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Yellow’s yield-at-all-cost strategy may be ending
After culling underperforming freight for the better part of two years, less-than-truckload carrier Yellow sees volumes inflect positively.

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Yellow’s yield-at-all-cost strategy may be ending
After culling underperforming freight for the better part of two years, less-than-truckload carrier Yellow sees volumes inflect positively.www.freightwaves.com
How much volume did they lose with the RDWY disaster ?*Yellow booked a 96.6% OR in the fourth quarter, 99% excluding gains on real estate disposals."
How real is that?
And you wrote the article.
All the guys cheering them on are cheering for another pension crash at lightning speed.How much volume did they lose with the RDWY disaster ?
Shrink to Fit .... Round 2
So....What can the mathematical business geniuses tell me about this "booking a 96.6% OR".*Yellow booked a 96.6% OR in the fourth quarter, 99% excluding gains on real estate disposals."
How real is that?
And you wrote the article.
The OR here is given as a percentage. Didn't you notice the "%" symbol after the numbers?So....What can the mathematical business geniuses tell me about this "booking a 96.6% OR".
I kinda thought that the OR which is good puts the decimal point before the 96. Not after.
Meaning they'd make 4 cents for every dollar spent.
Does this decimal point after the 96 mean they are spending 96 cents more than every dollar spent.
Enlighten me business minded mathematicians.
As long as they're not operating at 102, I'm satisfiedThe OR here is given as a percentage. Didn't you notice the "%" symbol after the numbers?![]()
Me too.As long as they're not operating at 102, I'm satisfied
...and.The OR here is given as a percentage. Didn't you notice the "%" symbol after the numbers?![]()
96.3 operating ratio means that for every dollar collected in revenue, Yellow spent 96.6 cents from pickup to delivery. It does not mean that Yellow made 3.4% profit. It's called "operating" ratio because it does not include money spent on equipment, building maintenance or taxes. Equipment is everything from hand trucks to rolling stock.So....What can the mathematical business geniuses tell me about this "booking a 96.6% OR".
I kinda thought that the OR which is good puts the decimal point before the 96. Not after.
Meaning they'd make 4 cents for every dollar spent.
Does this decimal point after the 96 mean they are spending 96 cents more than every dollar spent.
Enlighten me business minded mathematicians.
Pension crash? Please explain, Yellow hasn't paid full rate in 15 years. They go out of business only guys with 25 years can collect there reduced payment for only paying in 25 percent. Everyone else has to wait till there 65 if vested.All the guys cheering them on are cheering for another pension crash at lightning speed.
Reduction is the game....yet all I get is arguments.
I think my stance would go the opposite direction...but of course I don't know math and ain't business smart.
Business smart takes us out...a guy here...100 there...nobody's nothing the 25 at 50 other places.
Whatever they needed the bailout for from the government before....will happen again is what I'm saying.Pension crash? Please explain, Yellow hasn't paid full rate in 15 years. They go out of business only guys with 25 years can collect there reduced payment for only paying in 25 percent. Everyone else has to wait till there 65 if vested.
They're putting in $2.12/straight time hour for us.Pension crash? Please explain, Yellow hasn't paid full rate in 15 years. They go out of business only guys with 25 years can collect there reduced payment for only paying in 25 percent. Everyone else has to wait till there 65 if vested.
What is rolling stock?96.3 operating ratio means that for every dollar collected in revenue, Yellow spent 96.6 cents from pickup to delivery. It does not mean that Yellow made 3.4% profit. It's called "operating" ratio because it does not include money spent on equipment, building maintenance or taxes. Equipment is everything from hand trucks to rolling stock.
It‘s an old railroad term that nowadays means tractors, trailers, things like that.What is rolling stock?
Ah yes. Things with wheels.It an old railroad term that nowadays means tractors, trailers, things like that.
I thought the Economics Professor was going to Nashville a month ago to advise Hawkins on how to make money?The OR here is given as a percentage. Didn't you notice the "%" symbol after the numbers?![]()
I could definitely be wrong here, but I was always led to believe that operate ratio included everything...96.3 operating ratio means that for every dollar collected in revenue, Yellow spent 96.6 cents from pickup to delivery. It does not mean that Yellow made 3.4% profit. It's called "operating" ratio because it does not include money spent on equipment, building maintenance or taxes. Equipment is everything from hand trucks to rolling stock.