Huge Companies: Cash Flow with a Little Factoring Added

Wondering why your shippers are paying more and more slowly? It’s possible they’re having to deal with the huge companies, like Proctor & Gamble, resorting to all kinds of ‘delayed payments on invoices’ to keep their cash flow streaming. But … Continue reading

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90 Years of Kenworth

You read that headline right – Kenworth has actually been around that many years, and they’re celebrating all during 2013. If you don’t drive a Kenworth, you may not know there’s an online magazine that has information on their trucks … Continue reading

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Factoring 101: Lesson 19- Invoice Aging

By Steven Hausman, CEO, Advance Business Capital This is the nineteenth lesson in our series on freight factoring for truckers. Before we begin, though, let’s review our transportation factoring basics. Invoice factoring is a way of getting money without borrowing. When … Continue reading

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Interlining or Rebrokering: Potential Fraud and Nonpayment

Transport Topics Online has an opinion piece by Transportation Intermediaries Association CEO Robert Voltmann that examines motor carriers rebrokering freight without having separate broker authority and concurrent bond. It’s an in-depth piece for a complicated issue. Read the entire article by … Continue reading

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“Teens and Trucks” – Teach Your Teens Road Safety

Got teens at home? Then give them the benefit of your professional driving experience, and teach them how to drive safely around eighteen-wheelers. Even though teens don’t make up a large percentage of drivers, they do form an alarmingly high percentage … Continue reading

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Safety is a Good Way to Lower Your Costs by Timothy D. Brady

Safety is much less expensive than breakdowns or accidents. States have proven that over the years; for example, rumble strips have proven effective in Pennsylvania. Deaths from head-on collisions were reduced by more than a third in areas where center … Continue reading

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Pilot Flying J Alleged Fraud Lawsuits Grow

Last week, another trucking firm, Edis Trucking Inc. of Racine County,Wisconsin, joined the lawsuits against Pilot Flying J, the largest truck stop operator in the nation. Edis Trucking joins four other firms in alleging Pilot Flying J cheated them out … Continue reading

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