Category: Fleet Management

Q&A: Defining Big Data for trucking

The term “Big Data” gets thrown around a lot in the freight world, but what does it exactly mean? And will its definition direct how it helps the trucking industry?

Everywhere you go in the freight transportation world, it seems everyone is talking about “Big Data” and how it will influence if not outright change supply chain strategies, logistics operations, even read more

Not your father’s shop

Everything’s changing. How about you?

Every March we put together an entire issue focused solely on the shop and have done so for the 32 years I’ve been at Fleet Owner.  Reading through the feature stories in this issue, it suddenly struck me that everyone has been so focused on managing some truly massive changes in the trucking industry that we sometimes forget to appreciate just how pervasive and transformative those changes have been for your maintenance operations.

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Not your father’s shop

Everything’s changing. How about you?

Every March we put together an entire issue focused solely on the shop and have done so for the 32 years I’ve been at Fleet Owner.  Reading through the feature stories in this issue, it suddenly struck me that everyone has been so focused on managing some truly massive changes in the trucking industry that we sometimes forget to appreciate just how pervasive and transformative those changes have been for your maintenance operations.

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Vocational Profile: Driving forward

The focus for Page Trucking is always on the ‘right way’

“We’re not discouraged by in­­creasing regulatory compliance because it keeps bad actors out and allows us to secure more business,” says Dan Titus, president of Weedsport, NY-based Page Trucking. “Regulations drive change in our markets. New materials added to hazardous waste categories can lead to more stringent rules for their transportation on trucks, but it also means they are available to us as one of a very few completely qualified hazardous waste transporters in North America.”

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NPTC 2017

Annual conference ushers new era of standards excellence

The NPTC 2017 Annual Education Management Conference & Exhibition will be filled with the largest and most com…