SCANNER CODES
When a package is successfully left at a residential front door without a signature, drivers log it as this two-word status.
What is Driver Release?
To prevent rear-end collisions, FedEx defensive driving courses teach you to maintain a minimum of this many seconds of following distance in good weather.
What is 4 seconds?
Drivers use this nickname for the brutal, high-volume shipping season that runs from Thanksgiving through Christmas.
This is the city where FedEx is headquartered and operates its massive "SuperHub."
What is Memphis, Tennessee?
This rolling tool is a delivery driver's best friend for hauling heavy cartons up a ramp or to a door.
What is a dolly?
On your scanner or manifest, the abbreviation "DSR" means you absolutely cannot leave the box without getting a signature from someone at the address
What is Direct Signature Required?
When parking your truck to make a delivery, you should always try to park so your first move when leaving is this direction
Unlike FedEx Express drivers who work directly for the corporation, most FedEx Ground routes are operated by these independent business owners.
What are Independent Contractors (or Service Providers)?
Who is the founder of FedEx
Fred Smith
This three-letter acronym stands for the delivery option where a neighbor or building manager can sign for a package instead of the recipient.
What is Indirect Signature Required?)
This code is scanned when the address on the label is incorrect or does not exist.
What is Bad Address (or 02 / Wrong Address)?
Except for special freight exceptions, this is the standard maximum package weight limit for a normal FedEx Ground or Express shipment.
What is 150 pounds?
This is the name of FedEx's prestigious annual driving competition where the best couriers showcase their safety and maneuvering skills.
What is the National Truck Driving Championships (or FedEx Purple Rodeo)?
Before shortening its name to FedEx in 1994, the company originally launched under this two-word name.
What is Federal Express?
This is the term for the complete, chronological list of all stops and packages loaded onto a driver's truck for the day.
What is a Door Tag?
Drivers enter this code when a customer refuses to accept a shipment.
What is Refused (or 06)
Drivers are trained to use this specific strategy before backing up to ensure no blind-spot hazards, pedestrians, or stationary objects are behind the truck.
What is a "Get Out and Look" (GOAL)?
The infamous sentence you never want to hear a customer utter right before their dog charges the door.
Tom Hanks played a stranded FedEx systems analyst named Chuck Noland in this 2000 survival drama.
What is Cast Away?
This is the title given to the seasonal employees hired to sit in the passenger seat and help run packages to doorsteps during December.
What is a jumper or driver helper?)
This code is used when a package cannot be delivered because the business is closed for the day or weekend.
What is Dex 01 (or Customer Not Available)?
This is the specific delivery status code or location instruction used when a driver leaves a package safely out of sight at a customer's residence without requiring a signature.
What is "Driver Release" (or Release Code)?
In 1984, the company officially adopted this shortened brand name for its global operations.
What is FedEx?
This three-letter delivery restriction requires the driver to verify that the person signing for the package is at least 21 years old.
What is Adult Signature Required? (or ASR)