![]() Your funds will be held at or transferred to Green Dot Bank, an FDIC-insured institution. Heavy Traffic and Human Trafficking at the U.S.Activate your Card for FDIC insurance eligibility and other protections. Procurement 6 podcast on Art of Procurement for July 15th, 2022 What Happens Next? on Dial P for Procurement. And you can be sure I'll stay on top of it! Barring other changes, this is going to take a long time to sort out. I think Elon Musk has an unusually high tolerance for chaos and he's not worried about public opinion as much as he wants to get a good deal. I'm personally hoping the deal still goes through, but, regardless of the outcome, I'm fully prepared to enjoy the ride. The comments I received were interesting as well, with many people indicating they don't think this story is over by a long shot. If users and shareholders both lose, Twitter is going to be dealing with some real problems. I find it interesting that while the biggest loser is expected to be the employees and the 'smallest' loser is expected to be Elon Musk, the company loses in two ways right down the middle. So I asked my LinkedIn network what they think. He has declared his intent to back out of the deal (in writing) and Twitter is suing to force him to go ahead with a deal they initially fought. I continue to be fascinated by the ongoing saga between Elon Musk and Twitter. in the meantime, you can listen to " Leverage on 18 Wheels: The South Korean Driver Strike" on Dial P for Procurement. As reported by Supply Chain Dive, hundreds of of drayage drivers in Los Angeles and Long Beach California went on strike this Wednesday to protest "AB5" a new law that would force owner-operators to work as employees of the companies they drive for, a radical departure that many drivers are rejecting. In episode 30 of Dial P, I asked the question, "Where will the next truck drivers' strike occur?" Well, now we have our answer. Ask your third party logistics providers and freight suppliers and then share what you learn. Supply chain professionals need to talk about this issue for their own sake and to combat human trafficking - not to mention our nation's drug crisis. I was shocked at the lack of information available about the problem of DOT number cloning. DOT numbers are an easy target for theft and misuse, and tractor trailers provide "economies of scale" for smugglers.Bad actors are smuggling across drugs and people all the time, increasing pressure to search as many trucks as possible.Mexico border are costly and disruptive to businesses, especially with ongoing labor shortages Texas Trucking Association CEO John Esparza says 73% of cloning victims are passenger vehicles. Only 75 instances of cloning are caught every year, out of 3.5 million rigs – which has to be a tiny fraction of the actual instances of cloning going on.Īnd if you think you are exempt from this because you just own a passenger vehicle, think again. ![]() It happened to be red like the migrant smuggling truck but it had working refrigeration. The owners of the company had no idea anything was wrong until the authorities contacted them to inquire about their truck, which had been safely parked the whole time. The name and DOT number on the truck found in San Antonio truck belonged to Betancourt Trucking & Harvesting based in Alamo, TX. and it also makes them easier to steal.Ĭloning takes a legitimate DOT number and carrier name and puts them on a vehicle with a different registered owner. This makes them easier to spot on the road and at border crossings. The characters must be a minimum of 2 inches high in bold lettering and a contrasting color so they can be read from 50 feet away. US DOT numbers are unique to the carrier, not the vehicle like a VIN or registration/plate number. to display the carrier name and US DOT number on both sides of the tractor (or power unit). The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) require most of the 3.5 million tractor trailers on the road every day in the U.S. I covered the whole story in this week's episode of Dial P for Procurement, but the detail that deserves more discussion is U.S. That was the case with the tractor trailer associated with the horrible migrant smuggling tragedy in San Antonio, TX. If you're not looking closely, you might miss it. Sometimes the most important part of a story is one small detail.
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