Class 8 Orders Rocket Higher, Up 160% Year-Over-Year | Transport Topics
Preliminary October North American Class 8 net orders significantly surpassed expectations, rising to 36,200 units, ACT Research Co. reported. “October’s orders represented a 160% year-over-year jump from a particularly easy, cancellation-impacted, year-ago comp,” ACT President Kenny Vieth said in a statement. Orders in the 2016 period were 13,907. The orders also were the highest since…
Scott F. Barnes Joins TAB Bank’s Business Development Team
in BlogOGDEN, Utah, Sept. 19, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TAB Bank is pleased to announce the addition of Scott F. Barnes (972-768-7306, scott.barnes@tabbank.com) to their business development team as Vice President and Business Development Officer. Scott will be based in Dallas and will be responsible for sourcing new business opportunities by providing asset-based and factoring working capital facilities to commercial entities in…
Good maintenance practices prepare you to take advantage of freight upticks
Earlier this year the U.S. Department of Transportation said it expects freight ton miles (the movement of one ton of freight for one mile) to increase by almost 50% by 2045. A report from the Bureau of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration predicted freight ton miles would reach 7.6 trillion in the next 30…
Science Says You Can Make Your Team Better Just By Believing in Them
in BlogYou have the power to build a team of superstars. You have the power to transform every person on your team into a high-performer. It doesn’t require you to spend money on expensive training programs. And you don’t have to bust your budget to pay top dollar to recruit “the best and brightest” talent either. Building a high-performing…
5 Brutally Honest Translations of “Let Me Think About It” (and How to Press Forward)
“Let me think about it” can buy time, but it serves other functions you need to know, too. Maybe you’re just trying to meet your sales quota and convince one more customer to make a buy. Or perhaps the stakes are higher and you’re after hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding. Whatever the case, hearing “Let…
3 Secret Ingredients For Successfully Solving Customer Problems
3 Secret Ingredients For Successfully Solving Customer Problems Is your staff using them consistently? Let’s face it. Stuff happens. As much as I want every interaction with our customers to be perfect, every once in awhile, it doesn’t work out that way. When problems occur, it’s paramount that whoever is representing my company’s side of…
A Simple Formula To Be The Most Trusted Expert In Your Field
If your customers can’t get answers from you, where will they get them? If you were to go back just fifteen years, your customers generally relied on your salespeople to answer questions and gather information. The way customers research information to make decisions has changed. There are surprising ways customers now find answers to questions.…
Here’s what the trucking industry has planned for 2017
The trucking industry is known for its community of events and truck shows, and 2017 is shaping up to be a promising year. In 2017, National Truck Driver Appreciation Week falls on Sept. 10-16. Through the week, trucking companies and related businesses and organization will honor truck drivers with recognition, discounts and more. The annual Great American…
ATA Report Sees Growth in Freight, Trucking Through 2026
A new report released Monday by the American Trucking Associations (ATA) projects freight volumes will increase by nearly 29 percent over the next 11 years. “The outlook for all modes of freight transportation remains bright,” said ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello in releasing its U.S. Freight Transportation Forecast to 2026. Read the source article at…
United States Trucking Industry & E-Commerce Report 2016-2020 – Focus on the Future Technological
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Last Mile: E-Commerce And the Future of the Trucking Industry- U.S. Markets, Technological Disruptions And Innovations, New Competitors And Opportunities: 2015-2020 Analysis And Forecasts” report to their offering. The objective of this report is to examine the Last-Mile in terms of e-Commerce and the Future of…
FTR Reports August Preliminary Class 8 Orders Slightly Above Expectations
FTR releases preliminary Class 8 net orders for August at 14,000 units, slightly above expectations and a 36% improvement over July. However, the Class 8 order activity for August was the weakest for that month since 2010 and down 35% from August 2015. Class 8 orders for the last twelve months have totaled 206,000 units.…
Fleet Maintenance Today and Tomorrow
August 16, 2016 09:00 ET Fleet Maintenance Today and Tomorrow Decisiv Webinar to Focus on Making Fleet Maintenance a Competitive Advantage GLEN ALLEN, VA Decisiv, Inc., the leading provider of Service Relationship Management (SRM) solutions for commercial assets announced today it is hosting a Webinar on “Going From Good To Great, Fleet Maintenance Today and…
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