Matt Copot, contributor

Matt Copot is vice president of maintenance at Transervice Logistics Inc., and is responsible for overseeing the company’s warranty, purchasing, quality assurance, fleet systems and training programs.

4 key maintenance areas to analyze for improvement

Making data-driven decisions enables fleet managers to optimize maintenance schedules and enhance the overall performance of the fleet.

June 23, 2023

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The importance of being on top of your preventive maintenance

Implementing a well-designed maintenance program can improve safety, reduce equipment downtime, increase productivity and improve regulatory compliance.

May 18, 2023

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In-house versus outsourced maintenance

Twenty percent of fleets do maintenance in-house, 46% use outsourced service providers and 34% use a combination of both.

March 24, 2023

Outsourced fleet maintenance involves hiring a third-party provider to manage these tasks and is often favored by companies with multiple OEM’s, a multi-location footprint, or those leasing their equipment prefer outsourcing.

Seven steps to best-in-class data aggregation and analysis

Fleets have a large flow of data at their disposal and fleet managers must determine what they would like to measure.

February 27, 2023

Fleet repair shops can help improve fuel efficiency

A fleet's service shop can play a key role in improving fuel economy by focusing on tire pressure, proper engine parameter settings and oil drain intervals.

February 2, 2023

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Battery electric

Vehicle sustainability overview

If 50 Class 8 tractors were on peak charge at the same time, they would use 9 MW of electricity – the equivalent of the power used for the Empire State Building.

December 20, 2022

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Preventive maintenance’s role in maximizing asset life

Changing PM schedules – or moving to a predictive maintenance model – is predicated on having data that enables the tracking of costs, warranty and parts pricing, along with other key performance indicators (KPIs) that are important to you.

October 12, 2021

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Controlling maintenance costs

Maintenance decisions should be based on what makes the most sense given an application and the duty cycle of vehicles.

June 1, 2021

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How to make more informed asset purchase decisions

Maintenance and repair data will also show abnormally high-cost trends that you should analyze and leverage in the component specification selection process.

May 11, 2021

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Performance evaluation a coaching, retention tool

Depending on whether the technician is hitting this goal, you may need to change the goal or provide the tech with additional training.

April 8, 2021

A properly structured performance evaluation can help technicians improve performance and allow managers to lay out career development opportunities.

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Repeal of truck emissions regs 'doesn’t help the trucking industry'

The GHG3 final rule had been derided as a de facto electric truck mandate.

If finalized, this proposal would remove all greenhouse gas standards for light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles and heavy-duty engines, starting with EPA’s first greenhouse gas regulations set in 2010 for light-duty vehicles and those set in 2011 for medium-duty vehicles and heavy-duty vehicles and engines – which includes off-cycle credits like the much hated start-stop feature on most new cars.

EPA set to unravel 'disastrous' federal trucking emissions regulations

OneCompass Holdings has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase all the assets of Koleaseco Inc., a respected asset-based transportation provider with over 30 years of operational excellence.

Hyway Transportation parent acquiring Michigan fleet

Hub Group's acquisition of Marten Intermodal more than doubles the intermodal giant's temp-controlled business.

Hub Group acquires Marten's intermodal business

Schneider is the only carrier that operates a single-rail cross-border intermodal solution and has rapidly grown its intermodal market share of cross-border freight between the United States and Mexico, while setting industry benchmarks in speed, security and reliability on the CPKC rail network.

Schneider's business is booming at the border