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Put Your Idling and Battery Woes on the Backburner
Having reliable power as a long-haul truck driver is crucial while parked during downtime and relying on standard batteries and APUs can be inconvenient to provide power to hotel loads for long periods of time. Learn how to power hotel loads inside the cab, even when the engine is turned off.

BlockChain for Transportation: Where the Future Starts
From grasping basics to applying Blockchain technology in the transportation space, Tim Leonard, Hortonwork’s 2017 data visionary of the year demonstrates how building your Blockchain system will give you a clear competitive edge to conducting business successfully.

Retention Begins When the Driver Applies
As many in the industry know, driver retention has historically been an issue – with no clear solution. In this whitepaper, we provide insight to driver demands and the strategies and tools carriers can implement to reverse the driver turnover trend.

Nice Guys. Poor Credit Risks.
Although they’re undoubtedly experts in the trucking industry, the folks at E.M. Tharp/Golden State Peterbilt admit they weren’t so great at credit and collections. Find out what happened when they entrusted accounts receivable management to Interstate Billing Service.

Why Fleets Should Be Looking Beyond ELD
With the ELD Mandate deadline looming, fleets are understandably focused on ensuring they’re compliant. But many fleets are planning to minimally comply – for them, ELDs will always be a cost center. For fleets taking a long-term view, however, ELDs can mean profit.

Make Better Business Decisions Using Big Data
Crafted by Hortonworks' 2017 Data Visionary Tim Leonard, this whitepaper is the authority on how big data can supplement your analytics and help your company now. Make faster, more informed decisions at the operational and strategic levels to drive innovation.

Full Service Lease: Get More from Your Fleet for Less
This report illustrates the results achieved by three different companies when they questioned whether it was better to lease or own their fleet. How did their decision affect not only their transportation costs, but how their business runs?

Reduce Risk and Cost With Your Fleet Safety Strategy
In this new white paper, learn how innovative technology provides new and more comprehensive ways to keep vehicles and people safer, as well as ways to avoid the risk and high costs that unsafe transportation practices create.

Re-evaluating the Total Cost of Fleet Ownership
Escalating costs are causing fleet owners to take a closer look at their total cost of ownership (TCO). But when doing so, many don’t take into account all the factors that make up their TCO and make generic comparisons that can be misleading. In this report, you’ll learn all the components that need to be calculated for an accurate TCO, and how a tool developed by Ryder helps fleet owners understand their costs, while saving money on their transportation spend.

Private Fleet vs. Dedicated: Which one is right for you?
Having the right fleet for your business can give you an advantage over the competition and lower transportation costs. The question is: Should that fleet be private or dedicated. Learn how you can answer that in this report.

SAIA increases fleet reliability with On-Demand Maintenance
To stay in top shape, your fleet needs to be well maintained. But that in itself can pose challenges – from managing several local providers to paying inconsistent rates and not being able to get your truck in the shop at a moment’s notice.

Voice of the Driver 2: Best Practices for Recruiting and Retention
For the past decade and a half, those who predicted the driver shortage have offered their advice on curbing the shortage. While an abundance of information like this exists, it lacks one of the main insights companies can use to overcome the shortage and high turnover – the voice of truck drivers.