For my September road trip, I ventured north to Ontario. Home to Canada’s largest city (Toronto) and capital city (Ottawa), Ontario constitutes over 38% of Canada’s population. I wasn’t there to visit either Toronto or Ottawa on this trip, but a few of Toronto’s surrounding communities instead. I landed at […]
Transportation
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Whether you are a manufacturer expecting a shipment of raw materials or a retailer looking for product to place on the shelves, you depend on these materials and products arriving at their final destination on time. Any delay at any point in the supply chain will negatively impact your business. […]
Electric trucks, autonomous trucks, ELDs, logistics connectivity … the trucking industry is experiencing technological innovation and disruption at an incredible rate. How we adapt to this brave new world matters. My last few IdeaXchange blogs deal with trends, challenges and opportunities that the trucking industry faces. The challenges include government […]
Logistics now plays an even more integral role in actually satisfying customer demand. Businesses that minimize the importance of logistics do so at their peril. The world of buyers and sellers is constantly transforming itself. According to the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), there was a 3,000 percent increase in […]
In May, I decided to head north, hoping that spring had finally arrived in North Dakota. I landed in Fargo quite late at night, and drove directly to the hotel – in the dark, so I wasn’t able to see much. But the next morning was bright and clear as […]
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 […]
This year, the focus is on steering and suspension systems, so both technicians and drivers need to heed any warning signs. Last month, I posted an IdeaXchange blog about the upcoming Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) Roadcheck, which will occur June 4-6. I think, with such a potentially consequential event […]