Exactly one month ago, I posted a blog on this site regarding the disruptive potential of the coronavirus. I had no idea how quickly those concerns would come to pass. When I first posted the blog, “The Bug that Is Impacting Trucking” one month ago, the number of those infected […]
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The hacking that the industry is concerned with right now is not the kind that hacks into your network, but the kind that results in hacking coughs. Instead of a cyber virus, we have a real virus to contend with. It sometimes seems as though there is always something waiting […]
Thankfully, we avoided having to deal with a tariff with Mexico, but how intertwined are we with our Southern neighbor? There was a great deal of anxiety over the last two weeks regarding the possibility of tariffs to be imposed on goods imported from Mexico. Fortunately, that did not happen, […]
Technology has changed everyone’s expectations and that has made it increasingly a challenge for those who deliver the goods. Last week, I wrote an IdeaXchange blog on the need to train technicians for today’s trucks, specifically due to the complicated technology. That technology includes electric vehicles, hybrids, fuel cells, CNG/LNG […]
With the local weather teams predicting the coldest day in recorded history in Chicago, it seemed like a great time to go to Charlotte. Sleet and snow were falling as I slowly made my way to the airport for an early morning flight. I checked my phone repeatedly for alerts that my […]
There is no disputing the fact that e-commerce has completely upended the retail industry; but it’s also affected every aspect of their supply chain … including shipping and delivery. If you had searched for the term “final mile” as it pertains to shipping a decade ago, you would have had […]
How can you tell there’s a desperate shortage of truck drivers? See how much Walmart is offering. Those of us involved in any way in the trucking industry have long been aware of the immensely troubling shortage of qualified drivers. As current drivers age out of the industry, the situation […]
In 1944, the heads of seventeen independent truck leasing companies from all over the US met in Chicago and formed the National Truck Leasing System, which became NationaLease. Although the overarching goal was to promote the truck leasing industry, members soon realized that each of them was also benefitting from […]