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.
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.
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.
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......
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!
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....
Topics: Business Tools, Documentation, Law, Compliance, Timekeeping