As CSA rolls out to replace the familiar SafeStat, brokers and 3PLs will be changing due diligence processes to accommodate the new safety metrics. Review your procedures now, if you haven’t done so already. Here are a few pointers:

• Determine the threshold of carrier safety performance that is acceptable to your company and your customers.
• When the data is available, look up the CSA scores for every carrier you use, add that data to your files, and create a procedure to maintain and update your portfolio regularly. Document everything, create a checklist and distribute it to every staff member who qualifies carriers.
• Start by benchmarking your portfolio of carriers, to see how they rank against their peers. Sign up for a free carrier audit, from TransCore and CarrierWatch.
• Help your shipper customers understand the new safety program and its impact on for-hire interstate carriers, with TransCore’s CSA Industry Benchmark Report. View Report »

If you haven’t checked your CSA scores yet, it’s time to take a look.

• CSA 2010 replaces SafeStat with a new Safety Measurement System (SMS) that relies heavily on roadside inspections.
• Carriers will be ranked according to seven Behavioral Analysis Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs.) Six of the seven BASICs are controlled or influenced by driver behavior.
• You can check your CSA scores now. Lower BASIC scores are better. By early December, those scores will be publicly available on the FMCSA web site.
• Recent incidents and inspections are weighed more heavily in your score. As your safety record improves, your CSA rankings will improve, too.
• Learn how your company measures up against other for-hire interstate carriers, with TransCore’s CSA Industry Benchmark. View Report »

As CSA rolls out to replace the familiar SafeStat, the safety scores for the carriers you use may change overnight. Is your logistics department ready to change its carrier qualification processes to accommodate the new safety metrics? Review your procedures now, if you haven’t done so already. Here are a few pointers:

• Determine the threshold of carrier safety performance that is acceptable to your company.
• Look up the CSA scores for every carrier you use now, add that data to your files, and create a procedure to maintain and update your portfolio regularly.
• Document everything, create a checklist and distribute it to every staff member who qualifies carriers.
• Start by benchmarking your portfolio of carriers, to see how they rank against their peers. Sign up for a free carrier audit, from TransCore and CarrierWatch.
• Learn about the impact of the new safety program on for-hire interstate carriers, with TransCore’s CSA Industry Benchmark. View Report »