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(3 articles)Labor & Workforce
ModerateJul 31, 2026Mobile Fleet Repair Startup Challenges Consolidation Model
Kyle and Kevin Coltrain, who grew up in their grandfather's fleet maintenance business, watched Dickinson Fleet Services get acquired by private equity and later Cox Automotive. Facing pressure to mee
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Technology & Innovation
ModerateJul 14, 2026Preventive Maintenance Transforms Logistics Reliability & Reduces Downtime
Preventive maintenance is shifting from a tactical cost center to a strategic enabler of logistics reliability and supply chain resilience. Rather than reactive repairs that disrupt operations and inf
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Risk & Disruption
High ImpactJun 23, 2026Why Extended PM Intervals Cost Trucking Fleets More Than They Save
The trucking industry faces a widespread operational blind spot: fleet managers who extend preventive maintenance intervals to reduce costs fail to account for downstream expenses that dwarf the initi
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