UCR - TWTWTW

Unregistered Carriers on 10/15/2009 - 1904
Unregistered Carriers on 10/16/2009 - 1861 (Pre-Adds)
Unregistered Carriers on 10/16/2009 - 1901 (Post-Adds)

TWTWTW - That Was The Week That Was - TW3. Remember that old TV show? In truth, I never actually watched the show - I just thought the title was cool. And this has definitely been an interesting week. Not only did we get to do a couple of Live Meeting sessions about UCR - new technology, a chance to reach some folks who might need assistance , etc. - but, here in Illinois, we also registered a BUNCH of carriers.

I added an extra statistic to the post today in order to highlight what I've been saying about the "cornucopia of registrations" (see yesterday's title) we've been experiencing. Notice that I show both a "Pre-Adds" number and a "Post-Adds" number. Iteris runs the daily "Registration Percentage" report that most of us are familiar with very early each morning. That report gives us the "Pre-Adds" number. Then, at some point after they update that report, the Feds send them more data - new USDOT numbers, etc. - and the unregistered number for each state changes. 40 carriers got added back to Illinois' number after the report was run this morning. 40!!! So, even though we registered more than 60 carriers again yesterday, our Unregistered List went down by a whopping three carriers! Actually, that's very cool, but when you're trying to "get to zero", it's a challenge! A good challenge, though.

By the way, not that I'm watching this number closely or anything, but we are only 378 registrations behind California as of this morning. Unlike a couple of months ago, I now feel strongly that we'll catch them - unless, of course, they actually find out about this game and bury me! Competitions are so much easier when only one side knows about them!! The beauty of a silly competition like this, however, is that it motivates me to find new, more effective ways to get better. So, thanks to states like California, Maine (and a few others!), we're evolving a great set of tools and processes that I'm hoping will benefit everybody one of these days.

Have a great weekend!