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With the right mix of marketing, creativity and investment in technology, the insurance replacement market provides local businesses the opportunity to thrive in a land of giants.
Read More →Both engine options offer benefits and disadvantages. Gasoline engines are cheaper and more flexible, but require more service attention. Diesel units cost more, but achieve better fuel mileage and idling times.
Read More →The days of paper condition reports are receding rapidly. SGS Automotive Services combines technology with expertise to help fleet managers better manage depreciation.
Read More →The Utility and Public Fleet Council of the Clean Vehicle Education Foundation surveys fleets on natural gas vehicle requirements to aggregate fleet demand and then coordinate with manufacturer product planning.
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The rapid rise in gasoline and diesel prices precipitated unanticipated fleet budget deficits throughout the country in 2005. This caused fleet to get on the “radar screen” of elected officials, the local news media, and taxpayer watchdog groups. As fleet managers asked legislators for additional funding, a knee-jerk “politicization” of fleet operations occurred with some elected politicians seeking to modify fleet policies.
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The common denominator among the companies operating the nation’s 300 largest commercial fleets is that they empower their fleet managers to make strategic decisions necessary to cost-effectively operate their fleets.
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A fleet with a vehicle replacement fund to which resale proceeds are returned makes the fleet manager more accountable for the disposal of surplus vehicles and equipment. It is in the fleet manager’s best interest to maximize resale proceeds to offset the cost of new vehicles.
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Strategic sourcing has been a strong trend in corporate procurement for more than a decade. It has changed the corporate landscape and many fleet managers today find themselves reporting into the company’s procurement/sourcing group.
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The International Automotive Remarketers Alliance (IARA) has launched an important industry initiative to develop the first-ever certification program for remarketers. Known as the Certified Automotive Remarketing program (CAR), it will be open to all members of IARA, along with nonmembers who meet the eligibility criteria. Currently, no such program exists for the remarketing industry. However, this is not the case in other industries.
Read More →An ideal program tracks maintenance records and performs regular preventive and predictive maintenance to minimize repair costs and downtime.
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