Inaugural List Highlights Five Carriers for Exceptional Execution on Four Criteria:
On-Time Delivery, Low Cancellation, Electronic Tracking, and Overall Service
CHICAGO, Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Echo Global Logistics, Inc. (“Echo”), a number one supplier of technology-enabled transportation and provide chain administration companies, right this moment introduced the launch of a brand new program, Truckload Carriers of the Quarter, which Echo developed to acknowledge excellent provider efficiency. Carriers earn recognition through distinctive execution on 4 standards: on-time supply, low cancellation, digital monitoring and total service. Echo will honor carriers who go above and past every quarter.
The program consists of 5 classes to acknowledge completely different provider varieties, i.e., proprietor operators, small fleets, mid/massive fleets, digital carriers, and contractual carriers. Echo’s inaugural Truckload Carriers of the Quarter checklist acknowledges the following excellent carriers for the third quarter of 2022:
- VVMJ Trucking LLC, Elizabeth, NJ — Owner Operator
- Vision Transportation LLC, Hammond, IN — Small Fleet
- Riverside Transport, Inc., Riverside, MO — Mid/Large Fleet
- Unlimited Carrier Inc., Bolingbrook, IL — Digital Carrier
- Erick Berscheid Trucking, Kimball, MN — Contractual Carrier
“Truckload carriers play such an essential role in safely moving goods and delivering the products people need, no matter how challenging the conditions,” stated Doug Waggoner, Chief Executive Officer at Echo. “We created this program to honor excellence in the truckload carrier sector and to call attention to efforts that are often overlooked. At Echo, we are proud to partner with these companies, and I congratulate them for being the inaugural recipients of Echo Global Logistics’ Truckload Carriers of the Quarter award.”
The program was impressed partially by Echo’s participation in National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, which the firm noticed with a $5,000 donation to the St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund. As an extension of its appreciation for particular person truck drivers, the firm created the new program to acknowledge the very important assist of trucking corporations, that are additionally important to the international provide chain.
“Our strong partnerships with carriers enable Echo to provide the terrific service shippers expect, and the Truckload Carriers of the Quarter list is a great way to express our appreciation for our carrier partners,” stated Dave Menzel, President and Chief Operating Officer at Echo. “Innovation is crucial to bettering provide chain effectivity, and expertise like our EchoDrive internet portal and cellular app provides carriers larger management over cargo administration, main to excellent efficiency.”
EchoDrive provides carriers real-time entry to search, bid, ebook, handle, monitor and get reimbursement on the freight carriers haul for Echo. With an efficient load administration instrument and doc add capabilities, EchoDrive helps hold dispatchers organized whereas enabling drivers to return to the highway extra rapidly. Committed to innovation, Echo constantly invests in information science-driven improvement, setting the business commonplace for logistics expertise. Learn extra about Echo at www.echo.com.
About Echo Global Logistics
Echo Global Logistics, Inc. is a number one Fortune 1000 supplier of technology-enabled transportation and provide chain administration companies. Headquartered in Chicago with greater than 30 places of work round the nation, Echo gives freight brokerage and Managed Transportation options for all main modes, together with truckload, partial truckload, LTL, intermodal, and expedited. Echo maintains a proprietary, web-based expertise platform that compiles and analyzes information from its community of over 50,000 transportation suppliers to serve 35,000 shoppers throughout a variety of industries and simplify the important duties concerned in transportation administration. For extra data on Echo Global Logistics, go to: www.echo.com.
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