Five Fundamentals for Fiscal Freedom from Fuel

By Dave Sullivan, Senior Consultant, Professional Services with Alex Rose.

Fill up your car lately? How much did you pay? $40? $50? $60? All over the country, the price of fuel is skyrocketing. Some analysts are predicting that the national average will be above $5 a gallon before Memorial Day. There is a perfect storm brewing, with closing refineries, Wall Street speculation, and Middle-Eastern turmoil causing the price of fuel — and especially diesel — to go through the roof.

This shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise; a similar scenario has played out over the last few summers. Like many shippers, you may have resigned yourself to the idea that, like death and taxes, fuel increases are just another cost you will have absorb. If you’re smart, however, you will act to mitigate fuel cost increases in other ways.

Here are five fundamental rules that every shipper should follow: Read more →