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I don't know much about the American trucking industry but it seems like this problem is similar in the UK. Except often times, particularly in the South of Eng

I don't know much about the American trucking industry but it seems like this problem is similar in the UK. Except often times, particularly in the South of England the businesses often don't have room for waiting trucks so expect drivers to turn up exactly on schedule with little leeway before and even less after their scheduled deliver slot. This can result in trucks effectively driving in circles to try to arrive at the correct time. If I was a owner of a trucking company I would be livid at the waste of employee, expensive capital asset (the truck), and fuel. I would definitely be tracking this behaviour from clients and factor that into quotes and contracts.

disgruntledphd2 4y ago
Yeah, it's really really bad for truckers everywhere. Basically just-in-time wouldn't work without them, and they have the least amount of power in the situation so they get screwed. No wonder they can't get people to do it. > I would definitely be tracking this behaviour from clients and factor that into quotes and contracts. Yeah, I think they'd like to, but that basically means you'll go out of business as the suppliers have a lot more pricing power than the trucking companies.
- VBprogrammer 4y ago
  > Yeah, I think they'd like to, but that basically means you'll go out of business as the suppliers have a lot more pricing power than the trucking companies. Yeah, I thought of that. The ideal would be to price it at a level which makes it attractive but draw up the contract such that excessive messing around on the part of the client results in penalties or extra charges. From what I've seen the CEO and upper management probably aren't aware of how much the yard manager is messing drivers about. For every truck load incoming there are probably 10 people throughout the business desperate for what's on that load.

disgruntledphd2 4y ago

Yeah, it's really really bad for truckers everywhere. Basically just-in-time wouldn't work without them, and they have the least amount of power in the situation so they get screwed. No wonder they can't get people to do it. > I would definitely be tracking this behaviour from clients and factor that into quotes and contracts. Yeah, I think they'd like to, but that basically means you'll go out of business as the suppliers have a lot more pricing power than the trucking companies.

VBprogrammer 4y ago
> Yeah, I think they'd like to, but that basically means you'll go out of business as the suppliers have a lot more pricing power than the trucking companies. Yeah, I thought of that. The ideal would be to price it at a level which makes it attractive but draw up the contract such that excessive messing around on the part of the client results in penalties or extra charges. From what I've seen the CEO and upper management probably aren't aware of how much the yard manager is messing drivers about. For every truck load incoming there are probably 10 people throughout the business desperate for what's on that load.