Entries by infinitiworkforce

Adds 11 New Training Videos for Trucking

Vertical Alliance Group is committed to ensuring you have access to the best training videos in the industry.  This fall we have released 11 new training videos for you to utilize in your safety training meetings and in-services. The first release is designed to help your drivers understand medical exams:

Medical Examination Requirements Check List
Module: Federal DOT CMV
Time: 4:09
This video discusses specific requirements that must be met during a DOT CMV medical exam. 

The additi

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Are You Ready for Brake Safety Week? A New Video Can Help.

Next week is Brake Safety Week across America.  From September 6-12, commercial motor vehicle (CMV) inspectors will conduct brake system inspections (primarily Level IV Inspections) on trucks and buses throughout North America to identify out-of-adjustment brakes and brake-system violations.

To help ensure our clients are prepared for these inspections, Vertical Alliance Group has released a new Brake Safety video.   To make it easy for your drivers to get a quick refresher on be

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Vero Logistics, LLC Attends August Training Boot Camp

Vertical Alliance Group, Inc. is excited to have Vero Logistics as an attendee at our Infinit-I Engage Evaluation Program this week.  Check out what they wrote about us on their Facebook Page:

"In our continued effort to prioritize safety, one of our senior management members as well as our safety director and driver manager are in Ft. Worth, Texas for a two day Infinit-I Engage Evaluation Program for a more in-depth view of Infinit-I Workforce System, a product of

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Nussbaum Transportation Wins Safety & Compliance Award

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vertical Alliance Group would like to congratulate one of our clients, Nussbaum Transportation, on the announcement this week that their director of human resources and safety, Jeremy Stickling, was awarded Heavy Duty Trucking magazine’s 2015 Safety & Compliance Award.

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A School Wide Learning Management System

"Grant Parish School Board initially purchased the Infinit-I Workforce System for use in the transportation department.  Then we quickly realized that the program could be utilized system wide.  The Infinit-I Workforce System has made recordkeeping for state mandated training, for every employee, extremely easy.  Our human resource department no longer has to keep up with thousands of completion certificates and who has not completed their training.  Now we jus

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Adds 6 New Training Videos for Trucking

Vertical Alliance Group is committed to ensuring you have access to the best training videos in the industry. This month we released six new safety training videos for you to utilize in your safety training meetings and in-services.

The first two new releases are designed to help with pre-trip inspections:

Module: Pre-Trip Inspection.
Title: Tanker Pre-trip Inspection – Part 1 T
his video details the rules and regulations involved in a pre-trip inspection. It walks the driver through under the

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Highlights from the July Infinit-I Engage Evaluation Program

On July 7th and 8th, safety directors and trucking company owners from across the United States descended upon the Stockyards in Fort Worth, TX to participate in the Infinit-I Engage Evaluation Program.  The two day event is a unique experience for the trucking industry that couples the hospitality of Texas with training on safety, best practices for communicating and training drivers, and hands-on experience creating custom content videos and utilizing an online learning manageme

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Diesel Continue Downward, Fuel Efficiency Still Important

According to an article published in the Commercial Carrier Journal this week, there's good news for trucking companies.  Fuel prices have gone down. Diesel fuel in many parts of the country dropped 1.1 cents during the 4th of July holiday weekend, bringing the price down to $2.832. Drivers in California and the Rocky Mountain region were not as lucky, though. California fuel prices increased by 1/10 of a cent, making the average cost in that area $2.712. While the Rockies increase

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Recap: Day 1 of July Infinit-I Engage Evaluation Program

At the start of July's Vertical Alliance Group's Infinit-I Engage Evaluation Program, attendees learned a lot of neat things about utilizing the custom content feature of the Infinit-I Workforce System.

"We have a client that utilized custom content to reduce driver turnover by 85%.  We have companies saving $8000 per week in fuel by using custom content. We have companies reducing orientation cost and getting drivers on the road quicker by using custo

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CCJ Features Infinit-I for Driver Training

This week the Commercial Carrier Journal again featured the Infinit-I Workforce System in their publication. In the article, Aaron Huff wrote, "Whether fleets decide to use old school or high-tech training methods, experts say it is critical to document every aspect of the training process."

This is a point Vertical Alliance Group works hard to educate trucking companies about.  At our bi-monthly Infinit-I Engage Evaluation Program, former safety director

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