Hino’s Insight earns Top 20 product ranking
Hino Insight was named one of Heavy Duty Trucking’s Top 20 new products for 2011. The system provides GPS-based, remote fleet management capabilities to drive efficiencies, safety, security, customer satisfaction and green initiatives for fleet operations of all sizes, the company said.
Five truck trend takeaways from July
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not quite ready for the leaves to start falling. The first of August marks the beginning of the end. It’s soon time to turn off the A/C and crank up the heat. Before you know it, Christmas will be right around the corner! … maybe I’m getting
Trailer tracking tips to address theft
Cargo theft ticked up in 2020 during the pandemic and continues to plague fleets. Even the mere threat of a trailer gone missing can cause a cold sweat. So what if you could track it? In the same way you can pinpoint a missing cell phone, you can track a trailer. But it’s not just
Seven steps to fleet safety
Years of rising insurance premiums have pushed fleet operators to their limits, with many insurance carriers mitigating costs through dramatically increased deductibles and reduced coverage, according to the American Transportation Research Institute. Yet, a growing number of carriers are reining in insurance spending – without taking on excess liability – by leveraging advanced fleet safety
Here is where your trucks are getting backed up during deliveries
With stay at home orders in effect across the country, less vehicles on the road means more room for your trucks to runs, so deliveries should be made faster, right? It’s not that simple. Change several of the variables within the supply chain and you see inefficiencies ripple through logistics. To get a bead on
Ideas for reducing equipment costs across your fleet
It’s time to start cutting costs. FTR noted late last week that it views February as likely the last positive for its trucking condition index. Ouch. Not a fun headline. But that’s our short-term reality. Smart fleets will start optimizing its equipment utilization, squeezing out every fraction of fuel efficiency they can, stepping up their
Trailer rightsizing: Increase productivity with the right operational mix
Fleet rightsizing — it’s a task that most fleet managers have had to wrestle with over the past few years. How many trucks are too many and how many are not enough? It’s the classic Goldilocks problem of finding the fleet size that is “just right.” For many fleet managers, the concept of rightsizing first
Optimizing trailer utilization: Using telematics to operate assets more efficiently
Motor carriers are facing industry-altering challenges such as driver shortages, which directly reduce available capacity and thereby the ability to meet the demands of fleet customers.
How to make truck technology work for you
Everyone has problems. The problem is: we don’t all have the same problems. Challenges are often as specific to a fleet as their equipment spec, and when we talk about technology, it’s easy to talk in vague, broad brush strokes about fuel efficiency increases, operational improvements and ROI. It all begs the question: What does
Less Fuel, Less Downtime, More Trucks on the Road: How Technology Can Help
Inefficient procedures that waste time can severely impact any organization. Spending too much time completing tasks that can be automated debilitates you from focusing on what’s most important – managing your fleet.
