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2019 Top Tech Winners Announced
At Dickinson Fleet Services, we recently wrapped up our 4th Annual Top Tech competition. This year, we featured 3 separate divisions with winners that were crowned in their respective categories of competition.
February 7th 2020
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Scoring high for the CSA: Getting back to BASICs
Compliance, Safety, Accountability – these three concepts make up the core of the FMCSA’s latest safety initiative to promote quality driving and adherence to regulations to create the safest environment for truckers nationwide. What do you need to know to make sure your fleet will score high on the CSA scale? It’s all about the
January 21st 2020
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E-Commerce and your fleet?
It will come as no surprise to you that the buying, selling, and trading of goods online has reached new heights in popularity and is still climbing. Many well-known companies, like Amazon, don’t even have physical stores to shop in, and those companies that did start with brick and mortar have quickly embraced the e-commerce
January 7th 2020
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Important Driver Safety Tips for Your Fleet
We can’t say it enough – safety is always our first priority, especially for our drivers. But finding ways to keep your drivers safe isn’t a task that is accomplished overnight. It requires a lot of planning, consulting with experts, and learning from the drivers themselves. While there are many components to creating a safe
December 4th 2019
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Communication 101: How to improve driver communication
In an ever-changing landscape of technology and communication platforms, distracted driving and subsequent accidents have been steadily on the rise. Your drivers know better than to consult a cell phone or other device while they are driving, but you still need to find a safe and effective way to communicate with them, especially when it
November 19th 2019
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Best Practices for Developing KPIs for Your Fleet
You can implement new technology, create new processes for data collection, and increase training time for your fleet drivers – but how do you know if any of it’s working? In order to determine whether any of your practices are helping your fleet thrive, you first need to create some goals – or, as they
November 5th 2019
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ADAS – Advanced Driver Assistance Systems: Are they right for your fleet?
Driver safety is a priority across the heavy trucking industry. Thanks to incorporation of newer technology, like predictive maintenance, drivers have already experienced increased levels of pre-emptive safety measures. The incorporation of an Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) could take driver safety even further – but before you decide to take that step, you need
October 17th 2019
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