Daycos News

As we had previously noted, we are planning a second Daycos webinar covering the changes in the 2010 DPS International Tender and 400NG. Registration is now open for the webinar, but please note the change in date from our orginal post. Due to a scheduling conflict, we are now holding the webinar on Tuesday, May 25th at 1 PM Central.
As previously, registration is open to anyone, and there is no charge to participate. To register for the…

The price of fuel was $3.12 per gallon as reported on Monday, May 3, 2010 making the upcoming FSC rates for the period 5/15/10 through 6/14/10 as follows:

GBL Domestic HHG / International HHG & UB – 7%
GSA Domestic HHG – $0.62
GSA International HHG and BAG – $0.62

Our billing program and AccuBill have recently been updated with the DS10 changes found in the D-18 Solicitation that went into effect for Domestic shipments with pickup dates of 5/1/10 and after.
The changes are as follows:

DOM – new tariff updates (D-18)
1.  Updated SIT first day and Warehouse Handling Rates for all States – Item 400 listing of all States, Counties, Rates, etc.
2.  Incorporated the following Regionalization consolidations:
a. Georgia – Transferred responsibility of CFAK to CHAT

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One of the best things about being located in Norfolk, Nebraska  is that we get to work closely with the wonderful people at Andrews Van Lines. Over the years, we have developed a great relationship with all the Andrews staff, and occasionally have the opportunity to share some of their celebrations with them.
This weekend was one of those opportunities. Clayton Andrews, the owner of Andrews Van Lines, is celebrating his 90th birthday tomorrow. Last Sunday, there was a…

In our most recent newsletter, we asked our customers to supply us with their DPS filed rates that will become effective May 15. We have started to see some of those come in, but we wanted to offer a warning to those TSPs who are using DPS Analytics when providing rates.
We have had reports from a couple of different TSPs that there is a potential problem using custom reports in DPS Analytics to provide the rates. Apparently,…

Update: Due to a scheduling conflict, the webinar will now be held on Tuesday, May 25th at 1 PM Central. Registration information will be posted next week.
Last month, we conducted our first ever webinar, covering the 400NG Linehaul calculation. Our idea was to try the webinar format and see if it was something we would to continue to offer. After having a few weeks to review the outcome of the first webinar, it has become clear…

For the first time since the initial DPS shipment was booked in August, 2008; there were more shipments booked in DPS than in TOPS during last week. According the the latest WAR report from JPMO-HHGS, 52% of all shipments booked last week were booked in DPS. As expected, the inclusion of PPM into DPS has given the numbers a big boost, and it is likely the DPS percentage will continue to increase.
Now it will be interesting to…

Last month, we wrote about the continued confusion surrounding the issue of SIT conversion in DPS. We have yet to see the written guidance from SDDC on the topic of conversion from SIT, but some continued conversations on the DPS invoicing calls may have helped to clarify the issue.
On the April 8th DPS invoicing call, a TSP asked a question about this issue, and the response from SDDC confirmed that the TSP is entitled to SIT until…

The Daycos April Monthly Newsletter has been sent out, and can be viewed here. A few of the topics in this month’s newsletter include:

• 2010 DPS Filed Rates Needed
• Encrypted Link Addition Hopes to Increase Survey Response Rate
• What is Syncada, and What Happened to PowerTrack?
• Daycos Gets a Facelift!

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Last July, US Bank  announced a joint partnership with Visa to launch Syncada, a business-to-business payment network. Then TSPs were informed by US Bank that PowerTrack was being re-branded as Syncada, with a new URL and logos. Other than those two pieces of information, TSPs have not had a lot of information about this change, and the result is a lot of confusion about what change has actually occurred and what it means to TSPs.
We…