What is a good acceptance rate?

DannyD · Jan 11, 2005

I realize it would be nice to be able to accept 100% of the loads, but that's not always possible. So far I've taken 16 runs, accepted 3 others that were bid on but we didn't get, & held off on the bidding on 1, though I would have taken it if they had the run.

This industry is no forced dispatch. At the same time they aren't going to call us if we turn down to many runs. I'm wondering what is considered a good acceptance rate? Average? & Poor?

Does anyone have a 100% acceptance rate?

Thanx for your time.
Danny

Stranded · Jan 11, 2005

In eight months i have 100% acceptence rate. I go wherever they tell me to go but i sure wish they would have more loads coming back.

ATeam · Jan 11, 2005

Our (wife and me) carrier (FedEx CC) sometimes runs contests that provide incentives to accept 80% or more of the offered loads, indicating that FedEx CC regards 80% as a "good" accpetance rate.

Tennesseahawk · Jan 11, 2005

Personally, I don't see it as good practice to take loads you wouldn't otherwise just to stay in a contest. Not saying you are, Ateam... could be that you take those runs in any case. But you hafta know there are those who try hard to win those contests by taking underpaying, high dh loads, meanwhile making a joke of their business. Might as well stay home and scratch lottery tickets.

Here's a switch... how bout give the dispatchers a contest. Let's see who has the highest acceptance rating according to how good their runs are?

T-hawk - Don't drop the ball in the endzone!!! :'( :'( :'(

davekc · Jan 12, 2005

I would be more concerned as to whether I was running profitably rather than any specific rate. You could be at 100 percent, but are you making any money? A contest is very profitable for the carrier, but it only has a value to the driver if he/she wins.
Businessman first, driver second.
Davekc

DaveP · Jan 12, 2005

Dave P. What is your Co. Stranded?

ATeam · Jan 14, 2005

>Personally, I don't see it as good practice to take loads
>you wouldn't otherwise just to stay in a contest. Not saying
>you are, Ateam... could be that you take those runs in any
>case.

That is correct. We would take the runs anyway. When the contests come along, we don't modify our behavior or load acceptance strategy. Our behavior and load acceptance strategy generally puts us in the running for contest awards by default.

Weave · Jan 14, 2005

I am fortunate that the smaller companies I have ran with will not bid on or run loads that will not be profitable to the drivers. This is nice because the load offers do not require much analysis to say yes. Really the only times I turn loads down is if I am too tired or out of hours. I used to hate having figure out if a load was profitable or not with Big Co., and have to turn them down on loads that were not. Any load that is not profitable is simply doing a favor, which is not my way of running a business. If I wanted to do volunteer work, I'd join the Peace Corps.
I remember one lady at Big Co. explaining at orientation it's, "Give and take." When I ran there, they showed me they had no problems with taking and not giving in return. Then they got all po'ed when I started turning down the garbage loads. Never again.
-Weave-