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The Big Picture

Dispatch software can provide fleet managers a consolidated view of what's happening with drivers, helping them anticipate and solve problems in advance. Having a fully electronic office to manage dispatch, human resources, accounting and other core processes is expected in today’s business environment. Even so, many ...

By Aaron Huff Published July 1, 2012

Commercial Carrier University

How to Manage Cash Flow The following is an excerpt from How to Manage Cash Flow, a manual produced by Commercial Carrier University and sponsored by Castrol. CCU is an educational program produced by Commercial Carrier Journal that includes business management manuals, seminars aimed at improving ...

By CCJ Staff Published June 1, 2012

Light and Medium Duty Products

Offerings from Jarco, Snap-on, Racor, Meritor and Peak Propane bobtail Jarco’s NexGen propane bobtail features a powder-coated barrel for added paint life and standard stainless-steel piping to combat corrosion, with aluminum modular decking and fenders as options to simplify service. The unit has all-welded liquid piping, a ...

By CCJ Staff Published June 1, 2012

A Mobile Network

New products and services simplify and expand integration between office and mobile devices The basics of onboard computers haven’t changed since Jerry Bartholomew began driving for Schneider National in 1997. While Bartholomew still communicates electronically with the office, what has changed is how structured and accessible ...

By Aaron Huff Published June 1, 2012

UpFront

Predictive analytics: The next step? New technology promises accurate forecasting, allowing fleets to intervene with drivers before accidents occur As the saying goes, “past performance is the best indicator of future results.” In the trucking industry, fleet safety managers increasingly are taking this adage to heart, employing ...

By Jeff Crissey Published June 1, 2012

CCJ Innovators

Tennant Truck Lines Orion, Illinois Raising the bar Tennant Truck Lines owner seeks to instill truckers with pride, opportunity Two years ago, Aaron Tennant was in Wisconsin to meet with a customer to discuss a rate increase. Tennant explained that for his trucking company to continue to provide service, ...

By Aaron Huff Published June 1, 2012

New Products

Wheel charger Clore’s Model No. PL3730 from Solar is a 6/12V intelligent wheel charger that provides three operational modes for auto charge, manual charge and engine start. Auto charge mode utilizes Pro-Logix, an advanced microprocessor-controlled process designed to deliver an optimal charge to each battery serviced, ...

By CCJ Staff Published June 1, 2012

Special Report: Light- and Medium-Duty Equipment Roundup

NG offerings dominate latest products While Class 8 trucks and tractors remain the bread and butter for most North American fleet operations, a growing number of equipment options exist for fleets spec’ing light- and medium-duty vehicles, spanning everything from small urban delivery vans like the Chevy ...

By Jack Roberts Published June 1, 2012

Preventable or Not?

Pizza-panicked polluter pounces on Doe At high noon, comforted by a family-size bag of tasty celery sticks in the passenger seat, John Doe was driving his straight truck eastbound on a sunny stretch of three-lane one-way Porkpie Parkway near Ferndock, Ala. Rolling along in the center ...

By CCJ Staff Published June 1, 2012

Preventable or Not

Doe’s burger delivery not well done After a tasty breakfast of Navajo Tacos at the West Winds Truck Stop in Green River, Utah, trucker John Doe continued his run to locally-famed Cowboy Bill’s All-Beef Burgers to deliver some shrinkwrapped cartons of soybean meal. Later, arriving at ...

By CCJ Staff Published May 3, 2012

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CSA'S Data Trail

Risk & Reward, Part 2: CSA data shows independents at risk

Independent wner-operators have a much greater chance of getting inspected and put out of service than owner-operators and company drivers at large ...