Derek SmithService and repairService Bay: A/C PM keeps customers coolAir-conditioning systems tend to get attention only when they under-perform or stop working altogether. As spring gives way to summer and temp…April 8, 2008HomeEditorial: Think globally, act locallyGlobalization is not an economic option or a temporary market dynamic. It is the force driving all business today and it has changed everythin…April 8, 2008HomeEditorial: Locked inThere are valid arguments on both sides of the right to repair issue. There, I said it. Customers, that is end users, need a choice in …March 28, 2008HomeCover Story: Locked outTechnology has made heavy-duty trucks safer, more efficient and reliable and reduced their environmental footprint. It also has made trucks mu…March 19, 2008HomeHDMA’s Heavy Duty Business Forum elects board memberDuring the recent meeting of the Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association’s Heavy Duty Business Forum, Tim Musgrave — president and chief execut…March 5, 2008HomeCover Story: Plucking profitsAsk a room full of parts distributors and sales managers what they look for in an ideal outside salesperson and you will get enough adjectives…February 13, 2008HomeEditorial: Not great, not grim, but grayThere is reason for optimism, there is reason for pessimism, but there is no reason to panic. This was the general sentiment on the state o…February 13, 2008HomeRegulations, technologies dominate TMC’s Shop TalkRecent regulations and the technologies they’ve spawned dominated much of the discussion during Monday’s Shop Talk session at TMC. Participa…February 6, 2008HomeNexiq introduces new technician diagnostic toolThe next-generation handheld diagnostic scan tool from Nexiq Technologies – Pro-Link iQ – features a large color display that technicians navi…February 6, 2008HomeCVSA brake inspection procedures progressingThe Heavy Duty Brake Manufacturers Council is continuing to work with the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance and the Federal Motor Carrier Saf…February 6, 2008Previous PagePage 7 of 10Next PageTop StoriesBusinessFree trade is dead; tariffs vital for government revenueBrian Wild thinks tariffs are here to stay. As a free trade guy, he doesn’t like it. “I consider them wrong. I’m as anti-tariff as you can get.”WorkforceDon Reimondo receives CVSN President's AwardUsed trucksWhat’s next for used truck pricing, demand?Class 7-8Truck orders down year over year in AugustComponentsHow to catch alternator failures before downtime arrives