What are Usa Truck's Business Segments?
The Company has two reportable segments: (i) trucking, consisting of the Company’s
truckload and dedicated freight service offerings and (ii) SCS, consisting of
the Company’s freight brokerage and rail intermodal service offerings.
Based on several factors, including the relatively small size of the Company’s
rail intermodal service offering and the interrelationship of the freight brokerage
and rail intermodal operations, the Company aggregates its freight brokerage
and rail intermodal service offerings into a single reportable segment.
The Company’s trucking segment is supported primarily by driver managers,
load planners and customer service representatives. These teams monitor the
location of equipment and direct its movement in a safe, efficient and practicable
manner. Each driver manager supervises assigned drivers and is the primary contact
with the drivers. Load planners assign all available units and loads in a manner
designed to maximize profit and minimizes costs. Customer service representatives
work to fulfill shipper’s needs, solicit freight, and ensure on-time delivery
by monitoring loads. The Company makes trucks available for dispatch, selecting
profitable freight with a network and yield management focus, and efficiently
matches that freight to available truck capacity, all of which the Company strives
to achieve without sacrificing customer service, equipment utilization, driver
retention or safety.
The SCS segment has a network of eleven branch offices, with the newest office
opened, located throughout the continental United States. The business model
is built around the capabilities of Company employees to make available consistent
service to customers. The specific locations of branch offices are selected
for the availability of talent in those markets. SCS employed approximately
100 people. Most of the SCS team interacts directly with customers, matching
customers’ freight needs with available third party capacity in the marketplace.
SCS also has staff that screen and select third party carriers that are used
to transport the freight.
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