Tag Archives: TMC

DecisivConnect is pleased to publish a guest post from Jack Poster of the Technology and Maintenance Council, a council of the American Trucking Association. Jack has decades of experience in the transportation industry and is one of the leading experts on the creation and industry adoption of Vehicle Maintenance Reporting Standards. In the late 1960s, top executives of the nation’s largest trucking fleets came together in a series of meetings in New York City. They were there to solve a pressing industry problem that was hurting their bottom lines. Simply put, maintenance data on their fleets was in a state… Read More »

The team at Decisiv spent most of last week at the TMC show in Tampa. It was an exciting and productive time meeting with partners, customers and other industry executives. What really struck me was the willingness of most industry players to consider new solutions to age-old problems like the servicing and maintenance of expensive trucking assets. Our market has historically been slow to adopt new technology, but that has really begun to change. A lot of this progress is due to the efforts of our close partners Volvo and Mack. Our cloud-based Decisiv Platform has been offered for over… Read More »

Thanks for visiting us in Tampa, Florida at the Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) 2012 Annual Meeting. All of us at Decisiv that participated in the show and, in particular, the Service Provider Workshops enjoyed and valued the interaction with our customers and partners. We hope you did as well. Decisiv makes a big commitment to helping drive the conversation in the Fleet Maintenance market. We’re also dedicated to sharing our insight at industry forums such as TMC by leading many of the sessions in the Service Provider track. We feel this is necessary to help move the industry forward…. Read More »

As a member of TMC, and as a Service Provider and past Dealer Principle, I find the interaction between Fleet Maintenance Managers and Service Providers fascinating and encouraging. Overall, this group of folks has one mission, to make life in the Service Lane more efficient. During the recent TMC Session in Raleigh, there was a panel discussion from the Service Provider Committee about Repair Order Approval. While the panel had positive interaction, open dialogue, and some agreed upon best practices, there were some comments and discussion that hit one of my “pet peeves” right between the eyes. The subject of… Read More »