I recently wrote an IdeaXchange blog on how preventive maintenance (PM) helps control the TCO of a fleet’s vehicles, especially during a time where supply chains are still strained, new trucks are not available, and diesel prices continue to be volatile. Unscheduled and unexpected downtime can negatively affect that TCO […]
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Today, businesses are having difficulty filling positions within their organization; however, for our industry, this difficulty is one we’ve been facing for a very long time, especially when it comes to diesel technicians (as well as the ongoing driver shortage). And it’s not getting better any time soon. According to […]
The job of a fleet manager keeps getting more complex and more challenging. Today, fleet managers face supply chain issues that are forcing fleets to extend the lifecycle of existing vehicles due to, not just a lack of new trucks, but a shortage of components and parts as well. There […]
Every business today is facing unprecedented challenges. Many of these challenges have been ongoing or have occurred in the past; the problem today is that all of these challenges are happening at the same time resulting in a tsunami of obstacles to growth. Private fleets are hardly immune; they face […]
If you don’t have regularly scheduled maintenance for your fleet, that’s a threat you can expect to surface, sooner or later. Click here to learn more...
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the talk was all about shortages of PPE, toilet paper, and a plethora of other items. The trucking industry, and specifically truck drivers, were heroes at that point in time, making sure vital products got to their destination, even at the expense of […]
Tracking trends, or trend analysis, is how businesses often try to comprehend the current state of what is happening in their industry and how that translates to outlooks for the future. Businesses use knowledge of these trends for forecasting, budgeting, hiring, technology acquisition, and more. BUT…sometimes trends suddenly shift due […]
When unplanned downtime takes place for any vehicle in your fleet, the potential losses can negatively impact your bottom line. It doesn’t have to be that way. Challenges for fleets just seem to be mounting, from high diesel costs to parts and components shortages to the proverbial driver and tech […]
Whether it’s the pandemic, lack of new truck allocations, parts shortages, inflation, high diesel prices, or a need for more qualified technicians, the trucking industry (along with most other businesses) is facing increasing headwinds. That’s forcing CEOs, CFOs, and Fleet Managers to find ways to cut costs. The biggest mistake […]