Last year, I posted a blog about the many challenges our industry was facing. As we welcome a new year, some of those challenges have grown less pressing…others have increased in intensity. This blog will look at how things have changed (or haven’t) and how the industry should move forward. […]
Disruption
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Change is inevitable…that doesn’t mean people have to like it. And they generally don’t, especially in the workplace. Whether it’s a Fortune 500 company, a mid-size clothing manufacturer, or a private fleet, change is constant. Just think of all the changes we’ve gone through in the last decade. Those changes […]
Let’s start this with a “once upon a time” thought. Once upon a time, cybercriminals who wanted to breach your systems had to have technical knowledge and skills that enabled them to infiltrate your systems to capture your most sensitive data. Not anymore. Now, the most effective and cheapest way […]
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 […]
A recent article in freightwaves.com discussed the many challenges the trucking industry faces today. Citing the American Transportation Research Institute’s (ATRI) annual survey of carrier and commercial driver concerns, the article noted that the top concern was the uncertainty of the U.S. economy. This was followed by truck parking, fuel […]
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? […]
Fleet managers have to deal with scheduling delays that keep drivers from reaching their destination; disruptions like traffic congestion, severe weather conditions, breakdowns, and changing regulations. These disruptions occur before the truck arrives at a facility to either load or unload its cargo. But there is another delay that costs […]
Fleets and, of course, their drivers have their primary goal as getting their product to its destination and loading or unloading it in a safe and timely manner. But there are challenges to achieving that goal. Drivers have to contend with traffic congestion (whether that’s due to regular volume on […]
Along with all of the advantages technology has afforded to fleets come major challenges as well. High up on that list, if not topping it, is the threat of cyberattacks. We continually read about attacks that disrupt the supply chain and the ancillary businesses. For fleets, these cyberattacks pose threats […]