Welcome to DFW Operations, in this course you will learn the basic concepts to preform your duties as well as learn how to use all the tools that will facilitate your tasks.
Course Features
- Lectures 166
- Quizzes 8
- Duration 2 weeks
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 19
- Certificate No
- Assessments Yes
Curriculum
- 10 Sections
- 166 Lessons
- 2 Weeks
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- DFW Intro23
- 1.1Know Your Surroundings
- 1.2Welcome to Unilink
- 1.3Rules of Training
- 1.4DFW Culture
- 1.5What is a freight broker?
- 1.6Contractual Market
- 1.7Contractual Freight VS Spot Freight
- 1.8Core Values
- 1.9Gossip
- 1.10High Performance
- 1.11Execution
- 1.12Accountability
- 1.13Passion
- 1.14Teamwork
- 1.15Goal, Strategy, Mission
- 1.16DFW Operations
- 1.17Party Logistics
- 1.18How we do it
- 1.19Unilink’s Departments
- 1.20Operations Team Structure
- 1.21We do the right thing
- 1.22Basic Guidelines – Business Etiquette
- 1.237 Commandments of Unilink Transportation
- Mod 1 Logistics Basics26
- 2.1Transportation Terms
- 2.2Key stakeholders of the operation
- 2.3Types of Drivers
- 2.4Modes of Transportation: OTR, Air, Ocean, Rail (intermodal)
- 2.5Geography: Abbreviations
- 2.6Regions
- 2.7Time zones
- 2.8JEOPARDY!
- 2.9Types of Trucks
- 2.10Types of trailers
- 2.11Commodity
- 2.12Federal law controls – Weights and AXLE loads
- 2.13Load Securement
- 2.14BOL
- 2.15BOL and POD
- 2.16Rate Confirmation
- 2.17Types of Accessorial Fees
- 2.18Accessorial Fees: Detention, Max Detention, & Layover
- 2.19Detention, Max Detention, & Layover
- 2.20Detention, Max Detention, & Layover test2 Questions
- 2.21Accessorial Fees: Fuel Surcharges
- 2.22TONU ACTIVITY- Read and Discuss
- 2.23Accessorial Fees: TONU
- 2.24Life Of a Spot Load
- 2.25Life Of a Contractual Load
- 2.26Evaluation 1 DFW22 Questions
- MOD 2 Safety21
- 3.0Introduction.- Facts about Safety
- 3.1Who regulates trucking and brokerage companies in the US?
- 3.2DOT and MC Number
- 3.3Common and Contract carriers
- 3.4Carriers VS Brokers
- 3.5Double Brokering
- 3.6Ratings
- 3.7The Seven BASICs
- 3.8FMCSA Categories: Unsafe Driving
- 3.9FMCSA Categories: Crash Indicator
- 3.10FMCSA Categories: Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance
- 3.11FMCSA Categories: Vehicle Maintenance
- 3.12FMCSA Categories: Controlled Substances/ Alcohol
- 3.13FMCSA Categories: Hazardous Materials (HM) Compliance
- 3.14FMCSA Categories: Driver Fitness
- 3.15Reading BASICs
- 3.16Weigh Stations / “scale” highway inspection site
- 3.17DOT Inspection Week
- 3.18Carrier Packet
- 3.19Insurance
- 3.20Evaluation Safety45 Minutes24 Questions
- MOD 3 Admin Basic Knowledge11
- 4.0What is Admin?
- 4.1AP & AR
- 4.3POD and Accounts Payable
- 4.4Types of rates: Flat, Rate Per Mile, Linehaul + Fuel
- 4.5Review: Detention
- 4.6Difference between Detention and layover
- 4.7Settlement & Statements
- 4.8Credit and Types of credit
- 4.9What is a Factoring Company?
- 4.10Common mistakes and how to avoid them
- 4.11Mod 3 Evaluation30 Minutes26 Questions
- Mod 4 Operations13
- MOD 5 Tools14
- Mod 6 Advanced Ops15
- 7.0Backhaul and Headhaul
- 7.1Deadhead and Bobtail
- 7.2Power Only and Loadouts
- 7.3Seasonality
- 7.4Weight
- 7.5Carrier Procurement for Contractual Operations
- 7.6Vetting carriers when procuring them
- 7.7Negotiating Strategies that Work!
- 7.8Main questions to ask a carrier
- 7.9Proactive Tracking
- 7.10Sending Emails
- 7.11Macropoint Tracking
- 7.12Calling a driver
- 7.13Starting Our Day
- 7.14Mod 6 Evaluation15 Minutes12 Questions
- Border Crossing8
- McLeod18
- 9.0What is McLeod
- 9.1Brokerage Planning
- 9.2Reading the Brokerage Planning Board
- 9.3Opening a load
- 9.4Order Entry
- 9.5Order – General
- 9.6Order – Stops
- 9.7Order – Rating
- 9.8Order – History
- 9.9Movements
- 9.10Movements – Brokerage
- 9.11Movements – Brokerage – Rates
- 9.12Carrier Dispatch
- 9.13Carrier View
- 9.14Splits and stops
- 9.15What are location Codes?
- 9.16EDI
- 9.17McLeod Errors
- DFW Track and Trace25
- 10.0Why is Tracking and Tracing Important?
- 10.1When can we start tracking and tracing?
- 10.26 Stages of a load
- 10.3Track and Tracing Pickups
- 10.42 scenarios of Track and Tracing Pickups
- 10.5Driver is not empty
- 10.6Pickups – Loaded Driver
- 10.7Pickups – Empty Driver
- 10.8Confirm OTP
- 10.9Empty driver on his way
- 10.10Loaded driver unable to pickup
- 10.11Driver Arrives at pickup
- 10.12Tracking and Tracing details
- 10.13Unresponsive Driver
- 10.14Confirming OTD
- 10.15Before Delivery
- 10.16Track and Tracing Deliveries
- 10.17Track and Tracing Deliveries OTD
- 10.18Late Delivery
- 10.19OTD
- 10.20Track and Tracing Weekends
- 10.21Closing a Load
- 10.22How to close a load
- 10.23Asking for a POD
- 10.24OS&D
