It’s that time of year again. Every year I am surprised at how fast the Holiday Season seems to come upon us. This time of year is full of acts of kindness and giving, and I wanted to take this opportunity to highlight one of the people who work here at Challenger, who puts so [...]
New Business Onboarding What is it? Who does it affect? Why is it important? New business onboarding is the process that we have created to better align our many departments, drivers and our customers, in order to provide the high level of service that we are committed to. This process continues to change and improve [...]
The Ontario Trucking Association recently completed Operation Upgrade – a six-month campaign to find out how truck drivers are treated at shipping and receiving facilities and measure their level of satisfaction with their carriers’ customers. Click here to read Are you a Customer of Choice? “We asked drivers to speak up about what they were [...]
True North Strong and Free As daylight shrinks away, this time of year I generally get caught up thinking on Canada’s very Northern location on the globe. We often have dreadfully cold, dark winters, and summers that fly by like a shot. Sometimes we get caught up in the frustrating realities of this country, like [...]
The following article on success is from KRTS, a company that offers training in the transportation industry, and provides Challenger with top quality drivers. Without a doubt, one of the all-time best books that I've read is Gung Ho by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles. I have read this book many times and love it [...]
Geoff Topping elaborates, “On Wednesday evening, it was my pleasure to join Dan Einwechter in accepting on behalf of Challenger the HR Trucking Award Top Fleet Employer for 2015. Each and every person at Challenger should be very proud of this award. This demonstrates to everyone that we are putting people first and truly moving [...]
Over the past few years there have been many changes within technology geared towards improvements in fuel consumption and safety. Technology, as it relates to driver safety, has been changing at a fast pace. We have seen everything from e-logs, collision avoidance systems and driver facing cameras – all geared towards improving driver behavior. Most [...]
I thought I would take a few moments to describe a typical day in operations, and what we spend our time doing here at Challenger. Typically, a morning starts by going through “the numbers” (such as on-time pickup and delivery, total miles run compared to plan, empty miles, productivity per driver and miles per gallon). [...]
As part of our continued drive to put People First at Challenger, we are working hard on our internal communication with our Staff and Drivers. Everyone wants and needs communication and we certainly understand and respect that. We currently use many different methods of communication including Social Media, Newsletters, Blogs, Driver Portals as well as [...]
Business is good and we at Challenger continue to look for both experienced and qualified trainees and drivers to add to our fleet. Our recruiting team is attending many events across the country to meet with candidates and we look forward to meeting you. We currently have openings for owner operators and drivers for Van [...]
