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XPO tracks freight damage to individual dock workers for targeted coaching
“So then we build systems where we can actually track back our service performance to the person level. And then we actually created coaching so that if you cause a damage as a person on our docs, then you can actually go into a specific training program and ge…”
Harik: XPO handheld scanners display real-time peer rankings and damage metrics
“Every time one of our drivers or dock workers Scans a pallet on the dock, they automatically see two dials on their handheld. The first one tells them what their productivity is versus their peers, so they can see effectively if you had 10 people working the d…”
Harik: I ground all constructive feedback in data, avoiding subjectivity
“When I give constructive feedback to my team, I never make it subjective. I always grounded on data.”
Harik: XPO tracks first and second derivatives of 10 daily KPIs
“Every single day, there's approximately 10 KPIs that we monitor, and for each one of those KPIs, not only we look at the first derivative change of that KPI, the first derivative is It's up five percent. It's up two percent. It's down two percent. But also wha…”
Harik emails frontline breakroom feedback directly to XPO's top 100 executives
“What I typically do is actually have a notebook with me, and every time I hear all these ideas, I write them down. And then when I get back to the office, we actually put them in a email that I sent to the top hundred people in the organization and say, these …”
XPO ties dock supervisor compensation to service quality alongside revenue and profits
“One of the first things that we did was change compensation plans, so effectively, as opposed to compensation be driven only by growing, say, revenue and profits, to have a portion of the compensation plan to be driven by improving our service product to the c…”
XPO to roll out real-time AI trailer loading verification within months
“It's not live yet. It's gonna go live over the next few months, but effectively as a supervisor, whenever I take the photo, AI automatically tells you what it found wrong in your trailer. And now we can actually fix that before you actually send that trailer o…”
Harik: XPO operating reviews require pre-read materials with attendee-ranked questions
“If you think about monthly operating reviews or weekly staff meetings, all of these are effectively the material is sent ahead of time, which has A lot of information going back to what I mentioned about the KPIs, about every KPI, how it's trending, and then r…”
Harik: XPO meetings enforce no-device rules, single speakers, and objective disagreement
“One, there's a rule of not using devices and being focused on the person speaking. Number two, only one person speaks at a time. So there is something very powerful of giving somebody your full attention and listening to what they are saying, because that lead…”
Harik: Every P&L operator at XPO gets dedicated FP&A support
“For every operators that owns a P&L, a profit and loss statement, they actually have an FP&A resource that is telling them what are the levers So where is, where are your metrics trending and what all the levers that you can pull to drive the outcomes? And are…”
XPO analysts compile hundreds of research pages for Harik every weekend
“So we have a small team of analysts that every weekend, Actually pulls together research reports from the industry, from all of our competitors, from what we're hearing about ourselves in the media, from customers, kind of research on their companies and what …”
Harik visits XPO docks early morning for frontline feedback
“I spend a lot of time in the field. I actually like to go to our docks, to our terminals, where I get to sit with our drivers and dock workers. And usually I go there early in the morning and I sit in the break room. And I sit with our drivers and I tell them,…”
Harik: XPO Uses AI to Summarize Structured Operating Review Meetings
“Depending on the meetings and not, not all of them, we use AI, but any type of structured meeting where we are discussing effectively, say an operating review, we do use AI to both take notes and summarize the meetings. And in many cases we send back out the t…”
Harik: Engineering background makes me lean risk-averse rather than risk-taking
“I'd say I have a very analytical view of risk, but I lean towards being more risk averse than risk taking. And I do think part of the upbringing, but more importantly, my engineering education is what kind of governs some of that approach.”
Harik avoids TV, golf, and hobbies to focus exclusively on work
“So for example, I don't watch TV. I don't play golf. I don't, you know, have for me, I'm either working and with my team and the company that I love and being able to drive better outcomes. Or spending time with my family, with my kids, and do amazing things w…”
Harik spends 15 to 30 minutes daily simulating decision tree outcomes
“And the other thing I do is also I do every morning, I spend about 15 minutes to 30 minutes as I usually get myself in a calm place. And I think about every decision or every Aspect of things I'm going to do for the day. And I inform it based on what I read ov…”