The Art of Reconciliation - Part 1

Unregistered Carriers on 6/30/2009 - 3252
Unregistered Carriers on 7/1/2009 - 3204
Yesterday's Registrations (IL system) - 18 / $1,548 (avg $76)

Notice that I titled this post the "art" of reconciliation and not the "science" of reconciliation. Trying to figure out all the ways that carriers get on and off the list is still more of an art for us, but since we're going to attempt a reconciliation today, I'm going to share some of our findings with you.

First, notice that 48 carriers (net) came off our list (see above). We went from 3252 carriers on our unregistered list to 3204.

In actuality, 49 carriers were removed from the list and one carrier came onto the list in "sideways" fashion - through an MCS-150 update - for a net removal of 48 carriers.

Next, we registered 18 carriers in the IL system yesterday (see above). However, only 9 of those carriers were on our unregistered list, so that only accounted for 9 carriers removed from the list. In case you're wondering, 5 carriers had brand-new USDOT numbers and weren't even in SAFER yet. More on that later. That leaves 4 guys who registered, but who weren't on our unregistered list because they didn't fit the filter criteria for the list. Whew!

Next, two more of our previously-unregistered IL carriers registered in the Indiana system.

Things get sticky after this, so I'm going to stop for now and pick up in tomorrow's post. My hat's off to you if you've followed me this far!