In early September, one of the largest Commercial Vehicle (CV) players in India, Ashok Leyland announced a shutdown schedule. This announcement preceded the news of the 59% drop in the production of medium and heavy commercial vehicles (M&HCVs). There are various speculations with the story, and some believe it is due to urban and rural consumption. According to a report …
Why? Digital Transactions for Truckers
Navigating through highways, thin lanes, rough roads, lonely cold evening, with no security is not easy. The truckers pass through familiar/unfamiliar streets carrying the expensive freight with a lot of uncertainty. What if there is a robbery? What happens to the lorry payments or the trucker’s valuables? At the loading point, the truckers receive cash, not only for their expenses, …
Don’t use your truck driver’s truck as standing inventory, here’s why…
This combination of factors— low pay, high risk and low quality of life is driving a decline in the number of truck drivers. Truck drivers have been celebrated in the USA as the ones who criss-cross across the nation building the country’s GDP. They have been eulogised in songs and movies. The Indian driver is depicted as a hardworking, but, …