This is the third blog in a series expanding on the issues fleets are facing covered in the January blog by Dean Vicha, President of NationaLease.
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This is the third blog in a series expanding on the issues fleets are facing covered in the January blog by Dean Vicha, President of NationaLease.
This is the second blog in a series expanding on the issues fleets are facing covered in the January blog by Dean Vicha, President of NationaLease.
Every year holds its challenges for our industry and 2023 is no exception to this rule. But these challenges also offer opportunities for businesses to either make the necessary changes or get ready for the changes sure to come.
After nearly three decades in the trucking and transportation industry, I thought I had seen everything. Was I ever wrong! At the end of each year, I look back to make an assessment on what occurred in the trucking industry. This past year needs only one word…DISRUPTION! That disruption, triggered […]
Floods in the South…fires in the West…and a global pandemic! And we haven’t even gotten to the worst of hurricane season. No wonder businesses are reeling. There has rarely been such a confluence of disasters as exists today. An article in FleetOwner covers the wildfires in the West, where the […]
Before any of us had ever heard of COVID-19, there had been an ongoing uptick, year after year, in customers deciding to do their shopping online, from electronics to books to medicines to groceries, et al. Back in April of 2019, CNBC noted that “The total market share of “non-store” […]
We are facing so many crises right now; this is a time when good, believable, and relevant communication within the workplace has rarely been more essential. In a recent IdeaXchange blog I suggested that leaders who have good communication with their employees and their customers will rise above those who […]
Just-in-time (JIT) inventory has been a way for companies to optimize profits for decades. Now we many need to redefine JIT. Toyota is credited with the concept of JIT manufacturing, an inventory manufacturing strategy used to improve profit by only receiving goods as they are needed in the manufacturing process. […]