Gary Petty in Fleet Owner

The Private Fleet Management Online® (PFMO) program officially launched last month as a joint enterprise of the National Private Truck Council and Instructional Technologies. This exceptional learning system breaks new ground in the field of in-service training with an interactive, multimedia e-book, how-to guide, and reference manual targeted specifically …._x000D_

Since March of 2011, David Adcock has lost 100 lbs.—without surgery, without medication, and all the while working as an over-the-road truck driver for Air Products. When he’s home, he works out in the gym. When he’s on the road for work, he takes walks around his truck, climbs into his bunk to do sit-ups, and has been known to go ….

Frito-Lay’s private commercial fleet is one of the largest and most successful practitioners of lean management principles applied to corporate transportation management. Mari Roberts, CTP, director of network optimization, says that lean management helps improve the private fleet …._x000D_

Based in Louisville, KY, Metal Sales Manufacturing Corporation produces steel panels and components for the building industry. Over its 50-year history, the company has grown from a single-location regional operation to an international supplier of metal roof, wall and building components by focusing on one goal: helping its customers grow ….

NPTC’s National Safety Conference, scheduled for Sept. 13- 14, 2012, at the Hyatt Dulles in Herndon, VA, is an intense, concentrated overview of key issues of interest and importance to running private fleet operations at an exceptionally high standard of safety. The program includes an update on federal regulations; private fleet ….

“We will be talking about this conference years from now. Thank you for the fine work in putting together a powerful agenda and attracting a quality group of people. There is no organization quite like this one and probably never will be. NPTC is very much like family in that everyone looks out for each other professionally and …._x000D_

Saint Joseph, MO-based Hillyard Inc., founded in 1907, was an early pioneer in maintenance products, most famously for wood gym floor finishes that were field-tested on a company gym floor, the largest of its kind west of the Mississippi. To showcase its high-quality products, founder N.S. Hillyard organized a company ….

Founded in 1886 when U.S. President Grover Cleveland was in office, Mennel Milling Co. began as an independent family owned flour mill. Headquartered in Fostoria, OH, the highly successful company is a boutique, niche market manufacturer of premium, custom-blended soft, spring ….

This year’s Class of 2012 for the Certified Transportation Professional program that will be honored on April 29 at the NPTC Annual Conference in Cincinnati, OH, will be the largest class in history going back to the charter class of 1993, which had about two dozen members. The founding class would ….

Today’s private fleet professional continues functioning under immense pressure to deliver exceptional performance. Yesterday’s solutions will need updating for tomorrow’s needs. Managers are expected to deliver outstanding levels of customer service while keeping costs …._x000D_

When Maines Paper & Food Service Inc. purchased electronic onboard recorders (EOBRs), achieving a return on its investment was a top priority. It saw the sophisticated software as a way to manage DOT requirements, as well as to manage…._x000D_

Giant Eagle Inc. is one of the nation’s largest food retailers and food distributors with about $9.3 billion in annual sales. The company ranked 29th on Forbes’ annual list of the largest private companies and is the recipient of Grocery Headquarters’ 2007 Retailer of the Year Award as well as the EPA’s Energy Star Retail Partner of the Year Award. ….

In September, NPTC recognized 18 of the nation’s top private fleet drivers as the third class of the National Driver All-Stars program sponsored by Navistar Inc. The recognition, which took place during the NPTC National Safety Conference, honors those drivers who demonstrate high performance standards….

In 1948, a hog farmer named Bob Evans found trouble trying to get quality sausage for customers at his 12-stool restaurant named The Sausage Shop, located in the tiny village of Gallipolis, OH. So he began making his own…_x000D_
 

Chris Trice is an exceptionally good truck driver. But he is also an uncommonly good person. Delivering tires and automotive parts with exemplary levels of service and safety for Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations for the past several years as a contract driver with CPC Logistics, Trice was chosen as an NPTC National Driver All-Star last year…._x000D_

Cutting-edge issues such as sleep apnea and CSA compliance will headline next month’s eighth annual National Safety Conference sponsored by the National Private Truck Council. Hundreds of private fleet safety professionals will gather just outside of Washington, DC, for the meeting, which will be held Sept. 15-16 at the Hyatt Dulles in Herndon, VA…_x000D_
 

As one of the country’s great industrial giants, Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) operates the largest agricultural transportation system in the world. The company deploys its own private fleet of barges, a private railroad, and a private truck fleet known as ADM Trucking…_x000D_
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Based in Findlay, OH, the Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has operated a private truck fleet for more than 50 years, using a major brand full-service leasing company for its 17 sleeper-berth tractors…

Each year, the National Private Truck Council Safety Committee holds its Summer On-Site Meeting at a member company to demonstrate innovative safety systems and technology. In 2011, the meeting will be held…

A small grocery store named Meijer opened for business in little-known Greenville, MI, in 1934. From this Depression-era beginning, Meijer launched the first “supercenter”…