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b'Well here we are in week 49 of the year & Welcome back to Warehouse and Operations as a Career where we talk about the many different opportunities in the Operations Industry each week! The Warehouse, Logistics, Transportation or Operations whatever you want to call it can provide us great jobs to support ourselves and our families, and everyone of those jobs can be a fantastic career for us to retire from & really enjoy, hey, we have to work for the rest of our lives and I just think its better, easier if we love what we\\u2019re doing! I\\u2019m Marty and each week we try and answer some of your questions about these positions & occasionally speak with those doing the task, or with individuals whom may of stepped through those positions on their way to the job they were interested in. Now don\\u2019t be harsh with us, we\\u2019re far from audio experts, if you\\u2019ve caught some of our earlier episodes I hope you\\u2019ve felt like we\\u2019re learning or trying too, at least trying to make your listening experience a little easier on the ears. We are however Op\\u2019s men and women with plenty of opinions, thoughts and experiences and we like sharing them & talking about the many opportunities in the fields of operations! We\\u2019re having fun with it and hope each of you are as well. I\\u2019d like to encourage your participation with the group, feel free to suggest topics or just send us a shout out to host@warehouseandoperationsasacareer.com and of course join our Twitter & Facebook feeds using @whseandops. If you\\u2019ve missed any of the shows you can catch them on Apple Podcast, iTunes and Google Play Music and on our website warehouseandoperationsasacareer.com.
\\nWe\\u2019ll enough of all the sales sounding stuff as I have absolutely nothing to sell ya!, I\\u2019m not really sure why I went down that road today BUT let\\u2019s get to today\\u2019s topic.
\\n I was excited to see this question last week as we haven\\u2019t seen many on Transportation and Transportation is a large part of our industry. All that freight and material handling we do really means nothing if there\\u2019s not a way to get it to us end users or consumers right! If you missed our Episode titled, I think it was episode 22, Driving, Transportation & Logistics you might enjoy it, check it out! A gentlemen named Jim asked what we thought of moving from Freight Handling in the warehouse into a Driving position. His company has a training program where you can enter transportation as a driver helper and they\\u2019ll help you get experience in their yard and help with the testing. He also brought up a regulatory change that\\u2019s occurring at the end of this year regarding ELD\\u2019s and wanted to know what we thought about those units also. Thanks for the questions Sir, lets talk about the ELD\\u2019s or Electronic Logging Devices first and we\\u2019ll share some thoughts on making the switch from warehousing to transportation, both are fields I\\u2019m really passionate about & believe them to be fantastic Career\\u2019s!
\\nOk, Back in March of 2014 DOT or the Dept of Transportation\\u2019s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, better known as FMCSA, you can check out their website at https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/ announced a proposal to require interstate commercial truck and bus companies to use Electronic Logging Devices in their vehicles to improve compliance with the safety rules that govern the number of hours a driver can work. They stated, in part, \\u201cTodays proposal will improve safety while helping businesses by cutting unnecessary paperwork\\u201d. Transportation Secretary Antony Foxx went on to say \\u201cBy leveraging innovative technology with Electronic Logging Devices, we have the opportunity to save lives and boost efficiency for both motor carriers and safety inspectors.\\u201d An interesting statistic the article states is - Analysis shows it will also help reduce crashes by fatigued drivers and prevent approximately 20 fatalities and 434 injuries each year for an annual safety benefit of $394.8 million dollars. It\\u2019s an interesting article,'