February 2010, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Staff
Saving money and boosting fleet productivity are just a few results fleets can expect by implementing telematics products available today.
Tags: EJ Ward, GEOTAB, GPS Insight, Telematics
February 2010, Automotive Fleet - Cover Story
By Lauren Fletcher
Commercial fleets are utilizing telematics to increase efficiencies and driver safety and save money. One fleet uses its system as a dispatch tool for service technicians.
Tags: Carrier, LKQ Corp, Premier Utility Services, Safelite, ServiceMaster, Telematics, Walgreens-OptionCare
February 2010, Automotive Fleet - Department
These “Strange but True” stories were sent to Automotive Fleet by fleet managers, drivers, and fleet management companies. Have a strange but true story? Something so incredible it couldn’t have been made up? Share your stories with Automotive Fleet.
Tags: GPS, strange but true
February 2009, Automotive Fleet - Cover Story
By Lauren Fletcher & Grace Lauron
Telematics has proven useful to fleets in reducing fuel consumption, idling, and emissions, and keeping track of company vehicles.
Tags: AirIQ, Amtec LLC, Davis Instruments, Desert Services, EasyTurf, EJ Ward, fuel consumption, GEM Plumbing, Genuine Parts, GEOTAB, GPS, GPS Insight, Honeywell, idling, Light Tower Rentals, Networkfleet, Plumbing Plus and Remodel Works Bath & Kitchen, SC Johnson, Telematics, tracking, U.S. Postal Service, ValleyCrest Companies, Verizon Inc., Viking Termite and Pest Control, Wal-Mart
February 2009, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Lisajoyce Vergara
In a technology-driven world and with the expanding growth of GPS navigation, the choice of a portable navigation device for fleet vehicles is a matter of features, cost, and convenience.
Tags: GPS, Portable Navigation
November 2008, Business Fleet - Feature
By Colin Sutherland
The next step in using GPS tracking technology is to manage miles, fuel and customer activity together to achieve greater net profit per visit.
Tags: engine diagnostics, GPS, tracking technology
November 2008, Work Truck - Feature
By Daryl Lubinsky
The wireless system helps a lumber transport company prevent unauthorized use, decrease idling time, and avoid maintenance problems.
Tags: BLS Trucking, Networkfleet, Telematics, Wireless Vehicle Management
May 2008, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Mike Antich
The high cost of fuel is the No. 1 challenge facing fleets. Annual fuel cost increased, on average, $600 per vehicle from 2005-2007. In addition, other fuel-related commodities, such as replacement tires, have increased in cost.
Tags: Green Fleet Initiatives, Maintenance Trends, operating costs, Trends in Telematics
May 2008, Government Fleet - Feature
By Shelley Mika
Beyond simply determining fleet vehicle location, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management uses telematics technology to help manage its fleet and reduce harmful emissions.
Tags: Alabama Department of Environmental Management , GPS, Networkfleet
April 2008, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Cheryl Knight
Ford Fleet customers benefit from the efficiencies of a single-source contact and find value in exclusive benefits tailored to the needs of managing an automotive fleet.
Tags: alt-fuel vehicles, Crossover Vehicles, Ford, Ford Work Solutions
March 2008, Fleet Financials - Feature
By Chad Simon
A GPS system can be a useful fleet management tool. However, the system must be properly introduced to employees to promote their acceptance and cooperation.
Tags: @Road, BLS Trucking, Desert Services, driver, EasyTurf, GEM Plumbing, GPS, Networkcar , Nextel, Plumbing Plus and Remodel Works Bath & Kitchen, Productivity, Xora
March 2008, Work Truck - Feature
By Cindy Brauer
Mobile resource management (MRM) systems allow fleet managers to track fuel transactions, streamline routing, monitor driver behavior, automate maintenance alerts, and implement other efficiency-producing functions.
Tags: @Road, CarChip, driver behavior, fuel, GPS, GPS Insight, maintenance, Routing, Telematics, Vericom Technologies
By Paul Dexler
Adding tiny RFID tags to incoming and outgoing cargo in trucks can help the driver and the distribution office keep track of items.
Tags: cargo management, RFID
February 2008, Automotive Fleet - Cover Story
By Lauren Colin
Telematics is currently a hot button with fleets. Will the return be worth the initial investment? Many fleets are finding that when used properly, telematics can save a fleet money and pay for itself.
Tags: Aqua America, Cox Enterprises, GE Capital Solutions, OmniSource, PHH Arval, Telargo, Telematics
February 2008, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Grace Lauron
By implementing GPS, PoolCorp can now manage its fleet more effectively, safely, and efficiently. The NetworkCar system has helped the fleet cut back on speeding, idling, accidents, and costs.
Tags: fuel, PoolCorp
The No. 1 factor is the ongoing high cost of fuel, in particular diesel, which is driving management demands to lower operating costs. Another huge factor that will influence fleets will be the 2010 diesel emission standards.
Tags: 2010 emission standards, driver ergonomics, hybrid, replacement tires, technician shortage, Telematics, truck acquisition, truck trends, upfitting trends
November 2007, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By John Lovell
Objections to implementing GPS systems are based on myths concerning their value, ease of use, cost, and function. These assumptions have been countered by real-world experience.
Tags: GPS, Myths
September 2007, Work Truck - Feature
By Tariq Kamal
Fleet managers describe how the ability to track vehicle location, gas consumption, and preventive maintenance has benefited their fleets.
Tags: fuel savings, maintenance, Telematics
July 2007, Work Truck - Feature
By Joe Bohn
Less-than-truckload carrier, A. Duie Pyle, invests in proactive technology as part of an ongoing strategy to compete in an industry struggling with consolidation and overcapacity.
Tags: A. Duie Pyle, Qualcomm, Telematics
June 2007, Automotive Fleet - Feature
When used properly as a positive addition to technology, fleet telematics implementation can be a tool for driving cost savings and increasing employee productivity, bringing in more money for everyone.
Tags: Telematics
February 2007, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Lauren Colin & Clem Driscoll
The use of telematics technologies in fleets is expanding rapidly. Currently, more than 2.5 million units are in service with the market expected to expand to 5.8 million units by 2009.
November 2006, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Mike Antich and Chad Simon
Implementing a telematics program enables fleet managers to save money by monitoring driver behavior and vehicle location, thereby reducing accident frequency, idling time, and unauthorized mileage.
July 2005, Automotive Fleet - Feature
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Several fleets are testing a new telematics-powered service called PHH Onboard. The service seeks to help fleets increase productivity of the driver and vehicle, improve risk management, and enhance vehicle performance.
Event data recorders (EDR) — a simple device used to reconstruct accident parameters or an invasion of driver privacy? In a recent manslaughter case in Northern Kentucky, a man was pulled over by police but then sped off, leading to a pursuit that resulted in the officer’s fatal crash. Prosecution is attempting to retrieve EDR information from the suspect’s vehicle to help convict him at trial.
Tags: Black Box, EDRs, Electronic Data Recorder
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