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Thursday, October 2, 2014

Chuck's Corner



Our 5 Efficiency Principles


Are you familiar with the Smith System? The Smith System is a driving safety training system that contains 5 Keys: Aim high in steering, get the big picture, keep your eyes moving, leave yourself an out, and make sure they see you.

Operating equipment on the public road is so dynamic and complex that we could never come up with an exhaustive checklist of what to do/not do to avoid or minimize all bad situations. So, the right way to operate safely is to implement keys, or behaviors, so that safety (incident prevention) becomes a natural, automatic response.

Efficiency can be thought of in the same way. You know very well that no two Final Mile deliveries are the same. They may look the same on paper…a three item Whirlpool delivery to a personal residence…but there is always something unique to that delivery.

So, we’ve developed the 5 Efficiency Principles. Like the Smith System, they are behaviors that prompt us to think ahead and prepare to operate efficiently. More to come…

 

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