“THIS IS AN INDUSTRY THAT HAS MASSIVE COSTS IN PEOPLE ASSETS AND PHYSICAL ASSETS, AT PERCENTAGES MUCH HIGHER THAN OTHER INDUSTRIES. …


AND IT TAKES A LOT OF PENNIES PER MILE TO


OVERCOME A PHYSICAL ASSET THAT IS SITTING STILL.” —CHRIS LOFGREN, PRESIDENT & CEO,


SCHNEIDER NATIONAL Lofgren


upon them the urgency of needing quicker turnarounds and to help the carrier identify inefficiencies in the pickup and delivery process. Kidd ques- tioned whether the industry was bold enough to take that stance. “I think we are bold enough,”


said Knight. “I really believe that if we and our customers continue to work together there’s a great opportunity to mitigate some of the cost we would otherwise accrue. And if we don’t get in front of this, like we got in front of some of these other issues, then there


is only one thing that’s going to hap- pen: It’s going to be worse. It’s going to be more expensive, and it isn’t going to work as well.” Harper pointed out that a lot of


customers raised questions of capacity when carriers talked about finding ways to make operations more efficient, and noted that J.B. Hunt hasn’t increased the size of its fleet in four years. “The customer asks, ‘When are


you guys going to grow again?’ And I said, ‘Well, when the trucks we have are deployed in a way that they get a fair


served as executive vice president and president of Cooper Motor Lines, Inc., a Swift subsidiary.


Since May 1999, Kevin P. Knight has served as the chairman of the Board of Directors of Knight Transportation and has served as CEO since 1993.


Knight currently serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the American Trucking Associations.


CHRIS LOFGREN


Chris Lofgren has been president, CEO and a director of Schneider National, Inc. since 2002 and has been with the company since 1994. Prior to joining Schneider National, Lofgren held several positions at Symantec Corp., a security, storage and systems management solutions company.


Schneider, Inc. is a premier provider of transportation and logistics services enhancing the standard of living worldwide. Founded in 1935 when Al Schneider sold the family car to buy his first truck, Schneider is headquartered in Green Bay, Wis., and conducts business worldwide. In 2010, Schneider proudly celebrated its 75th anniversary.


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return to our shareholders. Our share- holders can’t be a shock absorber in the economy to the extent you want us to essentially create capacity,’” said Harper.


THE ALLIANCE GOING FORWARD For Schneider, the largest privately-


owned truckload carrier in the U.S., there’s no magic in 2014 other than concentrating on the issues the industry is already facing, with drivers and their time allowed by the government to work being paramount, said Lofgren.


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Lofgren currently serves on the board of directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the American Trucking Associations and the American Transportation Research Institute. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the College of Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Georgia Tech Advisory Board. He was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering in 2009.


CRAIG HARPER


A graduate of the University of Arkansas, Craig Harper began his business career as a stockbroker for Kidder Peabody before entering the commercial real estate market in Dallas. He returned to Arkansas in 1991 to manage a hazardous waste company, but soon after J.B. Hunt acquired the company, Harper moved to northwest Arkansas and joined J.B. Hunt in its special commodities division.


In 1997, Harper was named J. B. Hunt’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer where he also manages the truckload division. He is a strong advocate for measures on the trucking industry that can improve safety and reduce accidents involving big trucks.


Craig serves on the Arkansas Trucking Association Board of Directors where he is alsos the organization’s chairman-elect.


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