This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Enterprise Fleet Summit on Wednesday.
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This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Enterprise Fleet Summit on Wednesday.
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Maintaining Maintenance on the Road with Tyler Harden
DETAILS: TTN Fleet Solutions’ Tyler Harden and FreightWaves’ Mary O’Connell break down the best practices for brake maintenance timing, the evolving landscape of roadside maintenance, and CVSA Brake week impact on maintenance schedules.
KEY QUOTES FROM HARDEN: “[For brake checks,] an 88.4% success ratio leaves a lot to be desired. So you...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/regular-truck-maintenance-can-save-time-and-money-for-fleets
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC:
How enterprise fleets can promote health to drivers to improve their overall quality of life on the road
DETAILS:
Mark Manera, CEO and founder of Supply Chain Fitness, speaks with Mary O’Connell of FreightWaves about the health of truck drivers and why companies should not only invest in drivers’ health, but find ways to make drivers feel engaged in their benefits and care.
KEY QUOTES FROM MANERA:
“When you look at anyone trying to be healthy, if you’re in an office, if you’re...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mark-manera-talks-driver-health-barriers-to-care
This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Enterprise Fleet Summit on Wednesday.
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Emerging tech in fleet management
DETAILS: Marc El Khoury, co-founder and CEO of aifleet, a tech-driven trucking company with about 200 employee drivers, and FreightWaves’ Brielle Jaekel discuss the so-called driver shortage and ways El Khoury’s company uses proprietary AI technology to increase driver utilization.
KEY QUOTES FROM EL KHOURY:
On retaining drivers: “The purpose of the company...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/aifleet-ceo-discusses-use-of-ai-to-boost-driver-utilization
This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Enterprise Fleet Summit on Wednesday.
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Navigating an ever-changing safety landscape
DETAILS: Daniel Patterson, director of safety at truckload carrier Western Express, discusses the ways his company is addressing safety challenges in trucking.
KEY QUOTES FROM PATTERSON:
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This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Enterprise Summit on Wednesday.
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC:The pros and cons of fleet electrification
DETAILS: Tony Williamson, director of business development and sustainability at Gage Zero, says drayage companies have to explore how to fit electric trucks into their fleets because of state and federal regulations. Gage Zero is a developer and operator of charging infrastructure for truck fleets.
KEY QUOTES FROM WILLIAMSON:On the pressure to reduce...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/drayage-fleets-need-education-to-learn-benefits-of-electrification
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC:
Driver recruiting and retention in a challenging freight environment
DETAILS:
Chris Schoate, vice president for driver recruiting and retention at Houston-based Gulf Winds International, talks with FreightWaves about driver recruitment and retention in a post-pandemic job market.
KEY QUOTES FROM SCHOATE:
“The one big change that I saw that happened in the COVID transition was pay was number one. It was 100% pay; that was the main thing. And while pay is obviously going to be a...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/chris-schoate-shares-insights-on-driver-hiring-retention
This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Enterprise Fleet Summit on Wednesday.
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How fleets can attract and retain more women in a male-dominated industry
DETAILS: In this interview, Jennifer Hedrick, president and CEO of the Women in Trucking Association, covers the current state of women in the trucking industry, challenges they face and strategies to attract more women. Hedrick describes successful initiatives, the importance of mentorship, effective marketing...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/women-in-trucking-focuses-on-mentorship-inclusive-workplaces
On Episode 736 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, Dooner is coming to you live from FreightWaves’ Enterprise Fleet Summit.
Covenant’s Matt McLelland stops by the studio to share impressions of his new Cybertruck and to let us know what it is teaching him about electrifying fleets.
Estes and Optym partnered on LTL optimization and solutions for a few years now. Now, Kory Harb from Optym and Joshua Newton from Estes talk about how to work with vendors as long-term partners.
Tag-N-Trac uses labels to create...
Harman Cheema, president and CEO of Cheema Freightlines LLC, predicts the trucking industry will see more consolidation and fewer new entrants, and will draw more attention from “serious truckers.”
Cheema was the keynote speaker at FreightWaves’ Enterprise Fleet Summit virtual event on Wednesday. He was joined by FreightWaves staff writer Grace Sharkey in a discussion on the future of trucking.
“I think the industry is getting more expensive — whether it’s autonomous technology or greener fuels,...