Heavy Duty Trucking, August 2018
HDT AUGUST 2018 80 WWW TRUCKINGINFO COM DRIVERS Private Fleets Big On Board Technology Adopters 0 20 40 60 80 100 200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017 YES NO One effective strategy private fleets continue to employ to help improve their productivity is the deployment of on board technology combined with better data aggregation and analysis to track and improve various elements of their performance As the following chart indicates fleets have been steadily adopting such technology and this year fully 97 of the fleets that answered the question reported adopting the technology while 3 did not This is in line with the near universal penetration of on board technology achieved in each of the last five years To put that number in perspective in 2005 the penetration of on board technology was reported at less than 50 SOURCE NATIONAL PRIVATE TRUCK COUNCIL Driver Turnover Remains Low for Private Fleets 20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201705101520 Although labor issues remain a significant challenge for survey respondents they continue to report retention and turnover performance far better than for hire motor carriers In 2017 private fleets reported that turnover dropped to 152 after surpassing the 18 barrier for the first time in the history of the survey last year SOURCE NATIONAL PRIVATE TRUCK COUNCIL SOURCE CK COMMERCIAL VEHICLE RESEARCH Is Driver Situation at Your Fleet Better or Worse Better 41 April 2018Worse59
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