News Archive
3 Reasons OEMs Need Cloud-Based Service Relationship Management
Posted in Trucking on September 22, 2016
As a truck or equipment manufacturer, you spend millions, if not billions, of dollars designing and building products that effectively meet customer needs and, hopefully, provide a level of differentiation at the point of sale.
Brake Safety Week Is Here: Check Your Preventive Maintenance Program
Brake SafetyWeek is back.
Between September 11 and September 17, be on the lookout for “law enforcement agencies across North America [that] will conduct inspections on large trucks and buses to identify out-of-adjustment brakes, and brake-system and anti-lock braking system (ABS) violations.”
Driver Retention in the Age of 5% Unemployment
Posted in Trucking on August 22, 2016
With the average age of drivers rising and the driver shortage getting worse, you need to double down on your driver retention efforts.
Does this mean that you need to increase wages?
Selecting the Right Technology Platform for Your Fleet Maintenance
Posted in Fleet Maintenance Software on August 15, 2016
If you’re still manually capturing fleet maintenance data, you’re not alone.
Big Data and Asset Utilization: How OEMs Are Helping Fleets Succeed
Posted in Fleet Utilization and Availability on August 8, 2016
The entire trucking industry is starting to come together to leverage big data to drive profitability and operational efficiency.
Maintenance Analytics: Becoming an Insight-Driven Fleet
Posted in Fleet Maintenance on July 28, 2016
Your phone is ringing. You’ve got trucks lingering at shops for longer than expected. You’re getting terse emails and phone calls from accounting as they struggle to match invoices with estimates and PO numbers, while operations grows increasingly frustrated by the lack of visibility into repair status and promise times impacting their ability to put trucks into planning cycles.
How Improving Fleet Maintenance Boosts Short-Term and Long-Term Success
Posted in Fleet Maintenance on July 21, 2016
Is Your Fleet Maintenance Management Headed for a Crash?
Posted in Fleet Maintenance on July 14, 2016
Your fleet’s been managing maintenance the same way for years, even decades.
You know your trucks. You know your technicians. You know your local dealers. You know the parts you’re going to need. Your system works just fine. Until it doesn’t.
Improving Communication Between Fleets and Service Providers
Posted in Fleet Maintenance on July 7, 2016
VMRS Codes: Organizing Your Parts and Service Operations
Posted in Fleet Maintenance on July 5, 2016
Whether you’re managing maintenance for an entire fleet or overseeing service and repair operations for a leasing or contract maintenance provider, you need a highly organized system to keep your costs and downtime from spinning out of control.