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By the time you read this, it will be 2021 and we will all be looking behind at what some of us likely consider one of the worst years of the 21st century. 2020 was the year of COVID-19, economic meltdowns, political turmoil both at home and abroad, and many other crises. And in the … Read more
This will not be the first time we have talked about smart trailers at the QuickTSI blog, and likely won’t be the last. Why? Because as they increase in popularity, you can expect to see more of them on the roads. And with the amount of data that can be gleaned from smart trailers, fleets … Read more
It is no secret that, behind the salaries trucking companies pay to their truck drivers, and other costs, such as benefits, fuel is the largest cost associated with running the business. In fact, if we take a look at all the costs fleets have to deal with, they break down in the following ways: 43% … Read more
Welcome to Part I of our two-Part series looking at ELD compliance best practices. In this latest QuickTSI Blog deep dive, we will look at the ELD mandate itself and best practices for using ELDs across a wide array of fleet types and sizes. In Part II, we will take you deep into the technology … Read more
We are now one month into the New Year. As the old saying goes – time flies. And these days it seems to fly ever faster. Before we know it, we will be talking about 2022! But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. We still need to get through 2021 and the outlook is somewhat … Read more
California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program has been in effect for just about 10 years. And in the transportation industry, a lot can happen in 10 years. Over that time, the LCFS has fundamentally changed the way the California’s fuel and transportation industries operate, and its influence has spread to other state and local … Read more
Consumers can be tough cookies to crack. It’s easy for customers to bail on loyalty and test out your competitors. Did you know that most people would say that after just one bad experience they will switch to a competitor? And those that don’t will usually only go through a couple bad experiences before they … Read more
Trucking companies live and die on their maintenance programs. And as trucking companies grow and take over more territory, it becomes even more important for them to keep up with the maintenance needs of a lot of commercial motor vehicles. What can they do? Perhaps now is the time to learn how partnering with a … Read more
Companies that want to thrive in the 21st Century know one thing: They need a diverse workforce. And diversity is about more than just checking a box on a form, it is about seeing past what someone looks like into who they are as a person. Diversity of thought should be what you look for. … Read more
The transportation and logistics sector has gone through massive evolution over the past 25 years. During the first part of the century, the logistics sector served as a purely operational function. It was part of sales or manufacturing but not the other way around. Today, logistics serves as an independent supply chain management function. It … Read more