Articles Tagged with ''fleet maintenance''

A team might be delivering to more accounts with fewer miles and hours on the road, but are those vehicles spending enough hours on the road?

Certain industry-leading best practices can be adapted to just about any size beverage distribution business to help minimize downtime. Here are the Top 10.

The modern beer market dynamic created the opportunity for small, boutique start-up distributors for which craft beer is their entire raison d’etre.

Although tires aren’t always the first items distributors think of when optimizing delivery and fuel efficiency, their role in getting cases safely and cost-effectively from points A to B cannot be overstated.

With a few notable exceptions, full-service leasing continues to be much more popular among the very large fleets than it is among the smaller fleets of Beverage Industry readers.

Beverage Industry conducted its annual fleet survey to get the latest data on the size and makeup of current delivery fleets as well as operational concerns and strategies. Continuing trends in this year’s results include the popularity of small vans, as well as the continuing split in favor of end-load trucks and trailers versus traditional side-load equipment.

Who runs the A/C in the middle of winter? You do, if your truck has a defroster. In modern HVAC systems, the air conditioner activates when you use the defroster. It removes excess moisture from the air, so it has a big effect on how quickly and effectively the defroster can clear the windshield.