The trucking company is using analytics software to detect potential maintenance issues that could ground its trucks, says CIO Terry Kline. The new IT strategy comes as the company struggles to stem financial losses. Navistar is determined to use big data analytics to help its trucks run like well-oiled machines.…
I’ve been spending some time lately with Elias Demangos, founder and president of Fortigo Freight Systems, getting to know him for a profile that will appear in an upcoming issue of Truck News. Elias grew up in a trucking family and after studying business in university, knew he wanted to…
We got a call from Frannie, an HR Director who was beside herself with frustration. “I’m the HR Director in our company,” she said, “and I have to fight stupid battles with my CEO and CFO all the time. This time, they’ve decided that we need a bunch of pointless…
Transport Topics Editorial Director Neil Abt and Technology Editor Seth Clevenger host this video look at the role technology plays in the future of trucking, featuring prerecorded interviews with industry leaders.
A new global study indicates that 75% companies worldwide suffered from sort of fraud incident in the past year, a rise of 14 percentage points in just three years, with the biggest fraud threat coming from within. According to the 2015 Kroll Global Fraud Report, of those companies where fraud…
Atlanta’s Tom Moreland Interchange took the number one spot on the American Transportation Research Institute’s annual list of top truck freight congestion locations, according to a Nov. 18 report issued by ATRI. Four of the top 10 bottlenecked locations were located in Houston, Texas: Interstate 610 at U.S. 290, Interstate…
Food shipments in Europe are starting to see some slowdowns on account increased inspections caused by the recent terror attacks in Paris, according to marketplace.org. European businesses that have been used to an open border policy are expecting the slowdowns to increase as new border control measures are put in…
It was supposed to be Congress’s response to a historic string of auto safety lapses that rocked the industry. Instead, lawmakers are finalizing a highway bill that would permit teenagers to drive commercial trucks and buses across state lines, let dealers sell used cars with outstanding safety recalls and ease rules…
A federal rule to require truck operators to use electronic logging devices to keep records of duty status has cleared the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, clearing the way for the rule to be published in the Federal Register. This is the final version of the rule, and…
One central bank has some frightening predictions when it comes to job stability in the future. 80 million jobs in the United States are at risk of being taken over by robots in the next few decades, a Bank of England (BoE) official warned on Thursday. With U.S. data showing…
