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CCJ Innovators
 
CCJ's 2021 Innovator of the Year: USA Truck's Drive Your Plan program boosts retention
 
CEO James Reed started running USA Truck like a collaborative tech company that welcomed new ideas. Now, one of those new ideas has become an integral part of its retention strategy and a huge quality of life boost for its drivers.
Blair Ewell (left), USA Truck senior vice president of operations; Josh Shader, director of network planning and execution; James Reed, CEO; and Sam McCain, senior director of truckload, led the effort to put more control in drivers' hands.
 
CEO James Reed started running USA Truck like a collaborative tech company that welcomed new ideas. Now, one of those new ideas has become an integral part of its retention strategy and a huge quality of life boost for its drivers.
 
Business
 
FTC: 'Dishonest' fuel card provider fleeced drivers for hundreds of millions
 
The FTC said it "will do everything it can to get money back to FleetCor’s business customers and unsuspecting fuel card users." Also: Bill introduced to offer vouchers for fuel-efficiency tech on trucks; more.
 
Technology
 
How fleets can use data and AI to cut costs, generate revenue
 
Ever since the invention of the fuel gauge, monitoring the mechanics of vehicles and driver behaviors has been a key part of optimizing fleet management.
 
Technology
 
New ELD tech gets fuel efficiency diagnostics and benchmarking right
 
Almost any fleet management platform or ELD can pull MPG data, but this new system actually corrects for different engine loads to give a more accurate picture that even lets fleet drivers compare results against competitors.
 
Technology
 
Fleets see dramatic results by letting drivers self-dispatch
 
Intense competition for drivers has a few motor carriers trying out an idea they might have once dismissed as foolhardy, but now it's delivering "staggering" results in boosting revenue and retention.
 
Workforce
 
Back to work: How fleets are navigating the post-vaccine work environment
 
A new survey from CCJ shows just how fleets are adapting to the post-lockdown world, and it's the end of an era for many employees that got comfortable working from home.
 
 
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