Brief History of Bee Line Courier Service

 Louie Seger , and Larry Smith , established Bee Line Courier Service in 1992. Since the start, the company has experienced tremendous growth. Growth is attributed to providing reliable, consistent service.

Bee Line’s corporate office is located at 5613 Fern Valley RD in Louisville , KY with an additional office in Henderson , KY.

Bee Line’s fleet consists of Ford Focuses and larger vehicles for bulky shipments. Our fleet travels thousands of miles per day serving our valued clients. Each vehicle is lettered, equipped with GPS tracking and two-way radios for instant contact to our team members. For any route that is out of radio range cellular phone service is used to insure instant communications between the courier and dispatch. Enclosed in the following pages is additional information on the Bee Line and operations. Each team members values the trust our customers place in us to handle their time sensitive materials. We appreciate the opportunity to serve you.

Louie Seger
Bee Line Courier Service

Management Team

"Louie Seger - President
Prior to co-founding Bee Line Courier Service, Inc. Mr. Seger worked for a major courier service in which he rose through the ranks from a driver to sales-manger. In 1992 Louie and Larry entered into a joint venture founding Bee Line Courier Service. They built a reputation for using small, fuel efficient cars, keeping a low overhead, and the prices economical. Mr. Seger is in charge of sales daily operations..

Lisa Davis – Louisville Director of Dispatch

John Mattingly – Fleet Manager
John has worked for Bee Line for the past 5 years as a mechanic and was promoted to shop manager. John is ASE Master Certified with 21 years experience and has managed various other shops including Pep Boys. John manages 6 other mechanics in Bee Line’s shop and 1 mechanic’s helper. All of Bee Line’s mechanics are ASE certified.

Bob Duncan – Recruiter
Bob is a retired high school teacher who started with Bee Line as a driver in 1997. His way with people impressed us so, that we developed a position for him. Bob interviews, hires, and orientates all employees. He is also responsible for the driver safety program, uniforms and employee record keeping.

Laura Seger – Controller

 
Charlie Durham – Auditor/Trainer
Charlie retired after working for Ford Motor Company in 1998. In September, 2000, he began to work for Bee Line as an On Call driver. Promoted to On Call Trainer in September, 2002, Charlie has proven to be an invaluable asset to the Company.

Personnel and Recruiting

All team members are carefully screened and trained. This includes extensive training for transportation of blood born pathogens per OSHA guidelines. All couriers wear uniforms and Identification Badges. (Please see example below)

We have two basic types of couriers: route and on call. The route courier will run a set schedule each day. They deliver U. S. Mail, inter-office mail, medical materials (lab specimen, x-rays, surgical instruments, paperwork, pharmaceuticals, hospital supplies, etc.), legal documents, CPA financial reports, office supplies, printed materials, dental material (dentures, dental supplies, paperwork, etc.), construction blueprints, plumbing supplies and more. These materials may be delivered daily, weekly, monthly, or any combination the customer chooses.

The on call courier is used to support the route courier. They will deliver the items that a customer needs that day in one (1) hour, two (2) hours, three (3) hours, or same day by 5:00 PM. This courier can deliver an item in the “stat” mode or “non-stop”. Red Cross blood, medical material and supplies, legal documents, printed material, auto parts, plumbing supplies, dental material, etc. can be delivered to local customers in a matter of minutes.

Our couriers are chosen from applications, resumes, and e-mail responses that arrive at our offices daily. About one in five of the applicants are called for an interview. A conditional offer of hire is then made to about 50% of those we interview. Once given a conditional offer of hire, an applicant agrees to a complete records check which may include the following: criminal history, motor vehicle use history, financial report, educational background, social security number verification, and residential information.

The prospective driver is then called in for an orientation meeting and given a training schedule. Route drivers may be trained for 3 to 5 days. On call drivers usually are trained 2 to 3 days. At the end of the active training period the information gathered on the trainee is evaluated and a determination is made whether to continue or not with the remainder of the 90 conditional period of hire. Bee Line does not use independent contractors.