Annual Work Truck Show Announces 2018 Schedule

More than 60 educational opportunities will be offered at the 2018 Work Truck Show in Indianapolis in March.

NTEA – the Association for the Work Truck Industry, which organizes the annual event, announced the lineup for the show in late October.

What the association is calling Work Truck Week takes place March 6-9 at the Indiana Convention Center. The show’s Green Truck Summit and Fleet Technical Congress begin March 6 as do other educational sessions. The exhibit hall is open March 7–9.

Educational sessions at the Work Truck Show and Green Truck Summit include the following:

• Specification Preparation: Improving Your Processes;

• Partnering with Procurement to Enhance Your Decision-Making in Complex Technical Bids;

• Lean 101: Straightforward Approach to Lean Implementation for Truck Equipment Upfitters;

• The Conflict Between What We Believe and What the Fleet Data Says;

• I Hired Workers But Human Beings Showed Up — Now What?;

• Expected Improvements in Work Truck Efficiency Through Connectivity and Automation;

• Beyond Bins and Racks: Exploring Possible Upfit Configurations on North American Van Platforms; and

•How Does the U.S. Compare to Western Europe in the Race to Cleaner Transportation?

Fleet Technical Congress sessions, which require a separate ticket, include the following:

• The Future of Commercial Vehicles (the keynote address);

• Reactive vs. Predictive Maintenance: Taking Control of Your Future; and

• Is Your Vehicle Replacement Strategy in a Rut?

“Attending The Work Truck Show 2018 will help fleet managers and others in the vocational truck industry mitigate risk and improve their fleets’ productivity,” NTEA executive director Steve Carey said in a news release announcing the schedule. “The Work Truck Show offers an unbeatable opportunity to compare products from 500 exhibiting companies while also learning from peers and industry experts how to capitalize on the vehicle technology revolution, improve truck specifications, implement fleet best practices, and more.”

The show also features updates from 15 truck original equipment manufacturers, and special events such as an opening reception on March 6, and keynote speech by General Michael Hayden, retired four-star general and former director of the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency at the President’s Breakfast on March 8. Additional tickets are required for special events.

For more information, visit www.worktruckshow.com.