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2008 Issue Descriptions

REFRIGERATED TRANSPORTER — Highlighting transportation, warehousing, logistics, and shipping. Reporting the latest news on refrigerated equipment innovations, new technology, and government regulations, as well as in-depth operations profiles.

JANUARY 2008—Information Technology
Information systems form the backbone of modern food distribution from inbound scheduling to warehouse operation to delivery routing and fleet maintenance. This issue will focus on information system design and implementation for efficient operations.

FEBRUARY 2008—Maintenance
Featuring new ideas on managing maintenance and repair programs, this issue will include maintenance scheduling, shop practices, management approaches to service, shop layouts, and equipment.
Reefer Service Directory (Now Online)—The only complete guide to refrigeration unit service locations throughout North America; refrigerated fleets use this comprehensive directory when they need repairs or other special services.

MARCH 2008—Operating Strategies
Logistics: As food manufacturers and distributors seek to concentrate on their core businesses, more are turning to logistics providers for warehousing, inventory control, and transportation. Logistics firms are a growing source of revenue to public warehouses and motor carriers, both as direct asset-based providers of service and as purchasers of service. Users and providers of logistics services will be featured.
Leasing: Leasing continues to grow in importance to refrigerated fleets. In addition to providing a method for adjusting fleet size rapidly, many food distribution companies look to leasing companies for complete, turn-key transportation services including equipment, maintenance, and drivers.

APRIL 2008—Driver Recruitment Training and Retention
A growing economy will produce increased demand for a pool of qualified labor for truck driving with the result that fleet operators will need to cast a wider net for employees to keep the seats of their trucks filled. Finding drivers and maintaining programs to keep qualified drivers concerns the entire industry. In addition to editorial emphasis on training and retention, this issue will offer a directory of driver training schools. (Available Online)

MAY 2008—TCA Report
The issues and ideas discussed at the TCA annual meeting are reported.  Subjects include equipment problems, driver hiring and training, federal regulations, marketing practices, and the state of the industry.
Post Convention Coverage
Truckload Carriers Association annual meeting Mid-America Trucking Show

JUNE 2008—Local Delivery
Foodservice is big business; almost all institutional food is handled and distributed at the local level. Features will include scheduling problems, storage, cargo handling techniques, special equipment needs.
Refrigerated Warehouse Directory —A comprehensive list of public cold storage facilities offering local delivery and other services is designed to help shippers and linehaul carriers secure efficient local distribution.

JULY 2008—Supermarket Supermarket & Wholesale Grocery Distribution
As supermarkets assume more and more of the store delivery of products traditionally delivered by vendors, distribution becomes very complex. Truck fleets get bigger; warehouses must be able to accommodate more types of products; and route-scheduling becomes an exacting science.
Warehouse Equipment Guide —Everything needed to design, build, and operate any size cold storage warehouse will be included in the product/service listings.
Bonus Distribution—Foodservice Distribution Conference & Expo

AUGUST 2008—Produce
Both long-haul and local produce operations will be featured. Fruits and vegetables are fragile commodities requiring precise handling methods. Drivers must be trained, and equipment must be specified carefully. Some rigs run over 200,000 miles per year.

SEPTEMBER 2008—Finance
Gross Revenue Report: A listing of the top for-hire refrigerated carriers, their revenue and operating ratios for 2007 compared to 2006. (Available Online)
Post Convention Coverage —Refrigerated Division of TCA. In-depth coverage of the meeting will include digests of the meetings and seminars, and will introduce new officers for the division.

OCTOBER 2008—Power Guide
In conjunction with the Truck Power Guide in this issue, feature articles detail how fleet operations develop truck specifications to meet different applications.
Truck Power Guide —This is the truck buyer’s delight, showing detailed specifications for next year’s trucks and tractors. Special attention is given to the optional equipment lists (engines, transmissions, and axles) and components listings which fleet managers use to tailor vehicles to their individual needs.
Bonus Distribution
Foodservice Distribution Conference & Expo.

NOVEMBER 2008—Buyer’s Guide
In conjunction with the Refrigerated Fleet Buyer’s Guide, feature articles highlight new trailer body & refrigeration specifications of progressive refrigerated fleets.
Buyer’s Guide —The only directory designed to meet the equipment needs for refrigerated distribution operations. This guide describes refrigerated trailer and truck body manufacturers’ offerings—PLUS specs on the different makes and models of refrigeration systems—PLUS a guide to suppliers of components and accessories such as insulated bulkheads, strip curtains, tailgates, mini-containers, cargo control equipment, temperature indicators, and recorders.

DECEMBER 2008—LTL Guide
Making a refrigerated LTL (Less-than-trailerload) operation successful is no easy task. We’ll feature some LTL carriers who are doing a great job at making it work.
LTL Guide —Shippers, receivers, and refrigerated carriers use this LTL Guide throughout the year. Shippers need the guide to route less-than-trailerloads to buyers throughout the nation; carriers use the guide to locate interline carriers; receivers use it to purchase transportation for incoming products.
Post Convention Coverage — Foodservice Distribution Conference & Expo

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