J.B. Hunt Transport Inc., has selected RAIR, a leading provider of risk management services to the transportation industry, for its CSA 2010 management services.  RAIR’s program helps carriers manage their roadside inspection data and leverage that data to improve their safety and compliance performance. 

“RAIR is the gold standard when it comes to managing compliance information,” says Greer Woodruff, Senior Vice President of Safety and Security at J.B. Hunt.  “Their log auditing and management program has helped us improve hours of service compliance and maintain our industry-leading safety results, and we expect even greater things from RAIR’s CSA 2010 program.”

Woodruff cites customization as a key feature of RAIR’s program.  “RAIR has been very responsive to system changes, enhancements and customization that have ensured high levels of acceptance within the organization” says Woodruff. 

According to JJ Singh, President and CEO of RAIR, carriers are becoming more sophisticated consumers as they learn more about CSA 2010.  “Initially carriers just wanted to monitor their ratings on a scorecard.  Now they want to analyze the data to identify the root causes of their violations,” says Singh.  “They understand how we can help them use analytics to create a competitive advantage.”  

RAIR added more than 100,000 drivers to its CSA 2010 program in the past 60 days.

RAIR, a leading provider of risk management services to the transportation industry, has introduced the Roadside Inspection Report Manager, the newest addition to its CSA 2010 solution.

The Roadside Inspection Report Manager matches paper roadside inspection reports with COMPASS inspection data to check for accuracy, to assist carriers in challenging inaccurate data, and to help carriers avoid fines by complying with reporting requirements.  “It’s quite common for drivers to forget to turn in inspection reports,” says JJ Singh, President and CEO of RAIR.  “This can be a real problem for carriers because they need to know what’s in those inspection reports.” 

The Roadside Inspection Report Manager alerts carriers when an inspection has taken place so they can contact their drivers and request the reports.  “This tool helps carriers keep track of these documents so nothing falls through the cracks,” Singh says, noting that carriers have only 15 days to return signed paper reports to the issuing authorities.

RAIR’s CSA 2010 solution helps carriers manage their CSA 2010 violations data and use that data to improve their safety scores.

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RAIR, a leading provider of risk management services to the transportation industry, announced that it has established a strategic alliance with HNI, a leading provider of insurance and risk management services to the trucking industry.

RAIR president and CEO, JJ Singh, said, “We are proud to have been chosen by HNI to form this strategic alliance.  Our new service will combine two leading edge companies engaged in helping manage the risks inherent in the trucking and transportation industry.   RAIR’s data gathering, processing and analytics capabilities and HNI’s intervention services will work together to provide unique and pacesetting risk management services to the trucking industry.”  Singh added, “This integrated and complete solution will help carriers respond effectively to CSA 2010.”  The new service will be available immediately.

“We are very impressed by RAIR’s processing and analytics capabilities that help identify and improve a trucking company’s compliance and safety record.  We have combined RAIR’s outstanding ability to organize and apply the massive amounts of data that it receives from its clients with HNI’s ability to help implement and utilize the RAIR programs for the benefit of our carriers.  As a result, we will make a major and very positive change in the risk management performance of our clients,” said Bill Prester, president and managing principal of HNI Truck Group LLC.

RAIR, a leading provider of risk management services to the transportation industry, has announced that Schneider National, one of the largest truckload carriers in the United States, has selected RAIR to provide the reporting modules for its newly implemented EOBR system.

Don Osterberg, Vice President of Safety and Driver Training for Schneider, said, “RAIR audits our paper logs, and we depend on their analytics and reporting.  We don’t want to lose the advantage of their service as we move to EOBRs.”  RAIR worked with Qualcomm, the provider of Schneider’s EOBRs, to enable a smooth transition of data.

JJ Singh, President and CEO of RAIR, said, “We’re proud of our relationship with Schneider, and we’re very pleased that they have chosen to continue using our services.”  According to Singh, most of RAIR’s clients who move to EOBRs continue using RAIR for log auditing, analysis and reporting.  “Clients want to continue working with us, and they’re impressed with our ability to integrate EOBR data with the data from their paper logs.” 

RAIR’s log auditing program is capable of working with paper logs, electronic log data, and any combination of the two.  The Company also has a patent-pending program for verifying 100% of paper logs by comparing them to a fleet’s GPS data.

RAIR, a leading provider of compliance and safety services for the trucking industry, announced today that it will provide carriers with free monthly CSA 2010 scorecards, which include percentile rankings against their peers. This announcement was made in response to the FMCSA’s change in the timeline for implementing CSA 2010. 

RAIR President and CEO JJ Singh said, “We don’t charge for something that’s free,” referring to the monthly CSA 2010 scorecards that will be available to all carriers from the FMCSA.  “We only charge for the value we add.” 

RAIR is in a unique position to help carriers determine the underlying causes of their violations and to provide daily assistance in improving their safety scores.  “Our goal is to help ensure that our clients are never subject to an intervention by the DOT.  That’s how we add value,” said Singh.  Carriers interested in receiving free monthly scorecards can contact RAIR at info@rair.com or 1-888-444-7010.

RAIR will introduce its CSA 2010 solution to the industry at the Truckload Carriers Association’s 2010 Annual Convention in Las Vegas. Visitors will see how RAIR’s solution goes beyond reporting scores to analyzing carriers’ violations data, identifying problematic trends, and providing daily assistance in improving safety performance. The convention will take place at the Wynn from February 28 through March 3. Carriers are invited to visit RAIR at booth 317, where they can view a demo of the new solution.