Categories: Auctions, Fleet Management as a Service, Maintenance, Operations, Rental Operations, Small Fleet

The robust economy is creating record numbers of new jobs and a subsequent labor shortage that is being exacerbated by the large wave of Baby Boomer...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/346322/labor-shortage-increases-but-economic-uncertainty-emerges

Categories: Fleet Management, Maintenance, Operations

Lou Wall was named maintenance manager at Jack Cooper Transport, one of the nation's largest car-hauling fleets.

https://www.truckinginfo.com/132817/jack-cooper-transport-hires-maintenance-manager

Categories: Maintenance, Safety, Small Fleet, Technology

New technologies such as Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) require special equipment and training when service is needed, which create additional...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/348040/vehicle-complexity-increasing-fleet-repair-costs

Categories: Drivers, Equipment, Global Fleet, Operations, Safety, Safety & Compliance

OSHA regs require an employer to provide a workplace (which includes upfitted work vehicles) free from recognized hazards. The best way to make a work truck...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/157341/improving-truck-ergonomics-for-driver-safety

One of the largest vocational fleet segments between the late 1940s and early 1960s was milk home-delivery fleets. It took 15 years for the milk...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10123132/are-vocational-fleets-futureproof-case-study-milk-to-home-delivery-fleets

Categories: Fleet Management, Operations, Safety & Compliance

David Hughes, long-time director, corporate safety & fleet management at Graybar, retired on June 1. Succeeding Hughes as the new director, corporate safety...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/141148/graybar-s-fleet-manager-hughes-retires

Categories: Maintenance, Operations, Small Fleet

Most of the subject matter experts that we spoke to expect an increase in tire prices, although predicting future tire costs is difficult due to variables...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/347832/forecasting-tire-price-trends-in-2020

Categories: Maintenance, Operations, Remarketing, Rental Operations, Small Fleet, Used Vehicle Values

Part and labor prices have increased 4-8%, while part and labor availability have decreased. Due to difficulties sourcing replacement vehicles, fleets are...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10154952/unscheduled-maintenance-costs-increase-3-in-cy-2021

Categories: Operations

A tech’s pay is determined by the type of job and whether they can complete the repair in less time than specified by the flat-rate, which will allow them...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10120948/unpopular-flat-rate-compensation-contributes-to-shortage-of-repair-techs

Categories: Equipment, Operations, Small Fleet, Vehicle OEM, Vehicle Research

Michele Bartlett, Ford’s general manager of commercial and government fleet sales, discusses the outlook for 2017.

https://www.truckinginfo.com/157330/fords-bartlett-discusses-commercial-fleet-outlook