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Operations•Cover Story•by Cheryl Knight•June 1, 2007

LabCorp's Dinwiddie Cuts Costs & Lifts Driver Morale

2007 Fleet Manager of the Year Lynda Dinwiddie, associate VP Fleet & Travel for LabCorp., has taken the company’s fleet to a new level of efficiency.

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Operations•by Cheryl Knight•June 1, 2007

Fleet Manager's Role Moving to Higher Levels

Wheels’ Jim Frank, co-sponsor of AF’s 2007 Fleet Manager of the Year Award, contends the fleet manager’s role has become even more important to companies across the globe.

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Operations•by Cheryl Knight•June 1, 2007

Ford Fleet Realigns with Focus on the Customers

Ford’s Commercial & Government Operations restructuring goal includes improving efficiency and productivity internally, leading to improved customer service externally.

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Operations•by Staff•June 1, 2007

Roche Expands Hybrid Car Fleet to 242 Units

Ford Escape Hybrid and Toyota Prius vehicles now account for 15 percent of the pharmaceutical company’s sales fleet, with plans to increase the total with each buying cycle.

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Operations•by Stratford Dick•June 1, 2007

Collision Management Programs that Work

Regular program reviews, benchmarking, gathering metrics, and holding your provider accountable for results are important to cost-effectively manage fleet vehicle accidents.

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Telematics•by Chad Simon•June 1, 2007

Turning Fleet Telematics into Profit

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.

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Operations•by Matt LeGrande•June 1, 2007

Fremont Bank Switches Courier Fleet to Hybrids

The family-owned and managed Northern California bank’s commitment to its community and the environment has grown beyond recycling and a paperless office to converting its fleet to Toyota Prius hybrids.

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Remarketing•by Chad Simon•June 1, 2007

Century Engineering Donates Retired Fleet Vehicles to Charity

Opting to donate his tax-deductible retired vehicles to non-profit Vehicles for Change (VFC), Century Engineering’s president helped impact the lives of the underprivileged in his community.

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Operations•by Mike Antich•June 1, 2007

Fleets Vulnerable to the Latest Crime Trend: Catalytic Converter Theft

Thieves are targeting fleet vehicles parked overnight in secluded parking lots. Their target? Catalytic converters. The theft of catalytic converters is a growing crime trend happening throughout the country.

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Operations•by Staff•May 1, 2007

Analyzing RFPs

It is becoming more and more popular for fleets to use a formal RFP when procuring fleet programs and services. Reviewing and analyzing responses can be cumbersome; here are some ideas that can help simplify the process.

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