Mike Richards has shown exemplary improvement in reducing truck idle time! Great Job, Mike. #DriverUpdate

Kerri Doss has shown exemplary improvement in reducing truck idle time! Great Job, Kerri. #DriverUpdate

Our organization has done a great job the past couple years at managing our operations and creating a pipeline of quality, talented drivers. But one area where there is room for improvement is our focus to bring new business to the company. We plan to make some changes in operations January of 2017. We are starting a process of transitioning and evolving the roles of operations personnel so that Tiffany White and Rick Ellis can spend the majority of their time on business dev

In the United States most exits will be located on the right side of the road. But sometimes drivers can get an exit that is on the left side. This can be tricky for industry drivers since their vehicles are much less mobile than compact cars. Many times drivers will be coasting in the left lane when taking an exit and find out too late that their exit requires them to be on the other side of the road. They abandon all safe driving instincts in the moment and cut across multi

Marvin Keller has been seeking to expand our business and invest effort into landing more accounts. Recently the company brought aboard Travis Bartels from Mattoon Illinois to play a big role in operations, which will free up Rick Ellis, current Vice President of Operations to focus on other areas of the company related to growth. Travis has started out strong in his role as the Central Illinois Planner, a role given to him so that he can learn all aspects of operations. The

Marvin Keller has suffered greatly over the years by using a painfully slow documenting system for far too long. We are excited and proud to announce that we are finally making the jump to a mobile documenting technology that will make the paperwork process much simpler for everyone. The Mobile Capture app will be available for download in the Apple Store or the Google Play Store and installed directly on your personal smartphone device. The feature we want to highlight today

Even though the Marvin Keller fleet has had outstanding success in Safety CSA scores and ratings, as a company we are always seeking to raise the bar towards practices that keep our drivers safe. Our current safety bonus rewards drivers if they maintain clean records in areas such as preventable crashes, or road-side inspections and violations. Moving forward we think our drivers deserve more compensation for their attention to safety practices. As a company we have prioritiz

As a company it is our responsibility to make sure we keep our drivers informed about good road habits that increase your profits. One of those habits is reducing the idle time of your truck. We talked to Greg Sullivan, Marvin Keller Senior Truck Technician, about idle time and how it affects the overall economy of our drivers. Idle time is the time that the truck is running but not moving. A lot of drivers are in the habit of keeping their trucks running all night. Typically

In our past Marvin Keller has attained insurance coverage through independent means. This means paying often high premiums and expenses out of pocket to insurance companies despite our sky-high safety ratings. We thought it was time to make the shift to an alternative risk solution through a solution called a captive group. A captive group is a group of carriers that band together to provide coverage for itself. This means there is a higher value in safety ratings than in tra

Generally PeopleNet is a great technology to boost communications with our drivers, but lately we have been encountering a few issues. The primary issue at hand is that sometimes PeopleNet will not properly transfer information into the TMW system. What we found is that when a driver stays logged in after their usage, the system will lock up and not communicate with TMW. After seeking a solution to this problem for awhile we asked PeopleNet support for advice. This is what th