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Ideas in Transit

September 14, 2016

ShaQuanta McCleary, Dispatch & Operations

September 14, 2016

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General

Internal Traffic Flow

Pulling Back the Curtains on Process. By experience—and through conversations with our trusted customers and vendors: one of the biggest hurdles in business operations is management’s knowing when and how to delegate authority. As VP of Operations, Cori Eckley has […]

September 6, 2016

September 6, 2016

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Carriers

Trucker’s Mini Vacations

What to Do After You Park. Ask any driver: life on the road can be peaceful and enjoyable. And at times it can also be tedious and stressful. Sharon Porter, Team NATCO’s dispatcher extraordinaire, came to us after years of […]

August 30, 2016

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Freight Logistics

Disaster Recovery Logistics

Streamlining Complexities. When disaster strikes, a number of people in different industries begin a series of responses, with urgency. When the efforts move from rescue to recovery, the coordination of these efforts is especially important. The recent floods in Louisiana […]

August 23, 2016

August 23, 2016

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Carriers

Trucking’s Cautionary Tales

Highlighting Considerations. Last week, we profiled Sharon Porter and how her experience has grown—from her early days of driving to her work as a dispatcher (a position she’s held at Team NATCO for 15 years now). This week, we share […]

August 16, 2016

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General

Dispatching Freight Through Experience

Porter: From Driving to Dispatch. Sharon Porter has worked with Team NATCO for 15 years. She knows both sides of the freight business, from driver’s seat to dispatcher’s chair, and she’s glad to share her secret to success: Patience. “‘Thank […]

August 9, 2016

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Freight Logistics

NATCO Issues, Reviewed

Revisiting Key Ideas in Transit. Here’s a bit of follow-up to some of the issues we’ve been covering in this space: Cargo Theft. According to our friends at Overdrive Magazine, cargo theft has declined 11 percent this quarter compared to […]

August 2, 2016

August 2, 2016

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Carriers

Jason’s Law

Ensuring Trucker Safety. Following last week’s blog on the importance of safe parking lots for the nation’s truck drivers, we share here a main motivation behind the recent push for increased safety. On March 5, 2009, Jason Rivenburg, a part-time […]