We are thrilled to announce the release of LineDrive App Version 1.8.1, a major update designed to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of both linehaul contractors and their drivers. This latest version brings a host of new features and improvements tailored to meet the unique demands of FXG contracted linehaul operations. In this blog post, we’ll explore the key updates and how they can significantly improve daily operations for both contractors and drivers.
Dashboard: Your Central Command Center for Linehaul Operations
The redesigned Dashboard, formerly known as Home, now offers a more streamlined interface to help you stay organized and on top of your tasks:
- To-Do List: Manage your daily responsibilities with ease, ensuring all tasks are accounted for.
- Daily/Weekly On Duty Hours: Keep track of working hours to maintain compliance and prevent overwork.
- Holdover Times and Notes: Enter holdover begin/end times and notes prior to assembly, ensuring thorough documentation.
- Enhanced Main Menu: Access important features, including the Privacy Policy, from an improved main menu.
- Local Weather Updates: Stay prepared with current local weather information displayed at the bottom of the screen.
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Topics:
Timekeeping,
FedEx,
FedEx Ground,
Dashboard,
linehaul,
Network 2.0,
fedex ground contractors,
fdx,
fec,
linehaul contractors
Running a FedEx Ground contracting business has never been more challenging. As we navigate through the implementation of Network 2.0, contend with record inflation, and face labor market challenges, many CSPs find themselves pulled in various directions. The landscape is shifting, and margins are tighter than ever, making it essential to find a way to not just survive but thrive.
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Topics:
Driver Recruiting,
Timekeeping,
FedEx,
Payroll,
FedEx Ground,
Business,
DRO,
vedr
For more than 8 years, we’ve been building products & services to help CSP’s transform the way they approach running their businesses.
Recently, the FXG model itself has been transforming in unprecedented ways. For most CSP’s , the days of being a “hands-on” operator are gone, and the need to provide leadership & management through systems, processes and people are quickly being implemented. The days where you or your BC’s could “jump in a truck” to fix things are gone.
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Topics:
Business Structure,
Business Tools,
Business Planning,
Timekeeping,
Bookeeping,
Intelligence,
Business Metrics,
ISP,
FedEx Ground,
Business,
Negotiation,
model,
Metrics,
Profit,
leadership,
safety,
coaching,
Scheduling,
Dynamic Route Optimization
In the last blog post about time management, I recommended tracking your tasks. Did you? If you really want to fix an issue, you follow a process.
So, if you want to improve at managing your time and tasks, you gotta start with accurate facts. It’s the first step to discovering time to do things you'd rather be doing.
Now, it’s time for the next step.
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Topics:
Business Tools,
Business Results,
Timekeeping,
Management,
FedEx Ground,
Metrics,
leadership
Ever wished you could stop time? How about rewind time? Yep, you’ve had those thoughts. Your secret is safe with me.
The truth is our world spins around the sun in a cycle of light and dark we call days and nights. It's way beyond our control. Above our pay-grade as the saying goes. So, why do we think we can manage time?
A co-worker recommended a book written by Todd Duncan called Time Traps. Let me preface something right now, I haven’t read the whole book. I’ve skimmed the first few chapters. Gimme a small break, okay.
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Topics:
Business Tools,
Business Results,
Timekeeping,
Management,
FedEx Ground,
Metrics,
leadership
A much improved way to keep track of your employee hours, outside of any FXG system, is now here!
Not only will the new eTruckBiz Timekeeper keep you compliant with FXG's demands, but it can save your contract!
That's right, using the new app affords you all kinds of benefits, but none is more important than keeping you in business.
How so, you ask?
Well, here's how......
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Topics:
Compliance,
Timekeeping,
FedEx Ground,
overtime
This is a hot one!
If you haven't already done so, during your annual compliance certification, you will be asked by FXG to certify that you have "established a system for recording and maintaining records of hours worked by employees".
There are lots of theories as to why, but the bottom line is, you need to have a way to do this.
So, you can get all bent out of shape complaining about this little zinger, or we can look for an easy way to do this that satisfies the requirement, and, turns this new task into a positive for your bottom line!
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Topics:
Business Results,
Timekeeping
In case you haven't noticed yet, there will be a new compliance question that you are going to be asked to answer in your Annual Compliance Certification (ACC) this year.
On the surface it appears harmless, but FXG thought it important enough to include in the certification process, and, may have even delayed this year's process to facilitate its inclusion.
There is a lot of speculation, but there is a reason why you should not take this lightly....
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Topics:
Business Tools,
Documentation,
Law,
Compliance,
Timekeeping
