On January 8, 2010, veteran Chicago trucker Zygmunt Wiechowski lost control of his truck on a snowy I-70 near Springfield, OH. The truck jacknifed and went across the median, striking a bus. The bus driver and three special needs adults were killed in the crash and others were injured. The Ohio Highway Patrol investigators felt that excessive speed was the cause of the accident and Wiechowski was cited for Failure to Yield and Speeding.... Read More

Part III: Achieving an Effective Workforce

Asset utilization and efficiency does not have a comparable cost metric — and for good reason, as fleet equipment generally has predictable costs, such as depreciation and scheduled maintenance. Adding a labor element to an operation brings in three dimensions of variable costs.... Read More

In my last post, I gave you a few ways to determine whether your head was in the right place to become an owner-operator; questions to ponder before deciding to make the transition. ... Read More

My favorite productivity analogy is this - Managing Driver Productivity is like Maintaining a Truck - and the following discussion explains why this analogy is so appropriate.

Truck manufacturers publish, and fleet operating companies establish, preventative maintenance (PM) programs that assure optimal equipment performance. Each component of a truck (engine, drivetrain, fuel system, etc...) has specific maintenance activities and schedules required to keep it running at peak efficiency. ... Read More