Company Profile

Based in Columbus, Nebraska, Puntney Trucking has 39 power units and 35 drivers. They first teamed up with Carrier Software in 2020.

Why did they need Carrier Software’s help?

Puntney Trucking was having a common issue among trucking companies, driver’s not reporting citations and inspections in a timely manner (or at all). Unless the driver self-reports, a company does not know when issues on the road are occurring and cannot correct the deficiencies. Using Daily Portal Monitoring Notifications, Puntney was easily able to view inspections in real-time and come up with corrective action plans to correct inspection issues before they happened again.

If you wait until the SMS Data updates monthly to look for new problem areas or inspections, you have a wide time frame for the driver or vehicle to be stopped for the same violations over and over and that can really drive up your scores quickly, resulting in high BASIC Scores. In addition to that, if the driver received a citation and doesn’t notify the company and then the driver doesn’t pay it, the carrier will be liable to pay the citation, potentially on a driver that’s already left the company.

Carrier Software Products Employed

Puntney enlisted in Carrier Software’s CSA Safety Improvement Program. This includes daily portal monitoring emails, telematics/ELD Tracking, BASIC Score trending analyses, driver performance tracking, and so much more. Daily e-mails include violations, crashes, citations, and clean inspections, if any.

Outcome

Now, Puntney receives all the news straight to their inbox in real time, with no effort or search at all. This has allowed them to be proactive by limiting driver behavior, fixing defective equipment, and protecting themselves from items that before were driving up their basic scores.

“Carrier Software’s daily reporting helped us be more aware of our fleet’s on-road behavior. Our CSA Scores needed a lot of improvement and Carrier Software team members were there every step of the way.”

Company Profile

Based in Laredo, TX, FREIGHTSOL LLC has been a prominent participant in the transportation of goods between the United States and Mexico since 2014. Initially starting out with a fleet of only 12 tractors and 50 trailers in 2014, as of 2021, FREIGHTSOL now operates 206 trucks and 295 drivers.

Why did they need Carrier Software’s help?

FREIGHTSOL’s insurance broker, Wess Peterson of Triumph Insurance out of Dallas, TX, referred FREIGHTSOL to Carrier Software in September of 2021. At that time, they had three BASIC Score alerts in Hours of Service, Driver Fitness, and Crash Indicator. Their ISS Score was 96%, which falls into DOT’s “must inspect” category.

Essentially, Freightsol knew which way they were trending and sought help to figure out where they had opportunities to strengthen their policies to be more proactive in helping keep our safety scores down. In the fast-paced world of trucking, it isn’t always easy to figure out where the breakdown of efforts is occurring, especially if you don’t have the right tools.

Carrier Software Products Employed

In order to get the TOOLS necessary to help them provide a full-circle safety approach and improve the overall safety culture, FREIGHTSOL enlisted in our CSA SAFETY Improvement Program. This includes the daily inspection emails, BASIC trending analyses, driver performance tracking.

Using the analytical tools available in the program, they were able to see the Root-Cause-Analysis and implemented a corrective action plan that quickly helped them turn their path around. The main points of their corrective action plan included strengthening their disciplinary policies and implementing proactive measures and bonus programs to encourage clean DOT Inspections.

Outcome

By November of 2021, after two months of using Carrier Software’s services, 3 Alerts dropped to 1 Alert. In April of 2022, just 7 months after teaming up with Carrier Software, their ISS Score was down to 40%, which is a pass. That’s a 56% reduction in ISS Score. Not only will this save their driver’s time by not getting pulled in for inspection as much, it also has HUGE implications on how many insurance markets they will be available to be quoted by at renewal.

“The CSA Safety Improvement Program helped us figure out why our BASIC and ISS scores were high and what we could do change it. The overall safety culture of our company has improved since getting involved with Carrier Software.”