Transportation Not his first rodeo: Part 2 October 21, 2015 The story so far… Mark has some time to kill in Saskatchewan and comes across a local paper advertising a truck roadeo that weekend. Mark enters, but right…
Transportation Not the boss of you October 21, 2015 Right now I have four files on my desk that are clients wanting to incorporate their business. Two clients want corporations for contract employment. One is a truck…
Health & Safety Eat your way to a sharper mind October 21, 2015 To keep your business going, you have to remember and continually process many details every day – loads, routes, deadlines, detours, rest stops, fuelling stations, hours-of-service, etc. Since…
Transportation Customers: The good, the bad and the grumpy October 21, 2015 Effective communication starts with establishing a set of facts and then developing a strategy on how to convey them to your target audience. Here’s a fact the trucking…
Transportation How to reduce your fuel bill for free October 21, 2015 One thing that has been constant in the trucking industry since the advent of the motor vehicle, is a company’s fuel bill is always one of its highest…
Health & Safety Prepare for winter before the snow arrives October 21, 2015 Few driving conditions are more welcoming than a beautiful fall day. Leaves add a touch of colour to the landscape. Temperatures fall somewhere between the need for air…
Business Management Addition by subtraction October 21, 2015 I’m confused. That should surprise no one, but let me explain what confuses me this time. First, I need to re-iterate how my mind works. I don’t have…
Transportation How to keep your aftertreatment system from ‘eating your lunch’ October 21, 2015 ORLANDO, Fla. — Complex emissions aftertreatment systems such as diesel particulate filters (DPFs) and selective catalytic reduction (SCR) have been attached to trucks for more than five years…
Health & Safety Got an itch? October 21, 2015 Tinea cruris, more commonly known as jock itch, is a fungal infection that affects the skin of the inner thighs, buttocks and genitals. The reason…
Health & Safety In-cab cameras and the arrival of real-time liability October 21, 2015 The real-time capture of data is introducing a real-time liability risk if the data is not acted on
Transportation Electronic vehicle inspection reports reduce waste, save time October 21, 2015 ORLANDO, Fla. — Transitioning to electronic driver vehicle inspection reports (e-DVIRs) can save money and improve efficiency, but only if carefully implemented. That was the take-away from a…
Transportation Leading from the driver’s seat October 21, 2015 Last month I used the phrase ‘crisis in leadership,’ to stimulate some conversation about how the continuing trend of mergers and acquisitions by large trucking companies affects the…
Power lift preview image Transportation Power lift October 21, 2015 Moving a huge transformer to northern Quebec required lots of planning, heavy equipment
Transportation When less really is more October 21, 2015 If you, like me, had a great Thanksgiving long weekend and returned to work feeling more refreshed because of it, take the next step and ask yourself this…
Transportation Six tips to reduce ATS-related issues October 21, 2015 In a Technology & Maintenance Council panel discussion on aftertreatment systems (ATS), OEM representatives offered a few tips on how to reduce aftertreatment-related repairs and downtime.
