Future Wishes for the Work Truck Industry
From improved charging networks to predictive maintenance, and more trucks, here are just a few wishes for a bright work truck future:
Executive Editor Lauren Fletcher shares her thoughts on vocational work truck and van fleets and keys to fleet management success and growth. Covering the fleet industry since 2006, she shares insights and advice to increase success.
From improved charging networks to predictive maintenance, and more trucks, here are just a few wishes for a bright work truck future:
Many fleet managers, and drivers, are burned out on tire maintenance tips. Just like tire tech is advancing, so should the ways you communicate about their value to your fleet.
Stress. We all deal with it. Much has been written about stress and challenges fleet managers face on a day-to-day basis, but what about drivers?
School time compounds traffic issues and adds a lot more for drivers to pay attention to versus the summer months.
Data is important. But how do you determine what data is essential for your fleet and how do you ensure it’s accurate so it can become actionable?
Launched in March of 2007, Work Truck has been educating vocational truck, van, and SUV fleet managers for the past 15 years.
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.
Fleet managers already understand the value of maintaining their truck fleets. A truck that isn’t running isn’t working. But do you know how can a maintenance management program help?
This pandemic has thrown the world for a loop, and the ride is not over. And throughout it all, the vocational truck fleet industry has worked tirelessly, keeping deliveries on schedule and ensuring that necessary services were still being done to help people stay safely home.
Today, the sky is the limit with alternative-fuels and propulsion systems being developed, tested, and produced for the work truck industry.
Work Truck’s annual accident trends report will likely be an anomaly for years to come. It’s clear that the first few months of the year have been incredibly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. But, it’s not all COVID-related impacts.
To say operating a fleet in 2020 is “challenging” would likely be the biggest understatement of the year. Nothing is the same as it was in 2019. Even if your operations never stopped, there are likely big changes you have had to deal with.
Varying lead times, a continued focus on safety and green transportation, and concern over aesthetics are just a few trends occurring with vocational truck and van upfits right now.
Right now, as the coronavirus has become a part of everyday life, everyone is thinking and talking about a return to “normal.” How do we return to our new fleet normal, and what is that going to look like possibly? Here are a few factors to consider and suggestions to navigate the current fleet waters:
During difficult times, how do you keep your morale up, and uplift the spirits of your drivers, too?
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