May 2011 Brief news clip video that includes interviews with Perkins Specialized Transportation Owner/CEO Andy Card and Stephen Russell, CEO of Celadon. Both men discuss the current shortage of Long Haul Drivers.
Driver Shortage Authority
- Driver Shortage Authority is a blog designed to collect and share industry news, data and expert opinion on the upcoming Driver Shortage. We will serve as the Logistics and Trucking Industries' Information Warehouse on the subject of Driver Shortage by providing insightful information on the upcoming driver labor crisis, the impact it has on our industries and the operating strategies trucking companies, logistics departments and 3PLs use to control driver staffing and capacity.
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Driver Turnover Research Reports
April 2000. The Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University has performed several insightful and interesting studies on Driver Turnover and Driver Retention. The image below takes the reader to an index page where a half dozen of these studies can be accessed. Perhaps the most interesting article is the one entitled 'The Costs of Truckload Driver Turnover'. Click on image to access reports.
January 11, 2011
Benefit Statements Help Improve Driver Retention
January 2011. Pottle's Transportation out of Bangor Maine combined two important influences of Driver Retention - Compensation and Communication- into a program that helps them retain drivers. Called the 'Hidden Paycheck', CEO Barry Pottle regularly provides his drivers a detailed benefits statement that itemizes all compensation costs the company pays on their behalf. Click on image to read article.
November 23, 2010
Four Trucking Executives talk about the Driver Shortage
9/16/2010. Short article featuring four trucking executives speaking on the truck driver shortage and how it will impact their operations. Click on image to link to article.
November 19, 2010
November 18, 2010
Driver Retention Solutions
Summer 1996. Old but comprehensive and worth-reading study on Driver Turnover and Driver Retention. The conclusion states the following:
In conclusion, the 1,464 men and women who responded to this survey request have spoken, saying that truck driving could be a far more attractive, satisfying profession if carriers and the industry would be willing to listen to them and rethink just about every aspect of the truck driving job. Restructuring the job can attract more quality people to the profession and thus reduce the driver shortage and increase the level of driver satisfaction and professionalism. Reduction in turnover, and the resultant positive impact on company profitability, is also a natural consequence of increasing the attractiveness of the profession. Change requires that everyone, drivers and shippers included, entertain new ideas, think positively and creatively, remove biases, reason, and be willing to try new approaches. Improved driver retention is a difficult yet solvable problem. The industry cannot afford to wait any longer. Action should be taken now.
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Study on Driver Shortage Solutions
March 2006. The Advanced Center for Transportation Technologies at Clark College published this study that provides some general, common sense solutions to the truck driver shortage starting on page 9. Click on image to read study.
Driver Shortage: Influences and Solutions
11/29/2010. Short opinion piece by Joe White of CostDown Consulting published in Transport Topics. Discusses some of the influences and possible solutions of the driver shortage. Click image to link to article.
November 17, 2010
Driver Retention through a Focus on the Soft Skills
Date Unknown. Good overview of how driver turnover can be reduced when trucking executives provide respect and recogntion while shifting focus from recruting to retention. Click on image to access player.
