John G Smith Author Gravatar Image Business Management Covid-19 presents truck fleets with a new normal by John G Smith Life is far from normal in these days of Covid-19. Businesses have modified operations or shut doors completely, waiting for news on how and when they can return to work.
Ray Haight Author Gravatar Image Business Management Lower driver turnover and showcase your stars by Ray Haight It’s time to get much more granular when measuring driver turnover. To do this, first focus on sub-categories such as: dispatch board; company driver vs. owner-operators; and entry-level drivers. This exercise…
Mike McCarron Author Gravatar Image Health & Safety The office will be a different place when doors re-open by Mike McCarron As the coronavirus curve continues to flatten, so does the enthusiasm for working exclusively from home. The office is a community and cultural place where chit-chat at the water cooler…
Al Goodhall Author Gravatar Image Health & Safety Recognizing white male privilege by Al Goodhall On May 28, my wife and I sat down together to have our morning coffee. Thursdays are my first full day home each week, so this is when we catch…
Carole McAfee Wallace Author Gravatar Image Health & Safety What if they don’t return to the workplace? by Carole McAfee Wallace As we slowly enter the next phase of the pandemic and businesses start to reopen, some employees are refusing to return to work. They offer a number of reasons for…
Lou Smyrlis Author Gravatar Image Business Management Time to rethink the global supply chain by Lou Smyrlis If supply chain weren’t already a boardroom topic, it quickly became one thanks to Covid-19. One of the most important tests for a supply chain is its resiliency in the…
Ray Haight Author Gravatar Image Business Management How to build an effective in-house driver recruiter strategy by Ray Haight Every company has a visible set of values, whether they know it or not. Whether they have formalized those values in a company statement or not, they exist and are…
Roger McKnight Author Gravatar Image Transportation Petroleum commentary: The world is trying to fight off an invisible enemy by Roger McKnight Making predictions brings out the unpredictable in predicting. In energy reports and observations in the past, I have opined that there are 16 factors that go into the final prices…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Business Management Freight conditions are tough, but are brokers really to blame? by James Menzies While truckers are widely being feted as heroic frontline workers by a suddenly adoring public, there’s a growing sense they’re being taken advantage of within the industry by opportunistic or…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image Equipment Daimler, Volvo venture a breakthrough for hydrogen trucks by Rolf Lockwood Finally, I think a significant corner has been turned in the quest to bring hydrogen to the highway in heavy trucks. And I’m not referring to Nikola, significant though it…
Roger McKnight Author Gravatar Image Transportation Petroleum commentary: Irving just may have woken us all up by Roger McKnight It’s been said by people much smarter than me that “for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction”. I bubble-thought that for a moment or two, and I…
Mike McCarron Author Gravatar Image Transportation Prepare for more trucking industry work at home by Mike McCarron There is no sugarcoating the reality that the world is in the throes of a deep recession. Not a trucker on the planet has experienced anything remotely close to this.
Mike Millian Author Gravatar Image Human Resources There is no better time to recognize your workers by Mike Millian Almost overnight our entire lives changed, both professionally and personally. While some lives were affected much more severely than others, we have all been affected in some way or another.
Al Goodhall Author Gravatar Image Health & Safety We cannot wish Covid-19 away, but we can adapt by Al Goodhall When will we be back to normal? When will this be over? These are the questions most asked about the Covid-19 pandemic these days. I certainly don’t have the answers…
Angela Splinter Author Gravatar Image Transportation Get ready for a rebound from Covid-19 by Angela Splinter Covid-19 has affected our industry and workforce in unprecedented ways. Seemingly overnight, trucking and logistics companies transitioned from busy offices and terminals to remote work and virtual meetings. We…
