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Network FOB Blueprint for Success -Why Blockbuster doesn’t work. By Timothy Taylor President, Network FOB, Inc. Enlightened management is a process. All processes at Network FOB begin with an attitude of minimalist intervention, containment of socialization, strict accountability and placing authority into the hands of the accountable. Trucks run with diesel fuel, a driver and [...]

If you don’t know how you’re different from your competitors, then you aren’t, and you’re not worth a nickel more than they are. In fact, you’ll have to be the lowest possible bid price to get any job. How does that feel to you; the lowest possible bidder to get any job? I’d rather drive [...]

What is a Bill of Lading? by Tim Taylor, President Most people look at the bill of lading simply as a document that tells the trucker where to deliver the load. That observation is actually only part of the picture. A bill of lading is the “deal” between the shipper (and, by reference, the receiver) [...]

The Keys to an Unstoppable Drive “Sometime back in the mid 80’s I was invited to attend a sales seminar hosted by Don Beveridgeand I was fortunatein that I got the chance to sit in on the seminar and I found it to be a memorable experience. He was motivated and his sales motivational points [...]

Here is a great “driver’s eye” view of CSA 2010. It is very raw and emotional but worth a read. This is really pervasive throughout the small fleets we deal with and we have to support these guys if only because we are in the middle. Throughout the vast (left? right?) conspiracy there lies a [...]

One Broker Views Potential Industry Benefits

Network F.O.B. President Tim Taylor Explains How to Grow Your Brokerage in a Tough Economy Network F.O.B. may be the fastest growing freight brokerage firm in the nation. In 2009 it more than doubled its number of independent agents from 45 to more than 90 and the pace continues. During the first two months of [...]