“Green and sustainable logistics” – Oh, what a mind-numbing complexity of new terms, statistics, opinions, inputs, erroneous information and conflicting data along with bottom-line, way-of-life-changing ramifications. The sheer magnitude of

Alternative Fleet Fuels

Hybrid Route Trucks Will Be Game Changers

Oh, what a simple world it used to be.

All too often, many view fleet leasing as a simple own or lease question and mainly think of it in terms of the more traditional “full service” equipment lease. Whereas, thanks to today’s creative financial markets, fleet leasing can be used by a lessee as a financial tool, an operational tool and also as a means of leverage to improve a fleet’s purchasing power. The right application of leasing alternatives can be not only a financial or operational problem solver, it can also provide tactical and strategic advantages. 

Specific delivery productivity levels and individual customer account profitability by delivery location has been largely unknown for many dairy and ice cream companies. Today, with just a modest bit of forethought regarding identification of data sources and desired results, that lack of knowledge should simply not be acceptable to management at any level.

The lineage of today’s driver and vehicle related on-board systems traces directly back to the cable-driven mechanical tach-o-graph, which was the on-board data collection device until well into the 1970s.

Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) range in combinations of scope, scale, technology and hardware usage from simple software programs tracking inventory, receiving, shipping and pallet putaway to complex automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS).

I suspect the majority of companies in the dairy and ice cream industry have never actually taken a step back and considered fundamental alternatives to their traditional distribution methods-alternatives that are more comprehensive and beyond mere tweaks and updates to the company's traditional approach.

Today's Fleet Maintenance Manage-ment Software choices come in more sizes, levels of data detail, sophistication and price than most would imagine.