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• A Rental Success Story: Diving Deeper into Seasonal Demand

  

  The entrepreneurial spark can ignite anywhere, at any time. You just have to be receptive when it does. Paul Arakelian was working for his dad’s chemical compan... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2015 BUSINESS

• How LEAN Can Improve Healthcare Logistics

  

  When the Affordable Care Act was signed into law in 2010, much of the attention focused on the millions of Americans who would now have access to medical care. Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2015 BUSINESS

• Five Tips for a LEAN Refresher for the Retail Season

  

  A retail customer recently wondered whether his organization needed to review its LEAN warehouse and distribution strategy for the coming back-to-school and... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2015 BUSINESS

• Five Ways Logistics Can Tame Bottled Water SKU Proliferation

  

  The beverage industry is awash in SKUs. While beer, energy drinks, spirits, carbonated soft drinks, and ready-to-drink coffee and teas have grown, bottled... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2015 BUSINESS

• Natural Gas Innovation: One Food and Beverage Truck, And Now, One Alternative...

  

  The road to natural gas innovation is being traveled today by one refrigerated vehicle using one fuel source. Where most food and beverage natural gas reefer... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2015 BUSINESS

• New Engine Technology in Used Trucks: A $mart Choice

  

  As clean engine technology has rolled out—first as government policy, then as new OEM equipment—it has sometimes appeared like the Big Bad Wolf to the trucking... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2015 BUSINESS

• Seven Steps to Rethinking Supply Chain Inventory Optimization

  

  Inbound manufacturing inventory management can be a costly challenge, even for the best supply chain and logistics teams. The solution for some, as was written... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2015 BUSINESS

• Fast Forward: Leasing Natural Gas Powered Fleets in Texas and Beyond

  

  2010 – The Texas Clean Transportation Triangle (TCTT) initiative started in 2010 to provide the foundation for a wide scale deployment of natural gas vehicles. Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2015 BUSINESS

• Optimize Your Transportation Network with Ryder TranSync™

  

  The current trends in the trucking industry are staggering. New estimates show the industry is short more than 35,000 drivers and growing. Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2015 BUSINESS

• Special Report: Food Safety and the Supply Chain

  

  If the new Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA) can be summarized in a single phrase, it will transform the food supply chain from reactive to proactive –... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2015 BUSINESS

• Promoting Women in the Trucking Industry

  

  The Women In Trucking Association represents all women employed in the trucking industry. We represent the women who design the trucks, build the trucks, buy th... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2015 BUSINESS

• Oil and Gas Load Securement Standards Make Roads and Sites Safer

  

  The roads that serve as lifelines to the oil and gas exploration and production industry, as well as the well sites themselves, can be dangerous places for truc... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2015 BUSINESS

• Pros and Cons Behind the ‘Nearshore’ Move to Mexico

  

  After almost two decades of offshoring manufacturing across the Pacific, some automotive, technology, aeronautics and consumer electronics companies have decide... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2015 BUSINESS

• The Customer Speaks: Why Surveys Are Important

  

  Oh joy, yet another customer satisfaction survey email in your Inbox. I mean, who has the time for all those, right? Well, perhaps if you knew a bit more about... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 BUSINESS

• 4 Key Takeaways from the Alternative Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo

  

  Transportation as we know it is changing with unprecedented momentum.  This was obvious to over 3,000 participants in the largest clean fleet event in North... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2015 BUSINESS

• Supply Chain Preparedness for Hurricane Season

  

  It’s a common sight in coastal communities under a hurricane alert – convoys of utility, power, refrigerated and supply chain trucks heading toward areas under... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2015 BUSINESS

• 5 Reasons Cross-docking is Changing Retail Warehousing

  

  As retailers see increased store traffic on nights and weekends, smaller on-site inventory storage capacity, and greater competition from e-commerce and online... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2015 BUSINESS

• Spec’ing the Right Trailer for the Job

  

  Owner-operators often report higher revenues, better performance, and greater compliance by running their own trailers. When it comes to spec’ing a trailer,... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2015 BUSINESS

• BevOps 2015: Driver Shortage & Vehicle Costs Challenge Beverage Industry

  

  Between the increasingly challenging driver shortage and rising costs related to vehicle acquisition and ongoing maintenance, the beverage industry faces a... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2015 BUSINESS

• Hiring Our Heroes – A Great Match for the Trucking and Logistics Industries

  

  Every day, the men and women of the military make significant sacrifices to protect our freedom. While we cannot thank them enough for their service, assisting... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2015 BUSINESS