Regional fleet design in truckload trucking

Taylor, G. Don; DuCote, W. Grant; Whicker, Gary L.

doi:10.1016/j.tre.2004.11.001

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“…); the extent drivers return home (Min and Lambert ; Taylor et al. ); driver relationships with dispatchers (Keller and Ozment ; Suzuki et al. ); use of realistic job previews (LeMay and Taylor ); availability of desirable equipment (Garver et al.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Given the costs motor carriers incur to replace drivers (Suzuki 2007), the majority of research has examined factors that predict driver turnover. These include driver pay, equitable distribution of pay, and other financial benefits (LeMay et al 1993;Stephenson and Fox 1996;Keller 2002;Min and Lambert 2002;Garver et al 2008;Suzuki et al 2009); the extent drivers return home (Min and Lambert 2002;Taylor et al 2006); driver relationships with dispatchers (Keller and Ozment 1999;Suzuki et al 2009); use of realistic job previews (LeMay and Taylor 1988); availability of desirable equipment (Garver et al 2008); scheduling of drivers' work (Min and Lambert 2002;de Croon et al 2004); driver autonomy (Stephenson and Fox 1996); driver demographics (Beilock and Capelle 1990); top management support (Williams et al 2011); and perceived justice with mandates to adopt onboard technologies (Cantor et al 2011).…”

Section: Driver Turnover and Consequences Of Collective Frontline Opementioning

confidence: 99%

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How Does Driver Turnover Affect Motor Carrier Safety Performance and What Can Managers Do About It?

Miller

Saldanha

Rungtusanatham

et al. 2017

J of Business Logistics

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The trucking industry is the lifeblood of supply chains. Truck driver turnover and motor carrier safety are two salient issues affecting this industry. While turnover by itself presents a challenge due to the cost of replacing drivers, it takes on additional urgency because turnover may affect motor carrier safety. However, driver turnover research has focused predominantly on identifying factors affecting turnover, thus resulting in limited understanding of how turnover affects motor carrier performance, particularly with regard to safety. This reduces our ability to provide guidance to managers who have to address driver turnover. In this article, we extend prior research by drawing from several theoretical lenses to develop and test theory of the turnover–safety relationship. Furthermore, we investigate whether carrier managers can mitigate the effect of turnover on safety by embedding knowledge in carriers’ routines using activity control, a formal management control mechanism. We employ a longitudinal data set composed of primary and secondary data sources to test our hypotheses. We find the turnover–safety relationship is best characterized by a monotonic negative attenuated pattern and that high levels of activity control mitigate the negative effect of driver turnover on motor carrier safety in domains more under drivers’ control.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Section: Driver Turnover and Consequences Of Collective Frontline Opementioning

confidence: 99%

How Does Driver Turnover Affect Motor Carrier Safety Performance and What Can Managers Do About It?

Miller

Saldanha

Rungtusanatham

et al. 2017

J of Business Logistics

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“…As stated in Section 2.1, the star dispatch simulation model was run and results were compared to appropriate lane, regional, and pipeline scenarios examined in Taylor et al (1999Taylor et al ( , 2006Taylor et al ( , 2009. In all validating runs, no statistically significant difference was observed between the star model results and the results from previous models for any metric or driver type.…”

Section: Validation Results and Baseline Establishmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The star model is run with OTR only, with OTR and regional dispatching only, with OTR and lane dispatching only, and with OTR and pipeline dispatching only. Results are compared to results from appropriate models in Taylor et al (1999Taylor et al ( , 2006Taylor et al ( , 2009.…”

Section: Validation and Baseline Establishmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Also in an effort to make direct comparisons possible and to reduce the considerable computational burden associated with simulation of full data sets, we have randomly deleted 3/4 of the load data, and have limited the number of available drivers to 1,500. Justification and validation for this 75 percent reduction in problem size is provided in Taylor et al (2006), and the reduction can be made without significantly affecting performance relative to any performance metric. With the reduction in problem size, five one-month replications of each scenario can be completed in approximately two hours on a PC platform.…”

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Extended regional dispatch for truckload carriers

Taylor

Whicker²

2010

International Journal of Physical Distribution &Amp; Logistics Management

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to examine whether or not driver job satisfaction, carrier performance, and customer service can be improved as a result of the use of uniquely constructed, extended regional dispatching systems. Design/methodology/approach -Simulation is used to examine regional dispatching systems that are extended in scope of dispatch by using integrated freight lanes. The results of extended regional dispatching systems are compared to traditional dispatching methods and previous experimentation with stand-alone regional and lane dispatching. Findings -It is shown that a carrier's adoption of extended regional dispatching can be beneficial to both trucking companies and drivers, while remaining relatively neutral to customers. Additionally, it is shown that this improvement can be obtained without significant degradation of the driving jobs that remain outside the regional dispatching network. Research limitations/implications -A new method of dispatching has been developed in such a way that very attractive regional driving jobs can be extended to a much larger percentage of drivers than in more established regional alternatives. This reduces reliance on the less effective random, over-the-road dispatching systems that are typically utilized in the truckload trucking industry. Practical implications -Carriers may be able to utilize extended regional dispatching systems as a means of improving driver satisfaction and retention. Originality/value -This research extends knowledge in the area of alternative dispatching methods for truckload carriers in a way that drastically improves the quality of life for professional drivers.

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Regional fleet design in truckload trucking

Cited by 10 publications

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How Does Driver Turnover Affect Motor Carrier Safety Performance and What Can Managers Do About It?

How Does Driver Turnover Affect Motor Carrier Safety Performance and What Can Managers Do About It?

Extended regional dispatch for truckload carriers

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