THREE REASONS DIESEL ENGINES CAN BE KEY TO YOUR SUCCESS
Here’s the thing: the trucks you’re running today will experience unplanned downtime. Driver behavior and maintenance schedules impact performance, check engine lights come on, the unexpected happens. Ensuring your trucks meet your high expectations depends largely on the reliability and capability of your diesel engines. Here’s why. 1. When it comes to uptime, reliable engines
How data can influence your best drivers to stick around
Every morning you grab your cup of coffee and scroll through your telematics dashboards, soaking up the fresh data and deciding how to put it to use today. Here’s something to consider: Every bit of data you have on your fleet can be relevant to driver retention and recruitment. Your drivers are concerned about the
How data relates to driver retention
Data has more to do with driver retention than you might first think. In fact, there are lots of ways you can use your data to influence your best drivers to stick around. ELDs, data and driver retention ELDs can be a huge boon to driver safety, route optimization, driver recognition and overall communication, says
Daimler Trucks partners with Platform Science to deliver on-vehicle software solutions
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has partnered with Platform Science, the developer of a platform for on-vehicle mobile applications offering advanced fleet management software solutions. Platform Science will be the primary on-vehicle fleet management software development and distribution partner, DTNA says, enabling customers to purchase and utilize third-party telematics solutions and connectivity services directly from
Volvo Trucks North America announces driver display Activation for remote programming
Volvo Trucks is rolling out a new version of its Remote Programming services called Driver Display Activation. The new service allows drivers to update software and parameters at any time, from anywhere they have cellular service. Remote Programming Driver Display Activation will be available in Q4 of this year. Volvo Trucks says its Remote Programming
Omnitracs announces availability of Strategic Planner
Omnitracs Strategic Planner, a cloud-based product that offers customers a way to analyze, modify and optimize fleet operations, the company announced. Omnitracs Strategic Planner is part of the automated solution for routing, dispatching, mobile workflow, proactive alerting and fleet telematics. Building upon the Omnitracs Territory Planner on-premise solution, the company says the added functionality creates
Lytx launches new driver ID tool
Lytx has announced its new driver identification solution, Lytx Badge, which is designed to help streamline fleet administration. The company says Lytx Badge uses machine vision to make it simpler and easier for fleets to manage driver-vehicle assignments without lost key fobs, radio frequency identification (RFID) tags or other driver identification accessories. Lytx Badge detects
Transport Refrigeration, Inc. is Thermo King’s 2019 North America Dealer of the Year
Thermo King recently presented its 2019 North America Dealer of the Year award to Transport Refrigeration, Inc. at its annual dealer principal meeting. Based in De Pere, Wisconsin (Green Bay area), Transport Refrigeration was honored with the top dealership award in front of fellow dealers and Thermo King management, and was recognized for its leadership
Finding a service location that can turn your truck quickly
Unexpected truck service issues always happen at the worst time in the worst place. Finding a service facility that has bay and technician availability, the right parts, and won’t rake you over the coals in terms of cost can feel like finding an oasis in the middle of a desert. But it doesn’t have to.
Fleet profile: Decker Truck Line
At Decker Truck Line, driver engagement is an all-encompassing affair.
