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Opinion: The Operating Ratio Paradigm
For 25 years or longer, operating ratio (the ratio of operating expenses to operating revenue) has been a common measure of profitability and efficiency in the truckload transportation industry.
November 25, 2013
Justin Olsen, maintenance director at TCW, breaks down the hidden impact of poor trailer management on operations, compliance and safety.
Opinion: Healthy Youth = Healthy Workforce
The Presidential Youth Fitness Program announced by the Presidents Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition during a recent function in Washington, D.C., provides a model for fitness education that includes the use of a health-related fitness assessment and educational and motivational tools that support educators and encourage students to adopt an active lifestyle.
November 11, 2013Opinion: Neglected Tires, Deflated Reputation
Excessive roadside service calls are a major symptom of a dysfunctional fleet operation, the sort whose pickup-and-delivery times are less than dependable and whose truck downtime is costing the head office big bucks for lost business and expensive repairs. And the No. 1 cause of roadside service calls is tires.
November 4, 2013Opinion: Setting ATAs Priorities
Every year at the Management Conference & Exhibition, American Trucking Associations selects a new chairman. I am immensely grateful for the opportunity to serve you all this year.
October 28, 2013Opinion: Many Positive Changes in One Year
As our industry adds more and more safety technology, an increasing number of your trucks have equipment installed that alerts drivers and dispatchers when the vehicle changes lanes.
October 21, 2013Opinion: Transportation Techs Tipping Point
Theres no denying that technology is rapidly changing the shipping and logistics industry. These changes are making warehousing more efficient, dispatching faster, planning easier and communications smoother and thats just the tip of the technological iceberg.
October 14, 2013Opinion: Working to Change Truckings Image
It was about this time last year that I had the privilege of addressing you in these pages as I started my year as chairman of American Trucking Associations.
October 7, 2013Opinion: Environmentalists and Trucking
The word green today means far more than the color of money. It refers to a set of practices and positions that embrace efforts to reduce mankinds impact on the earths environment.
September 23, 2013Opinion: Appreciating the Everyday Miracle
We often fail to notice things until theres a problem. When you go to the light switch, you expect when you hit it that the lights will come on.
September 16, 2013Opinion: The Nat-Gas Conversion Bandwagon
The adoption of natural gas as a transportation fuel continues to pick up speed. It is no surprise to me: I spent more than 30 years in the waste business and was the CEO of Republic Services, which is now the nations second-largest waste services provider, when the industry began to consider transitioning from diesel, a fuel we had used for decades. I understand the challenges in making the decision to switch to natural gas.
September 9, 2013