New to the show Floor: The Knowledge Stop (Puits de Connaissances) offers to visitors of ExpoCam, sessions on key topics for the trucking industry. Leading experts will deliver 30-minute presentations, providing instructive content, an additional reason to attend ExpoCam. Please note all sessions will be presented in French only.
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Trip inspections and the preventive maintenance of heavy vehicles in Quebec are vital to prevent incidents on our roads. This session will explore the prevalent mechanical defects noted during the last “Roadcheck ” program as well as the slack adjusters of the braking system operation.
Electrification is happening at a fast pace in the commercial vehicle market. But is the trucking industry ready for this revolution? This session will present the drivers, challenges and use cases of electric and hybrid heavy vehicles.
Transport Canada through the auspices of the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA) is in the process of finalizing the Canadian Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Mandate proposal, and could release their ruling within the next year.
With the announcement just around the corner, this presentation is focused on finding out why ELDs are being proposed for Canadian fleets, who will be required to comply, what are some of the similarities and differences with the U.S., what will the certification process look like, and what are the proposed timelines that may impact your fleet operations!
The seminar will expose how digital marketplaces have changed our behaviors and paved the way for B2B sharing economy models to take-off. We will present our opinion about some of the areas within the transportation industry where the sharing economy model can create value. Finally, how can the transportation industry take advantage of this inevitable disruption?
Trip inspections and the preventive maintenance of heavy vehicles in Quebec are vital to prevent incidents on our roads. This session will explore the prevalent mechanical defects noted during the last “Roadcheck ” program as well as the slack adjusters of the braking system operation.
The seminar will expose how digital marketplaces have changed our behaviors and paved the way for B2B sharing economy models to take-off. We will present our opinion about some of the areas within the transportation industry where the sharing economy model can create value. Finally, how can the transportation industry take advantage of this inevitable disruption?
According to a survey conducted by the American Transportation Research Institute, in 2018, 3 of the top industry issues concerned driver shortage, driver retention and driver health and wellness.
While Baby boomers are massively retiring, Millenials are not joining the trucking industry work force which results in an unprecedented driver shortage. What do we know about Millenials, what are they looking for in a work place? Could telematics contribute to fostering a positive driver experience in order to overcome driver shortage and improve retention?
Topics include:
• Understanding the Millenials’s motivations – What drives them and what do they want from their employers.
• Getting inspired from other industries – Surrounded by technology, people have developed certain expectations on how devices and software should work. Could these functionalities be applied to telematics solution?
• Generating ideas from the audience – Using a live polling platform, let’s put our minds together to generate ideas on how to improve communications with drivers, automation of data entry, drivers work-life balance, driver feedback and more.
Learn ways to protect your business and lower your premiums by implementing safety measures to prevent loss.
The seminar will expose how digital marketplaces have changed our behaviors and paved the way for B2B sharing economy models to take-off. We will present our opinion about some of the areas within the transportation industry where the sharing economy model can create value. Finally, how can the transportation industry take advantage of this inevitable disruption?
Trip inspections and the preventive maintenance of heavy vehicles in Quebec are vital to prevent incidents on our roads. This session will explore the prevalent mechanical defects noted during the last “Roadcheck ” program as well as the slack adjusters of the braking system operation.
Legalizing cannabis for recreational purposes raises several concerns, particularly among employers in the trucking industry: potential increase in the number of workplace accidents, use of motor vehicles while being impaired, increased absenteeism and anticipated productivity loss, among others.
This presentation will be focused on this new workplace reality and the way that employers can combine their management right, their obligations with regards to health and safety issues and their duty to accommodate with the fundamental rights and freedoms of their employees.
With a ratio of up to three times the number of motorized equipment, trailer management is becoming an increasingly important challenge for carriers. The advent of ELD regulation has accelerated the connectivity of heavy trucks, the industry is now turning to trailer connectivity to bring significant gains to operations and challenges related to equipment ownership.
During this session, learn how the technologies available will enable you to improve the maintenance of trailers and their uptime, distribution, assignment, prevention of theft, all leading to the reduction of your insurance premiums and the optimization of your inventory leading to a reduction of trailer fleet up to 10%.
