While you might not be able to control rising prices, you can make some operational changes to mitigate the impact of those increases on your fleet.
Maintenance
Earlier this year, an article in Forbes detailed the many challenges that the fleet industry faces. The article noted that the American Transportation Research Institute’s (ATRI) annual survey showed that the state of the economy was the fifth highest concern for the industry. As the article stated at the time, […]
It may have felt like spring throughout most of October and November; however, just over the past week or two, winter has roared into parts of the country with blinding snowstorms. That’s why this is certainly the appropriate time to discuss, once again, the top tips to winterize your fleet. […]
When something goes wrong with a truck, a root cause analysis can help make sure that it does not happen again.
You know a situation is getting worse when you see the same issue occupying a lot of space in the trade publications. Just last week, an article in FleetOwner and one in Transport Topics addressed the high costs the trucking industry faces from an increase in traffic congestion…to the tune […]
Some things you are able to control. Others are completely beyond your control and that can be extremely unsettling for people, including those in charge of making sure businesses operate effectively. Just three years after the COVID pandemic struck, who would have envisioned the world once again in such turmoil? […]
The seemingly eternal search for commercial truck drivers is always a major topic that concerns fleets and is always listed as one of the top issues troubling trucking fleets. I’ve certainly written about that myself over the past years; however, almost as big a concern as the driver shortage is […]
Saving money in your maintenance operations starts with knowing where that money is going in the first place.