes so our customers are among the first to see the impact of these changes. We will be updating our scorecards and methodology as soon as possible with the new update. More details below: Read more
I recently led a webinar about Vigillo’s new powerful export tools (recording here). There was a LOT of enthusiasm about taking these robust new export tools and using the power of Microsoft Excel to create new interactive data tools. I want to walk you through the first step of this process in this post: How to get the driver-related data you want exported into Excel. In later posts, I will show you different ways to use the power of Excel to see this data in new and important ways.
Here’s how to get the Vigillo driver-related data you want and get it into Excel: Read more
Here at Vigillo, we get a lot of questions about the story that lurks in a carrier’s CSA data. Recently, one of our customers asked about the connection between OOS Driver Violations and high Fatigue BASIC percentile scores. His hypothesis was that carriers with high OOS ratios (driver OOS Violations as a % of all driver Inspections) would likely have higher Fatigue BASIC scores. In other words, his OOS violations were biting him. This very smart fellow thought that he might focus on OOS violations as a lever to drive down his Fatigue BASIC score. I found this line of reasoning interesting, so had a look at the data on the 3/4 million carriers we monitor. Read more
Now that CSA has been around for a year, we’ve had time to gather stories about how CSA has affected fleets. Read more
