Build Your Future with Co-op

In almost any conversation involving truck maintenance, someone will complain about the challenge of finding qualified help.

Competent, professional technicians, parts people and managers are in high demand and most anyone looking for a position has many options to choose from.  This makes it difficult to hire new people for expansion or even to keep up with attrition.

One solution is to work with you local community college or technical school to bring new people in to your business through what is known as Cooperative Education. Go to Article

Invest for ROI

Many suppliers today are looking for the competitive edge needed to increase their sales and potential in existing accounts. 

Whether you supply parts, supplies, services, or consults, one thing is crucial to the success of your company - your customer's success and ROI.  If your product or service helps your customer be more successful…you will be more successful.  Go to Article

An Open Letter to the Trucking Industry Regarding Electronics and Modernization,

Technicians and Training

Dan Sullivan, Owner, Sullivan Training Systems

For the past ten years, I have spent thousands of hours standing before over 3000 men (and too infrequently women), teaching the skills and knowledge necessary to troubleshoot modern electrical systems on trucks. My 23 year background as a mechanic, and not an engineer, has made it possible for me to relate to these men in a way that gives me insights into their concerns and needs for their futures as truck technicians. Go to article

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ARE YOU PREPARED? 

Disaster Recovery, Are we truly prepared as an industry? 

Probably not! Why?  Complacency and a bit of false security.  Post 9-11 the United States, as a whole, rebounded rather quickly.  The Federal Government placed into action major contingency plans, nationwide warning systems, and assisted local and state agencies in the development of programs and plans to aid in the pre-event warning and post event recovery efforts.  These programs were rolled out through various agencies at the state level to businesses, to include the transportation industry.  Now, we collectively felt as though we were ready for anything.  Then came Katrina.  A true test of our recovery programs.  And, for the short term, we collectively failed the rebound test.  Go to article

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