Each month NPTC President and CEO Gary Petty writes a column in Fleet Owner magazine that focuses on the individuals, companies, best practices, and resources that make private trucking the force that it is in the American economy. Reaching more than 100,000 subscribers, three-quarters of whom are private fleet professionals, this column provides an excellent forum to communicate the value of the private fleet.
Gary Petty | gpetty@nptc.org | Private Fleet Editor for FleetOwner Magazine
Gary Petty has more than 30 years of experience as CEO of national trade associations in the trucking industry. He has been the president and CEO of the National Private Truck Council since 2001.
The Next Level
The Private Fleet Management Online® (PFMO) program officially launched last month as a joint enterprise of the National Private Truck…
Healthy Drivers
Since March of 2011, David Adcock has lost 100 lbs.—without surgery, without medication, and all the while working as an…
Lean Fleet
Frito-Lay’s private commercial fleet is one of the largest and most successful practitioners of lean management principles applied to corporate…
Delivering Service
Based in Louisville, KY, Metal Sales Manufacturing Corporation produces steel panels and components for the building industry. Over its 50-year…
Safety First
NPTC’s National Safety Conference, scheduled for Sept. 13- 14, 2012, at the Hyatt Dulles in Herndon, VA, is an intense,…
A winner for all
“We will be talking about this conference years from now. Thank you for the fine work in putting together a…
Optimal results
Saint Joseph, MO-based Hillyard Inc., founded in 1907, was an early pioneer in maintenance products, most famously for wood gym…
Flour Fleet
Founded in 1886 when U.S. President Grover Cleveland was in office, Mennel Milling Co. began as an independent family owned…
Sharpen the saw
This year’s Class of 2012 for the Certified Transportation Professional program that will be honored on April 29 at the…
You must be present to win
Today’s private fleet professional continues functioning under immense pressure to deliver exceptional performance. Yesterday’s solutions will need updating for tomorrow’s…
Logging savings
When Maines Paper & Food Service Inc. purchased electronic onboard recorders (EOBRs), achieving a return on its investment was a…
Sustainable success
Giant Eagle Inc. is one of the nation’s largest food retailers and food distributors with about $9.3 billion in annual…
A Winning Attitude
In September, NPTC recognized 18 of the nation’s top private fleet drivers as the third class of the National Driver…
The Sausage Fleet
In 1948, a hog farmer named Bob Evans found trouble trying to get quality sausage for customers at his 12-stool…
Patience is Key
Chris Trice is an exceptionally good truck driver. But he is also an uncommonly good person. Delivering tires and automotive…
Boosting Safety
Cutting-edge issues such as sleep apnea and CSA compliance will headline next month’s eighth annual National Safety Conference sponsored by…
Hall of Fame Driver
As one of the country’s great industrial giants, Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) operates the largest agricultural transportation system in…
Tire Runs
Based in Findlay, OH, the Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has operated a private truck fleet for more than 50…
In-Cab Safety
Each year, the National Private Truck Council Safety Committee holds its Summer On-Site Meeting at a member company to demonstrate…
Higher Standards
A small grocery store named Meijer opened for business in little-known Greenville, MI, in 1934. From this Depression-era beginning, Meijer…