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
By Ron Jessen, CHS Director of product management and business development, Refined Fuels
Creating a more fuel-efficient fleet should be measured in more than increased mi…
By Ron Jessen, CHS Director of product management and business development, Refined Fuels
Creating a more fuel-efficient fleet should be measured in more than increased mi…
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.
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.
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.”
Implementing advanced safety tech can minimize collisions
Today, the goal at McKenzie Tank Lines is the Holy Grail: zero avoidable collisions among its 275-tractor, 680-tr…
A year into the ‘landmark’ right-to-repair agreement designed to provide independent truck service centers the same diagnostics and repair information the dealer networks receive (ensuring that truck operators have service options a…
Data at the heart of new maintenance tactics
When Dennis Reynolds started the tanker fleet that bears his name some 40 years ago, he believed strongly in the “do-it-…
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…
