Transport Topics
Fleets Must Decide on Buy vs. Lease, When to Sell, Among Other Choices
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How fleets buy, maintain and sell their assets has never been more pivotal than in today’s shifting business landscape.
Electric Trucks to Change How Equipment Is Spec’d
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The brave new world of electric Class 8 trucks dawned in North America with the delivery of two battery-electric Freightliner eCascadia tractors to customers this past August. Penske Truck Leasing and NFI are placing the vehicles into revenue service. With electric-powered trucks, however, comes a fundamental shift in how tomorrow’s freight-hauling equipment will be specified.
Maximizing Truck Maintenance
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Manufacturing first embraced Lean and Six Sigma techniques — tools and strategies to improve business processes — in the 1980s, and the concepts are gaining ground in truck maintenance shops. Those in the trucking industry who have applied Lean or Six Sigma processes said they can cut waste and increase their shops’ efficiency.
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