Guest Voices features contributed posts from members of the trucking and transportation industry on a variety of current issues. (Opinions of the authors are their own and may not reflect those of HDT.)
The trucking industry is full of smart people with access to massive amounts of digital data on nearly everything. Which begs the question: How is it that the industry can’t seem to predict multi-year supply chain disruptions or component and asset shortages?
The supply chain has always been dynamic, but these past two years have created a “perfect storm” of challenges. Yet these challenges also create opportunities for growth and improvement.
NACFE's Rick Mihelic muses on the issue of women in industry, from the days of Rosie the Riveter to today's efforts to make trucking a more diverse industry, in this Guest Voices blog post.
What do the 2021 Best Fleets to Drive For have in common? Discover four trends that can help your fleet keep drivers happy in this Guest Voices blog.
The COVID pandemic has created a spike in fraudulent claims targeting vocational trucks by instigating staged accidents, which involves maneuvering an unsuspecting employee driver into an intentional crash in order to make a false insurance claim or to file a lawsuit against the company if it is self-insured.
Implementing an effective fleet safety program requires these seven elements, says this author. How does your fleet's program stack up?
The COVID pandemic forced an industry shift. The trucking and logistics industries will continue to look to technology adoption such as payment platforms to meet new safety and cost demands.
Daniel Lilley of Werner Enterprises, a 2020 HDT Truck Fleet Innovator, anticipates seeing the continued digitization of the supply chain.
Underperforming vehicles are even more of a drag to a fleet's bottom line than downtime, contends this author. What can you do about it?
The Reason Foundation’s Robert Poole suggests the Interstate System should have state-of-the-art service plazas, and that three factors may lead to support for reconsideration of the no-commercial-services rule for interstate rest areas.
With short seller “investigative reports,” tightly spun narratives set public opinion that can crash a stock by the end of the day. Shouldn’t a company’s valuation be based on the performance of finished product and meeting production timelines? Asking for Lordstown Motors.
Are the tips and tricks for getting the most out of a virtual event the same for their in-person counterparts? In some cases yes, but there are several differences.
In 2021, legacy issues like driver shortage and higher insurance costs will persist, and there’s no end to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. A risk management expert's outlook.
With the start of a new year and new administration in D.C., we are likely to see major shifts in the commercial trucking industry, particularly in the form of regulations that focus on speed limits and electric vehicles.
Why one cleantech entrepreneur is convinced the 2020s will one day be remembered as a golden age of rapid innovation in deploying clean energy solutions – including electric fleet vehicles – at scale.
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