With natural gas prices at a 10-year low, the trucking industry is crunching the numbers to see if it makes sense to convert fleets to natural gas-powered engines. A new report from the Conference Board of Canada paints a positive picture of a potential engine swap. The nonprofit research group says using natural gas instead [...]
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Oil, Fuel Prices Expected to Remain High
Iran sanctions may drain 1 million barrels a day from the market Don’t expect much good news about oil prices over the next few months. Worldwide demand for crude still remains high, and sanctions against Iran are soon expected to knock a good amount of its oil exports out of the market. U.S. Energy Information [...]
Truckers Face Skyrocketing Diesel Prices
Outsourcing transportation document processing helps freight carriers control costs Big trucking companies as well as small, independent carriers continue to feel the pain of rising diesel fuel prices. The cost of transport fuel has risen to $4.09 a gallon, up 22 cents from a year ago, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Economists point [...]
Will the iPad and other tablets overtake the PC?
Tablet computing is on everyone’s mind this week, with the anticipated unveiling of Apple’s iPad 3 at a media event Wednesday, March 7 in San Francisco. As usual, the secretive company has been coy about the announcement, teasing the press with an e-mail saying “We have something you really have to see. And touch.” Apple [...]
A Freight Bill Scanner in Your Pocket
As a leading provider of outsourced transportation document processing, DATAMARK is very interested in freight-bill scanning solutions using smart phones, tablets and other mobile devices. It’s one of those “disruptive” technological innovations that could ultimately mean the demise of truck-stop scanners, in-cab scanners, public fax machines and other options that slow down the all-important “time-to-cash.” [...]
Hybrid Medium and Heavy Duty Truck Market to Nearly Double in 2012
These days, hybrid-electric vehicles are much more than efficient grocery-getters. A new report from Pike Research tells us that this year we’ll be seeing more and more hybrid engines powering tractor-trailers, buses and garbage trucks. The worldwide market for hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery-powered medium and heavy duty trucks is predicted to grow 92 percent [...]
DOT Trucking Rule is a Dud, Industry Groups Say
Changes in hours-of-service will make roads less safe, reduce productivity and increase costs A new U.S. Dept. of Transportation rule intended to improve safety by limiting truckers’ weekly driving time will likely backfire and make roads less safe, according to two industry groups. The American Trucking Associations and the National Retail Federation have voiced their [...]
U.S. Department of Transportation Bans Hand-Held Phone Use by Commercial Drivers
For quite a while now, many truck and bus companies have had policies banning the use of hand-held cell phones while on the road. But this year, the hand-held ban is now a federal law punishable by big fines. The rule, announced by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, went into effect on January 3. [...]
Ringing in the New Year!
Outsourcing Insights wishes you the best for 2012 We’re excited to start a new year at DATAMARK, and we wish our Outsourcing Insights readers the best of health and prosperity for 2012. We’re not the only ones who think the next 12 months will be great—62 percent of Americans are optimistic about what 2012 will [...]
5 Reasons the Smartest Freight Transportation Companies Will Outsource in 2012
The freight transportation and logistics industry has climbed back steadily from the economic downturn in 2009. During that time, many companies implemented outsourcing solutions for the processing of their bills of lading, invoices, drivers logs and other transportation documents. Outsourcing these business processes helped create a competitive advantage for these freight carriers, which are now [...]
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10 Business Process Outsourcing Trends to Watch in 2012
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Global Outsourcing Market Breaks Records in Contracting Activity
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Understanding the “Insourcing” Trend
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Mexican Trucks in No Hurry to Venture Into the U.S.
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U.S. Savings Bonds Go Paperless
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Say Goodbye to the PC and Hello to the “Personal Cloud”
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EHR Adoption Rises, but Small, Rural Medical Organizations Lag
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Natural Gas Could Save Trucking Fleets Thousands
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U.S. E-Prescription Market to Reach $205 Million in Five Years
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Can States Legislate Health Insurance Paperwork Away?
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