traditional values of trust, loyalty and reliability

Traditional Values of Trust, Loyalty and Reliability

Based at Walgett and serving the north west NSW farming community, Steven and Kate Thurston operate Thurston’s Transport on the traditional values of trust, loyalty and reliability. As Paul Matthei discovered, these same values correlate with the trucks they operate, all of which belong 100 per cent to the Bulldog brigade. 
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building a standalone load allocation system

Building a Standalone Load Allocation System

The genesis of the Arrow Logistics operation has seen Ian Forster, working as a barman in a pub in Toowoomba, building a standalone load allocation system on a mobile phone for his trucks and a large group of subcontractors. A friend of his from Clifton had asked him to help out with his transport business.
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a simple platform on a mobile phone

A Simple Platform on a Mobile Phone

Arrow Logistics uses a simple platform on a mobile phone which keeps all of the people involved in bulk grain supply chain informed about what loads are available to be transported, what trucks are available to do that load and where the product has to be delivered.
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straight and simple as an Arrow

Straight and Simple as an Arrow

The increasing complexity of road transport and the systems around it does not have to be so complicated, especially, when you have a small footprint solution, which is as straight and simple as an Arrow Logistics application, on your phone. Diesel met Arrow’s founder, Ian Forster.
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solid foundation for a tipper and tanker business

Solid Foundation For a Tipper and Tanker Business

Servicing the needs of farmers in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, Jamie and Kelly Belfield are building a solid foundation for a tipper and tanker business. Theirs is an operation consisting of two prime movers, a number of steel and aluminium tippers as well as tankers used to cart liquid fertiliser. During the busy periods of sowing and harvest, the company engages up to four subcontractors to manage the workload. 
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customers are looking for good service levels

Customers are Looking for Good Service Levels

According to Grant Albinus, owner of KGB Transport, his customers are looking for good service levels. He has found that his business reputation has grown from doing the right thing, arriving on time and keeping the customer fully informed. 
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infrastructure spending in the Federal Budget welcomed

Having a Personal Touch with Customers

Jamie and Kelly Belfield run a tight ship servicing the needs of farmers in the Great Southern region of Western Australia and have found that having a personal touch with customers has helped develop a thriving business. They talk to Diesel News’ Paul Matthei.
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the truck maker is getting the basics right

The Truck Maker is Getting the Basics Right

There is a kind of truck that those working with the farming community in rural areas are looking for, a truck where the truck maker is getting the basics right. This is the successor to the trucks which dominated rural transport in the past, the International, AEC, Bedford, Leyland and all of the other post-war trucks now commonly seen in the countless vintage truck events around the nation. 
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efficient and innovative distribution

Efficient and Innovative Distribution

The local economy in regional towns like Bendigo needs an efficient and innovative distribution set-up in order for local businesses to thrive, get supplies from the city and distribute their goods locally and into the large centres of population. 
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Remain Vigilant

It’s Access, Stupid!

It’s not the economy, it’s access, stupid! That’s the problem dogging the trucking industry in its attempt to keep up with the need for improved productivity and capacity. The original phrase, which Diesel News is paraphrasing here, was ‘It’s the Economy, Stupid!’. The slogan was plastered over the desks of those working in the Bill Clinton Presidential Election campaign, back in 1992.
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