Mission Statement: 

ASR an ISO 9001:2000 certified company, provides, cargo motor carriers, bus companies, railroad, air transport, barge and shipping carriers with highly qualified, cost -effective, timely inspection, auditing and continuous surveillance support services nationwide in compliance with Federal, State, Local and ASR's customer requirements.

The ASR mission in support of Homeland Defense is providing support services in the fields of Inspection to enhance and support the goals of Homeland Security in areas such as Land Transportation inspection and security Compliance monitoring to afford the protection necessary to detect and/or deter terrorism, and other areas that support Homeland Defense.

ASR Business Model

 ASR’s patent pending business model is a one-stop full service company whose mission is to provide quality assurance/inspection services to the Transportation Industry in all the geographic regions of the US with ASR’s local professionals.

  •  ASR’s focus is on our customers’ requirements
  •  ASR provides its staff with the best tools in automation
  •  ASR instills a corporate culture of process improvement
  •  ASR provides the finest training to its inspectors (as per the requirements and guidelines of 49 CFR, DTR, FMCSA, CVSA, Military Bus Agreement) so that ASR customers receive exceptional service
  • ASR’s has a national infrastructure of inspection personnel located strategically close to the work assignments resulting in effective cost saving in travel and per-diem expenses
  • ASR’s niche in the quality assurance arena has always been the availability of highly qualified professional inspection personnel located within driving distance of a work assignment
  • ASR will have multiple inspectors in areas of high concentration of customer activities
  • ASR will have the availability of backups, in the event of illness or emergencies

Support Services

ASR offers inspection support services to the Transportation Industry commercial cargo carriers and passenger carriers (buses) in the areas of:

  • Corporate or facility / terminal audits/inspections to verify operational and quality methods are used to assure proper legal performance
  • North American Standard Inspection (Level I) inspection
  • Vehicle / asset standard of service and safety, whose criteria is based upon the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's (CVSA) North American Level II inspection accepted as the "Out of Service" (OOS) criteria by DOT.

Motor Carrier SSS Inspection

Standards of Service and Safety (SSS) will include a review of:

  •  Vehicle and equipment
  •  Driver Documentation

This will involve a North American Level II Walk-around Driver/Vehicle Inspection.

  1. Interview the driver
  2. Collect the driver’s documents
  3. Check for presence of hazardous materials
  4. Identify the carrier
  5. Examine the driver’s license; Check medical examiner’s certificate and waiver
  6. Check record of duty status
  7. Review driver’s daily vehicle inspection report 
  8. Review periodic inspection report

    The vehicle inspection will include the visible elements including the brake system, coupling devices, exhaust system, frame, fuel system, turn signals, brake lamps, head lamps, lamps on projecting loads, safe loading, steering mechanism, suspension, tires, van and open-top trailer bodies, wheels and rims and windshield wipers, etc.

  • Covert/ Non-covert Intransit vehicle surveillance/inspection to ascertain that the vehicle/asset is complying with the "rules of the road" and that  the operator is qualified both legally and physically to operate the vehicle/asset according to CFR 49.

Motor Carrier Intransit Surveillance/Inspection

ASR performs a covert or non-covert surveillance of a vehicle on the road covering any customer specified distance.  During the Intransit surveillance the ASR inspector will verify whether the driver or the vehicle violated any regulations of CFR 49.

    • ASR will interview the driver and verify:
      • Vehicle registration
      • Shipping papers/bill of lading
      • Lease agreement
      • Single state insurance registration
      • Cab card
      • Drivers’ log
    • ASR will check the expiration date on the license to ensure that it is current in accordance with CFR 49 Part 391.11
    • ASR will check the medical examiners certificate and waiver to ensure that they are correct and are valid for twenty-four (24) months, unless otherwise specified, in accordance with CFR 49 Part 391.49
    • ASR will engage the driver(s) in conversation to try and establish their physical and mental state in accordance with CFR 49 Part 391.11
    • ASR will check the log book form and manner and required entries in accordance with CFR 49 Park 395.8
    • ASR will ascertain that log book entries are all up to date, legible and in the drivers own handwriting in accordance with CFR 49 Part 395.8
    • ASR will verify the 10, 15 and 60/70 hour rule in accordance with CFR 49 Part 395.3.
    • ASR will review the previous day’s vehicle inspection report to verify that listed safety defects have been corrected in accordance with CFR 49 Part 396.11
    • ASR will verify that the driver(s) possesses procedures to identify and respond to accidents and emergency situations in accordance with CFR 49 Part 172.604
    • ASR will ask the drivers(s) several questions about their about their knowledge of regulations and requirements that governing the operation, use and stopping of vehicles.  (CFR 49 Parts 391, 392, 396 and 397)
  • Perform an external container content verification/determination or "walk  around " inspection for Federal, State and Local Government agencies and commercial firms

Cargo Carriers supported:

ASR provides inspection services to the following Transportation Industry Carriers:

  • Motor Carrier: ASR provides services nationwide at all installations, facilities and corporate headquarters.
  • Air Carrier: ASR provides services nationwide at all air terminals and major and local air ports.
  • Railroad carrier: ASR provides services nationwide at all terminals and yards
  • Barge Carrier: ASR provides services nationwide at all internal water transportation points.
  • Shipping Carrier: ASR provides services nationwide at all ports and shipping transportation points.
Motor Carrier Hazardous Material SSS Inspection

In transporting hazardous materials, in addition to the general safety regulations, carriers are subject to Federal requirements found in CFR 49 Parts 100 through 199.

ASR will perform a Standards of Service and Safety (SSS) which will include a review of the:
  • Vehicles and equipment
  • Driver Documentation

This will involve a North American Level II Walk-around Driver/vehicle Inspection.

1. Interview the driver
2. Collect the driver’s documents
3. Identify the carrier
4. Examine the driver’s license; Check medical examiner’s certificate and Waiver.

      (Requires an Out of Service (OOS) if Medical Examiners Certificate is absent or not current)

    5. Check record of duty status
    6. Check hazardous material training certificate
        (Requires OOS if training is incomplete or absent)
    7. Review driver’s daily vehicle inspection report; Review the periodic inspection report
    8. Check if the driver has personal dosimeter
    9. Check the shipping papers

    The vehicles inspection will include the visible elements including the brake system, coupling devices, exhaust system, frame, fuel system, turn signals, brake lamps, tail lamps, head lamps, lamps on projecting loads, safe loading, steering mechanism, suspension, tires, van and open-top trailer bodies, wheels and rims and windshield wipers, with an additional measure of any radioactivity level.

Secure WEB Reporting

ASR’s secure web reporting capability allows customers to easily communicate and share strategic data over the Internet. ASR's web reporting capability provides powerful, integrated query and analysis functionality through a web browser, combining todays ubiquitous, cost-effective electronic communication method with easy to use point and click reporting. This results in a robust, scalable reporting system that makes information instantly available to any authorized user in the most appropriate format.

  • ASR’s secure web reporting capability is a high-powered secured reporting engine designed to meet a wide range of enterprise information needs.
  • ASR allows organizations to access data available in our database of contract requirements and results.
  • ASR’s purpose is to provide both summarized and detailed data for reporting purposes.
    • The data will be displayed in report form
    • Data can be downloaded directly to a customer PC for further viewing
ASR Strengths in Quality Assurance
  • Proven track record of success on every customer project involving suppliers worldwide.
  • Know-how in recruiting, training and assigning the very best professionals to perform and comply to ASR customer, government and commercial specifications.
  • Clear understanding of customer goals, schedules, budgets, technical and performance requirements.
  • Network of RAB, ASQ and IRCA certified lead assessors/auditors, Six Sigma Black Belt and Master Black Belt.
  • In-place worldwide quality field organization to reduce travel expenses, backed up by a data base containing over 29,000 professional quality assurance personnel.
  • Quality Assurance staff members matched to assignments by skills inventory listing.
  • Vast experience in source inspection, auditing, production surveillance and supplier development at supplier facilities worldwide.
  • Inspection staff augmented and supported by experienced professional quality assurance engineers with backgrounds in advanced concepts of TQM.
  • Individual and corporate performance appraisal system based on observations from customers, suppliers and internal management.

Project management and control mechanisms

ASR offers skillful, experiences project management that is vital for the successful completion of any project. ASR's task-force-team provides total capabilities for a project of any size. All team members have access to advanced software and communications capabilities for collecting and analyzing information about the progress of a project.

  • All customer quality assurance engineering support programs use ASR's project management procedures to ensure the most effective use of modern management tools in planning, organizing and controlling all program activities.
  • Each QA program is assigned to a program manager who reports directly to the Director of Programs.
  • The program manager provides a close interface with the customer and responds in a timely and effective manner on all aspects of the program.
  • The ASR program management organization carefully reviews program performance, supplier quality trends, costs, schedules, manpower, documentation, regional office needs, technical and expense reports, customer presentations, corrective actions, continuous improvement activities, test laboratory data, etc. to further ensure on-time shipment of quality products within budgeted cost.
  • Skilled engineer/inspectors are selected by geographic location and timely availability. Those selected are trained in the requirements, goals and procedures of the program and customer. Written procedures and checklists are assigned.
  • Customer assignments are received by the program manager, logged into the automatic database for delegation to each inspector and follow-up/coordination by program managers.
  • Supervisors review engineer/inspectors' reports for performance evaluations.
  • Cost control is maintained by the Management Information System (MIS) which provides accurate and timely updates on status of program element budgets such as cost-to-date, estimates at/to completion and variances to budget.
  • The database input is via approved labor hour and expense report records.
  • Completed inspections are reported and program management analysis will determine supplier quality trends, corrective actions, continuous improvement activities, test laboratory data.
  • Scheduled program performance reviews are held by ASR to anticipate problem areas and provide progress reports to our customers.
  • Customer meetings and presentations are conducted regularly to produce corrective actions to completely satisfy our customers.