The annual CVSA inspection is still a couple of months away, but it’s never too early to check out your fleet’s status. For thirty years, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has conducted a once-a-year inspection blitz for commercial vehicles. The Roadcheck’s purpose is to have CVSA-certified inspectors use this time […]
Bridget Bradshaw
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TMC’s new VMRS Code Key 24 lets fleet and truck owners know exactly the status of each repair for an in-the-shop vehicle. You need every vehicle in your fleet to be in the best condition possible and, when maintenance or repairs are needed, you need to know how soon that […]
What’s the downside to immediate gratification? A lack of appreciation and the loss of anticipation. Normally, my blogs center around issues facing the trucking and truck leasing industry and, to some extent, today’s blog continues to do so, but only peripherally. Philosophical musing isn’t normally my milieu but a February […]
Making big changes can be quite expensive, but you don’t have to spend a lot to see significant positive changes. In a recent IdeaXchange blog, Jane Clark cautioned businesses to not expect to find that one “Big Thing that will suddenly make us 50 percent more productive.” In reality, it’s […]
You invest a lot of money in keeping your systems from being hacked but trouble may be coming from unexpected places. Last month, attendees at the AmeriQuest Symposium were made aware of a form of hacking that is much harder to combat because it’s coming from the inside. Well, not […]
The US Department of Transportation expects a greater need for freight transportation over the next few decades. Will your fleet be ready for the expansion? Businesses are often so focused on the next quarter or the next fiscal year, they become short sighted when it comes to the future. Yet […]
In the third in a series of blogs on tire selection and maintenance, Joe Puff tells CCJ readers why choosing a tire manager is an important step towards getting better results. One of the major expenditures that fleets face is the cost of tires, yet, according to Joe Puff, vice […]
Your chosen candidate has accepted your job offer. That doesn’t mean your role is complete…far from it. In today’s market, qualified candidates get snapped up by employers relatively quickly. So once you’ve found, interviewed, and hired the right person, it’s important to take the steps necessary to make that employee […]