As one of the nation鈥檚 most influential trucking executives, Don Schneider transformed the trucking business started by his father in 1935 into one of the largest truckload freight carriers in the United States.
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Opinion: Managing Paperless Documents
The case for going paperless is compelling, but how to get there is not evident. If you鈥檙e ready to eliminate the mounds of overwhelming paperwork in your office, you need to select a document-management solution.
January 28, 2013Justin Olsen, maintenance director at TCW, breaks down the hidden impact of poor trailer management on operations, compliance and safety.聽
Opinion: Selecting the Right Trailers, New or Used
Before adding one, two 鈥 or several hundred 鈥 trailers, a fleet manager needs to determine what equipment鈥檚 right for the application and to do it by knowing what鈥檚 out there, what鈥檚 right for an operation, and the most basic choice of all, whether to buy new or used.
December 10, 2012Opinion: We鈥檙e All in It Together
It has become something of a clich茅 that what followed the economic deregulation of trucking in the early 1980s was even more regulation, albeit in different forms.
March 26, 2012Opinion: Information Logistics Improves Efficiency
In order to grow their revenue, many carriers say they want to be as flexible as possible in adapting to the specific needs of shippers and freight brokers.
March 12, 2012Opinion: Shippers 鈥 One Carrier or Many?
Shippers depend on trucking as the key element in meeting their transportation goals. The old slogan, 鈥淚f you got it, it came by truck,鈥 is as valid today as it was 30 years ago.
March 5, 2012Opinion: Don Schneider鈥檚 Legacy of Innovation
At Qualcomm, we have been greatly saddened by the news of Don Schneider鈥檚 passing. We honor his commitment to innovation and recognize the legacy he leaves the industry.
January 30, 2012Opinion: Fight Fuel Prices With Side Skirts
The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel the week of June 6 was 18% higher than it was at the beginning of this year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, and the June 6 price of that fuel in California was 20% higher.
June 17, 2011Opinion: Think Inside the Box
Because transportation costs outweigh warehousing costs several times over and continue to rise, most companies think outside that big box called the warehouse when the topic is logistics and concentrate instead on how things get to their destination.
June 3, 2011Opinion: Rethink the 鈥楯ust-in-Time鈥 Delivery System
The successful application of just-in-time delivery requires every link of the supply chain to remain unbroken. Trucks and their cargo must arrive within a very precise, predetermined period of time 鈥 often only hours before the cargo is needed on the assembly line.
May 26, 2011