The truck driver shortage issue doesn’t seem to get better, and driver health problems just make it worse. Here’s a sobering statistic: A 2015 study from the CDC found that absenteeism cost employers just under $226 billion annually in productivity. With an aging workforce, that number is expected to only […]
You can’t control the weather, but you can control how you prepare for it by making sure that every vehicle in your fleet is in the best condition possible. Breakdowns can happen no matter how well prepared you are, but mitigating the likelihood is actually easier than you might think. […]
My August trip was a quick one—a direct flight from Chicago to Denver. For anyone who has never been there, Denver is The West. It’s not just in the western part of the United States. It is The West—cowboy hats, belt buckles, buckin’ broncs’, wide open spaces West. It may […]
NationaLease held its Canadian Leadership Summit on November 12-14 at the Four Seasons in Vancouver. The meeting began with a reception on Monday night to welcome the members and suppliers in attendance. Tom Coffey, General Manager of Alliance Leasing, Ltd., a NationaLease Member, and this year’s meeting chair kicked off […]
It seems as though we’ve been talking about major infrastructure investment forever. Do we finally have a chance to move forward? Everybody knows how bad our roads, highways, and bridges are and that includes all drivers, personal and commercial. If you’ve ever driven your car over a pothole and blew […]
New technology is often a source of excitement and that is certainly holding true for battery electric vehicles. Just last week, my IdeaXchange blog covered the future of electric trucks and the pros and cons that will impact how great the volume of these new vehicles will be. This week, […]
Last week, FleetOwner posted an article, State of private fleets in 2018: Part I, which details how the future looks quite positive for private fleets. The article notes that the number, volume and value of shipments continue to rise with no end to growth expected in the near future. This […]
Although the benefits of blockchain technology are many, perhaps one of the main ones is the building of trust. In today’s era, where bots seem to rule the web and every day a new data breach seems to rear its ugly head, the ability to trust that what you see […]