Schooley Mitchell Optimization Specialist William McKissock recently sat down remotely with Sharon Conklin of Beasley Media Group to discuss her career in the broadcasting industry.
Sharon Conklin, CRMC, CDMC
Beasley Media Group
https://bbgi.com/
[email protected]
Your web browser doesn’t have a PDF Plugin. Instead you can [smtc-nice-button-link link=’https://www.schooleymitchell.com/wp-content/uploads/Schooley-Mitchell-Missouri-cost-reduction-telecom-merchant-waste-services-client-feature-story-Synergy-Services.pdf’ class=’more-info-button large’ caption=’Download the PDF’]
To whom it may concern:
I would like to take this opportunity to recognize Nia Lefebvre of Riddell Kurczaba Architecture in Calgary, Alberta. Nia is a skilled chief financial officer who is committed to providing an exceptional design experience.
Riddell Kurczaba Architecture is an architecture engineering company with a focus on innovative design solutions. It provides quality architectural services to a wide range of industries including oil and gas, industrial, government and education.
Nia is a hardworking and motivated individual with extensive experience in the industry. She always has the best interests of her clients in mind and works hard to ensure all their needs are being met.
If your business needs architectural services, I highly recommend Nia Lefebvre and her team at Riddell Kurczaba Architecture. You can rest-assured knowing she will get you connected to the right people so you can have the innovative design solutions you need.
Sincerely yours,
Mickey Pendergast
Strategic-Partner
Schooley Mitchell
Both in business and in life, Rick Jones is driven by the idea that a successful business and stewardship can go hand-in-hand; that by providing help and support to our customers and those around us, we can make a lasting positive impact on our cities, and the organizations that exist within them.
Rick was born and raised in coastal small-town Southern New England. He studied at Bostonâs Suffolk University, and followed a friend West in May 1978. Intending to stay for the summer, he never returned to his native New England.
In 1983 he joined a young Apple Computer Inc. where he became a Nationally recognized Account Executive supporting VARâs, Educational Institutions and resellers across the Inland Northwest, from Wenatchee to Bozeman and Kalispell to Boise. Rick left Apple in 1991 and started his first business.
Over the next two decades Rick owned and operated two Independent Manufacturerâs Rep agencies, representing a diverse group of technology manufacturers and developing lasting relationships with Canadian and US customers.
In 2007 an opportunity surfaced to buy a Seattle business out of bankruptcy; The University Business Center in the heart of Seattleâs University District since 1988, had fallen on hard times. Rick acquired the lease and now hosts 24,000 sq ft of offices serving 80+ tenants engaged in practices of Law, Medicine, Counseling and Finance. In 2009, he established a 6000sq ft not-for-profit artistâs exhibition space, Gallery 4500, successfully transforming the UBC into a lively and vibrant business community.
Rick was a founding board member of the Seattle Childrenâs Playgarden, a position he held from 2005 until 2016. He remains a committed and active volunteer at SCP to this day.
Rick held a community member seat on the Medical Ethics Committee of Seattle Childrens Hospital from 2012 through 2015.
In 2019 Rick entered the realm of business consulting, joining Schooley Mitchell. Schooley Mitchell is North Americaâs largest cost reduction consulting firm, with 140 offices across the United States and Canada. Schooley
âSchooley Mitchell was the right fit because it has this ultra-reliable, tight and clean back-end of support, and the solutions we provide for businesses are exactly what they need,â says Rick.
âI can work with the businesses that align with my values and interests and help them achieve financial improvement.â
With Schooley Mitchellâs world-class software, marketplace knowledge and industry leverage at his disposal, Rick strives to save his clientsâ significant money and time while providing the knowledge and security of knowing their businesses are streamlined for efficiency, and expense costs are minimized.
With decades of experience selling technological solutions across the Northwest, as well as years running small businesses in his adopted home of Seattle, Rick is passionate about helping area businesses keep more of their money and improve their operations.
âThere are not very many things in the natural world of the economy that make it easy to run a small-to-medium business,â says Rick. âTo stick your neck out there and try to create something and positively impact your community, thatâs challenging but itâs valuable. I want to help businesses achieve that dream.â
In the United States, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration mandated in late 2017 that most commercial vehicles over 10,000 pounds be installed with electronic logging devices. This is to enforce hours-of-service rules for truckers in order to help prevent crashes and injuries. North of the border, a similar mandate (with a few key differences) from Transport Canada comes into effect in June 2021.
If youâre involved in trucking you likely know what an electronic logging device (ELD) is, but for those unfamiliar, an ELD is a certified device that automatically logs a driverâs hours of service electronically. The ELD is able to automatically detect when a driver begins and ends a trip including time spent taking breaks. Beyond governmental compliance, there are several great benefits to installing ELDs in your fleet. Letâs take a look at some below.
1: More road time for drivers
According to estimates by the FMCSA, drivers spend over 20 hours a year simply filling out their paper logs. ELDs not only reduce paperwork time for drivers and filing time for their carriers, but also reduce time spent on checking up on driver hours.
Plus, ELDs can significantly cut down on the time a driver spends in an inspection, because their hours are clearly readable for an officer and drivers wonât have to spend time digging through their paper logs to find violations or correct errors.
2: Added value-functions
ELDs donât just log driver hours â they can come with plenty of value-adds that can save you time and headaches.
Not all add ons will be useful for every fleet, so make sure you do your research and pick the ELD system that works best for your business.
3: Better Route Management and Live Location Tracking
ELDs allow fleet managers to track their trucks via GPS, giving them real-time locations of their drivers. That means fewer distracting calls to drivers asking for updates, increasing productivity of both the manager and driver. Plus, GPS tracking can help both managers and drivers refine and optimize their routes to make them as fuel efficient as possible.
4: Liability reduction
Accidents happen on the road, which means even the safest driver could find themselves in a wreck. For companies with many drivers logging many hours on the road, lawsuits are an inevitability.
ELDs can help strengthen a truck driverâs case in instances where they arenât at fault. The data recorded by the ELD can be used as evidence in court and could be the difference between winning a lawsuit or paying out a hefty penalty through no fault of their own.
In the United States, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration mandated in late 2017 that most commercial vehicles over 10,000 pounds be installed with electronic logging devices. This is to enforce hours-of-service rules for truckers in order to help prevent crashes and injuries. North of the border, a similar mandate (with a few key differences) from Transport Canada comes into effect in June 2021.
If youâre involved in trucking you likely know what an electronic logging device (ELD) is, but for those unfamiliar, an ELD is a certified device that automatically logs a driverâs hours of service electronically. The ELD is able to automatically detect when a driver begins and ends a trip including time spent taking breaks. Beyond governmental compliance, there are several great benefits to installing ELDs in your fleet. Letâs take a look at some below.
According to estimates by the FMCSA, drivers spend over 20 hours a year simply filling out their paper logs. ELDs not only reduce paperwork time for driv-ers and filing time for their carriers, but also reduce time spent on checking up on driver hours. Plus, ELDs can significantly cut down on the time a driver spends in an inspection, because their hours are clearly readable for an officer and drivers wonât have to spend time digging through their paper logs to find violations or correct errors.
ELDs donât just log driver hours â they can come with plenty of value-adds that can save you time and headaches.
– Driver-Vehicle Inspection Reports completed through an in-cab tablet for each trip to reduce time and increase accuracy
– Driver behavior tracking to encourage good driving habits and increase the safety of both truck drivers and regular passenger vehicle drivers on the road
– Fleet management capabilities such as automatic fuel tax reporting
– Fuel efficiency monitoring to identify trends and save organizations money on one of the biggest expenses a fleet incurs
Not all add-ons will be useful for every fleet, so make sure you do your research and pick the ELD system that works best for your business.
ELDs allow fleet managers to track their trucks via GPS, giving them real-time locations of their drivers. That means fewer distracting calls to drivers asking for updates, increasing productivity of both the manager and driver. Plus, GPS tracking can help both managers and drivers refine and optimize their routes to make them as fuel efficient as possible.
Accidents happen on the road, which means even the safest driver could find themselves in a wreck. For companies with many drivers logging many hours on the road, lawsuits are an inevitability.
ELDs can help strengthen a truck driverâs case in instances where they arenât at fault. The data recorded by the ELD can be used as evidence in court and could be the difference between winning a lawsuit or paying out a hefty penalty through no fault of their own.
According to the FMCSA, ELDs save over 25 lives and prevent hundreds of injuries every single year. Plus, with vehicle and hour monitoring, ELD helps prevent even more accidents caused by driver fatigue or mechanical failure.
An added benefit to carriers is that with increased safety comes decreased insurance premiums. Fleets with ELDs installed should see their insurance costs drop as ELDs have been proven to increase fleet safety. Plus, with GPS tracking, the risk of stolen vehicles drops dramatically.
Schooley Mitchell are experts in electronic logging devices and fleet tracking, and we can examine your entire system to recommend the configuration thatâs right for your business. If youâre outfitting your fleet with ELDs, contact us today to make sure youâre getting the right service for your business at the best price available â completely risk-free.
Presented by: Axel Nafthal
Author: Joe Weppler
The Don Bosco Centers has been helping people in Kansas City, Missouri be self-sufficient and contributing members of society for over 75 years. It does this through The Don Bosco Senior Center, The Don Bosco ESL School and its one-of-a-kind community center. For more information, visit its website.
Schooley Mitchell Business Optimization Specialist Kim Borja recalls how he found a billing error for a client that dated back several years and was able to get that money refunded.
Schooley Mitchell consultant, Kelly Ross, was recently supporting the local Flower Mound Drive-thru Parade celebrating Texas Heroes at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. This great event was put on by Flower Mound Women in Business.
