The honor of being called one of the big three trends disrupting the trucking industry goes to ELDs, ecommerce, and Big Data. Some view these three as blessings in disguise, whiles others see them as sources of stress and overwhelming cost. Change is hard, especially when it rocks the foundations by which your trucking and freight business is built upon.

Fun fact of the day: According to the American Transportation Research Institute, it costs a fleet roughly 15 cents per mile on average for maintenance and repair. That equates to approximately 10% of a fleet’s vehicle-based operating costs.