Articles Tagged with ''beverage fleet''

Recruiting and retaining qualified delivery teams has been one of the biggest challenges for beverage distributors of all sizes in recent years and it’s something that Atlas Distributing, Auburn, Mass., has been proactive in addressing.

The results of Beverage Industry’s annual Fleet Study are in and they reflect the increasing diversification of fleet equipment, fuel and the best day-to-day practices in modern delivery operations.

As equipment manufacturers get ready to reveal their 2019 product plans, we expect to see many more companies plugging in to the future of beverage distribution.

Dana Spicer S140 axles are designed to serve a wide range of applications and feature a broad ratio coverage, allowing maximum performance across a variety of vocations.

The simple and low-maintenance solution for trailer tire monitoring notifies the driver of tire pressure issues in real-time while keeping the trailer system completely separate from the tractor.

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?

Once an emerging technology, telematics and logistic support has dramatically increased in the past few years to keep pace with SKU proliferation, the need to move products faster, multiple deliveries and even last-minute deliveries that require immediate action, experts note.

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.

It was the largest event in the history of NTEA – The Association for the Work Truck Industry,