Technology & Maintenance Council News Updates

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Optimizing Your Fleets Tractor Life Cycle

"Keep, trade or sell. Thats the age-old question that often keeps fleet managers and executives up at night when it comes to vehicle acquisition. Sound familiar?

July 18, 2025
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyTradeshows

TMC Heads Back to Raleigh With Revamped Competitions

The event, scheduled for Sept. 15-19, will take place in Raleigh, N.C., a city thats hosted a number of TMC gatherings in the past most recently in 2019.

September 5, 2024
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

TMC/FleetNet America Reports Spike in Unscheduled Roadside Repairs

Fleets experienced an increase in unscheduled roadside maintenance from the end of 2020 through the first quarter of 2021, according to benchmarking data compiled by service data program developer FleetNet America and the Technology & Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations.

July 7, 2021
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

Experts: Trucking Companies Should Use Data Collected to Improve Margins, Decrease Downtime

ARLINGTON, Va. Trucking companies that effectively mine the data generated by their operations can free up time and capital to invest in other areas of their businesses, experts said at an industry meeting here.

June 27, 2019
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyLogisticsTop 100

Prognostics Takes Shape as the Future of Truck Repair

Condition-based maintenance is coming to commercial vehicles, and bringing with it transformative possibilities to expand real-time operational insights, foster an improved warranty process and, perhaps, accelerate sales of replacement parts, experts said.

April 11, 2019
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentAutonomous

Cyberattacks Called a Growing Threat to Trucking Industry

RALEIGH, N.C. The threat of cyberattacks to the trucking and logistics industries is real, the number of attacks are growing and each attack has the potential to cripple a company, according to a panel of experts June 6 at the Fleet Data Management and Cybersecurity Conference here.

June 7, 2018
BusinessTechnology

Data Takes Center Stage at Maintenance and Cybersecurity Conference

RALEIGH, N.C. In todays trucking industry, data is king. Thats a theme running though the Technology & Maintenance Council Fleet Data Management & Cybersecurity Conference.

June 6, 2018
Perspective

Opinion: TMC Provides Critical Trucking Forum

The trucking industry would not be able to move 70.1% of the nations freight tonnage without great equipment, reliable technology and millions of technicians working behind the scenes to make sure every component of the tractor-trailer is in working order.

July 21, 2017