Models Business and Systems
I have chosen the company that I currently work for part-time called Southern Sales. The
company is located in Corsicana, Texas, and is very small trucking company. I have only been
employed with them for a short time and just learning about the business. The company only
owns three trucks that they run daily. Two of the trucks are Step-decks and can only haul about
20,000 pounds, and the other is a flat-bed Freightliner that can haul about 30,000 pounds. They
only employ three truck drivers and I work in the office part-time. The rest of the work is done
by the owners themselves.
Their business commerce component is that they exchange hauling material for other
companies in exchange for money. The company usually only has loads coming in and out of
Dallas or Houston, but on occasion will have one coming or going to San Antonio. Because they
cannot haul a whole lot of material on the trucks the loads usually only pay $300 on average per
load. Sometimes we are lucky and can grab a load for $600.
As far as their business component, organization I believe that my boss Debbie does have
some customers for whom they exchange labor for labor. I know her brother has a similar
company that he runs out of Dallas, and they are trading drivers all the time if one of them need a
driver in a certain area and the other has a driver in that area. This is an excellent way that they
work together and help one another out and they share in the profit.
Their transaction costs are high because they are in business for themselves and they do
not have a larger company to back them so they can make more money loads. When we are
trying to find good loads for our drivers it is difficult to negotiate fair prices because the bigger
companies have bigger trucks and have more trucks on hand. For us this is very time-consuming
and every minute there is not a load going out is money lost. This explains Southern Sales
occupation component, if we did not have to negotiate and could take any load available it would
make getting the loads we need to make the money we need easier.