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• 6 Tips for a Successful Transition to Natural Gas

  

  It’s a persistent challenge for food and beverage transportation managers: How to squeeze the last drop of fuel efficiency from each mile traveled, while also... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2015 BUSINESS

• Minimize Supply Chain Disruption with End-to-End Visibility

  

  It may seem like disruptions in your supply chain are frustrating inevitabilities, but that’s only half true. While they are inevitable, they don’t have to be... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2015 BUSINESS

• Mentoring as a Valuable Talent Retention Approach

  

  Remember your first day on the job? You had so many questions, but you weren’t always sure who to ask. Whether it was learning where to store your lunch or coat... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2015 BUSINESS

• True “Smart” Phones Have a Fuel Tracking App

  

  Here’s some sage advice found at TruckingInfo.com: “Proper record keeping is a fundamental key to ‘Operating Smart’. Whether large or small, successful... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2015 BUSINESS

• The Dangers of Driving in Severe Winter Weather

  

  In the United States, extreme weather is associated with 7,000 fatalities, 800,000 injuries and more than 1.5 million crashes annually, with an estimated... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2015 BUSINESS

• Stop Monday Morning Quarterbacking Your CPG Transportation System

  

  What if you had real time visibility into where your transportation system was losing time and money and could take nearly immediate action to stop it? If you... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2015 BUSINESS

• Filtering Waste with a LEAN Supply Chain

  

  When it comes to your supply chain, if something doesn’t add value, it should be eliminated. That is how LEAN supply chains operate. Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2015 BUSINESS

• Which New Trucking Laws Affect the Secondary Market?

  

  It’s been quite a year for new trucking industry regulations. In the first half, truckers came under increased legal scrutiny for everything from stricter... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2015 BUSINESS

• Hiring Our Veterans: How the Trucking Industry Enlists Military Vets for New...

  

  In the search for a steady stream of new drivers, technicians, and office personnel, trucking, transportation and logistics companies are increasingly turning t... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2015 BUSINESS

• Keep Your Fleet and Drivers Safe This Winter

  Severe winter weather can wreak financial havoc on your business. With record-shattering snow last year, drivers and fleet managers relied on Ryder’s Winter... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2015 BUSINESS

• 7 Ways Safety, Efficiency, LEAN Are Linked Across the Oil & Gas Supply Chain

  

  A safe work environment is larger than the Safety Department. Creating a LEAN culture of continuous improvement as a method of driving results and sustainabilit... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2015 BUSINESS

• Beer Distributors Need to Flex to Gain Market Share

  

  The buzz at the recent National Beer Wholesalers Association’s (NBWA) convention was all about the boom in the number of breweries. And it’s no wonder. The U.S. Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2015 BUSINESS

• Create Safer Frac Site Logistics by Linking Technology and Personnel

  

  The frac environment can be a dangerous – or safe – place. It depends on the attention fleet managers pay to logistics operations, vehicle technology, and drive... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2015 BUSINESS

• Collaborating to Address the Transportation Network Gap

  

  It does not take a university professor to communicate to those in the transportation industry that as Bob Dylan so eloquently said “the times they are a... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2015 BUSINESS

• Case Study Reveals How Transportation Strategy Helps Florida Nursery Business...

  

  In 2010, Eric Cord, President of Windmill Farms Nurseries in Central Florida, realized he was in the wrong business. His nursery was booming, and national... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2015 BUSINESS

• Holiday Outlook 2015: Get Ready for Anything

  

  "If you recall, for fleets and owner-operators, fourth quarter 2014 provided a welcomed year-over-year improvement compared to the same period in 2013, about a... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2015 BUSINESS

• Beverage Distributor Taps 3 Green Benefits in Move to Natural Gas

  

  When Golden Eagle Distributors moved much of its fleet from diesel to compressed natural gas, the company did more than lower its costs and carbon footprint. Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2015 BUSINESS

• Oil & Gas Logistics Safety: Root-Cause Analysis Analyzes, Defines, Fixes

  

  It is often said that the only good thing that can come out of a workplace injury is that we learn how not to have a repeat occurrence. Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2015 BUSINESS

• 4 Steps to Maximizing Big Data for Automotive Logistics

  

  Automotive logistics is immersed in big data. Consider the sources. There are 14 OEMs in North America, with 76 plants planned or currently in operation... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2015 BUSINESS

• Webinar Recap: How Full Service Lease Helps Diaz Foods Cut Costs, Boost Service

  

  To its customers, Diaz Foods is a trusted provider of 6,000 dry, refrigerated, and frozen products sourced from throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2015 BUSINESS