From diesel to alternative fuels to hybrid to electric, the trucking industry is constantly searching for ways to optimize their fleets while still satisfying business needs. In reality, electric vehicles have been around since the late 1800’s, including cars developed by Ferdinand Porsche, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford, but as […]
Jane Clark
If the recent ransomware attack on the Colonial pipeline showed us anything, it exposed how vulnerable every business is. So how do you fight back against an unseen enemy? On April 30,, an article on the BBC News website was titled “The ransomware surge ruining lives.” Few articles could have […]
With the International Roadcheck for 2021 just a few days away, make sure you’ve done your due diligence with respect to every vehicle in your fleet. We know it’s coming every year, and yet we never seem to be fully prepared for it. Of course, I’m talking about the Commercial Vehicle Safety […]
There are few things that everyone in an industry agrees upon; however, it would be hard to find people in our industry who don’t consider fixing the U.S. infrastructure as high up on the wish list of things that need to be accomplished. That’s why I look at the American […]
It’s often said that “necessity is the mother of invention.” COVID made it necessary to find different ways to do business…and some of those “inventions” may be around for a while. Earlier this year, I posted an IdeaXchange blog discussing trends in hiring focused on issues like generations and diversity. […]
The supplier-customer relationship is the most important relationship a business has, whether that business is B2C or B2B. What are you doing to make it the best it can be? When it comes to servicing customers, obviously the most important factor is making sure you deliver the product or service […]
We had posted these 11 tips before the extreme weather hit. After the past week, these tips are more important than ever. Unless you’ve gone completely off the grid for the past week, you’ve probably seen the horrifying images of mass catastrophe pileups caused by ice and snow, including a […]
There is light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. But some trends have emerged that will affect businesses for the long haul. There have been a number of announcements over the past week that are positive, but there are warning signs within that news. On a positive note, vaccinations […]