Leslie Guevarra
When you're in the trucking business, your logo is more than just a picture – it's the face of your company. It's what customers see on every truck, business card and advertisement on your truck. You may be thinking,what is a logo, and why is it so important for a trucking busin...
Imagine you're planning a big, complicated trip with lots of stops, and you need to carry a bunch of stuff with you. It would be great if someone could handle all the tricky details, like how to get your things from point A to B, deal with any problems on the way, and even make...
Pam: I have always pretty much had a transportation background in my family. My father was the vice president of a large trucking company, and my mother was a school teacher. Together we’ve always talked about helping, learning, and also the trucking and transportation world. With that, I...
Common carriers like FedEx, DHL, or UPS provide transport services to the general public. In turn, contact carriers work only with specific shippers based on the contract. Also known as Dedicated Contract Carriage (DCC), in this increasingly popular model, you pay a flat fee per day and per...
Send out RFQs (request for a quote) that get a high response rate from the right type of supplier. Audit your shortlisted suppliers to narrow down the best options in terms of price, quality, lead times, factory size, and compliance ability. Negotiate favorable price and contract terms. Crea...
When it comes to the trucking industry, cash flow is equally as important. Any trucking company will tell you they have at some point found themselves in a situation where they are unable to take on new loads or a lucrative contract because they lack ample cash flow. ...
So, if you want to maximize your pay doing this type of delivery truck driving, you should try toget a job with UPSrather than Fedex if possible. We will warn you though, UPS is hard to break into. The company tends to hire from within. ...
This section of road is lightly used and features a 2-mile-long perfectly straight stretch with a consistent 3 percent grade–plenty of length and enough of a slope to get a motorless truck rolling. (Source:Google Maps) There were no features in the shot that would betray the slope, so...
For example, a 60 kWh battery with 90% SOH would effectively act like a 54 kWh battery. Is EV battery degradation linear? While our analysis shows more or less linear degradation, as a general rule, EV battery life is expected to decline non-linearly: an initial drop, which continues to...