The
A-Z of
Driver Health
Booklet
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Road
Map to
Cost-effective
Trucking
5,
6 and 7 August
2008,
Johannesburg
FleetWatch
Training & Development Academy presents its
revitalised course, “Getting to Grips with Owning
& Operating Truck Costs”. This 3-day workshop
provides a unique opportunity to step back from the
day-to-day running of a transport operation and review
innovative management techniques for evaluating
fast-changing road freight transport operations, beat
competition and earn an acceptable return on investment.
The course will prepare you to deal with the rapidly
changing environment and empower you with the knowledge
you need to face present and future challenges with
renewed vigour and confidence. Avoid disappointment –
seats are limited to ensure personal attention.
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by
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Presented
by Max Braun, well-known independent trucking consultant
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New Axor power
line-up...
Mercedez-Benz South Africa has
launched its new Axor 6x4 truck tractor and freight carrier. But are
we going forward or backward asks Patrick O'Leary
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Back to the
Future...
Forming strategic partnerships with 'Asian Tiger' companies is one way European multinationals are attempting to sustain shareholder value.
Paul Collings travels to Germany and India to experience one such alliance.
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Special
Report - Used Trucks
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What a Lot I
Got...
Understanding what drives used truck sales is like holding up an economic barometer to the prevailing winds of
change writes Paul Collings.
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Upbeat and staying that
way...
Don Vale is a man who has his finger firmly on the pulse of the used truck market.
FleetWatch approached him for his views on current trends in this important sector.
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A Quandary for the Truck
Man...
Hands up those who do not know the legendary Don Vale and his equally legendary wife Clare. If your hand is up, then get to know them for they are an amazing couple writes
Patrick O'Leary.
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Dismal
result...
Kroonstad in the Free State was the target area for our fifth
Brake & Tyre Watch project. While the trucks
inspected were in a dismal state, the traffic officials came out
of it all fully empowered to do
a better job. |
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Let's be grateful...I'd
suppose!...
Marcus Haw, our intrepid tyre expert from Bridgestone South Africa,
comments on tyre faults and the lessons operators can learn from
what we found in Kroonstad |
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Lack of Maintenance
prevails...
If there is one thing that has stood out on all our
Brake & Tyre Watch projects, it is the lack of attention paid by operators to conducting basic maintenance on their trucks. That this is a reality was once again evident at Kroonstad. |
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Special
report - Fleet Management
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Singling out the
driver...
Paul Collings looks at different methods of improving driver effectiveness through the use of FM technology. |
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| Risk, Reward and Reality...
Paul Collings discusses the challenges facing commercial transport operators right now and its future, with DigiCore's Mark Rousseau. |
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| Stone Coal
Sober...
Simon Skelton is Destone Trucking's fleet controller, a man who swears by FM technology to help improve driver and fleet efficiency. |
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| Lessons from a near
miss...
A near-miss incident for a
very lucky truck driver which editor Patrick O'Leary
came across on the N3 prompted some points to ponder in terms
improvements out on the road. |
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Car
carrier operators take note...
While wandering round the car carrier, I spotted the uneven
wear on the tyre pictured here. I sent the pic to Marcus Haw,
technical boffin at Bridgestone who works with us on our Brake
& Tyre Watch projects, for his expert comment. |
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Let's
Help
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He Plays by Sense of
Feel...
Let's help send this trucking
industry colleague to the the International Braille Chess Olympiad in
Crete, Greece, in October 2008. Let's help build a World Champion for
South Africa.
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Learn
how to cope with change in
a tough business environment to
beat competition ...
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