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Fleet managers who oversee as few as 14 vehicles share many concerns with managers of larger fleets. They came together at Fleet Expo 2000, which included seminars, exhibits, and a ride and drive of more than 70 vehicles.
Read More →Fuel prices are at the highest levels in 20 years. The forecast is for fuel prices to remain elevated in 2001.
Read More →The higher cost of gasoline and diesel is increasing the operating costs for utility fleets, which run heavier-GVW trucks. Although utility fleets roll fewer monthly miles, high idling causes them to accumulate more engine hours.
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A disturbing, and ongoing, trend in the fleet industry is increased truck and van maintenance costs because of overloading.
Read More →The first step is determining that the vehicles are suited for their tasks. Make sure that they are properly equipped. And consider other factors such as cost containment, resale value, and company image.
Read More →Under the current Internal Revenue code, business-use passenger cars have a class life of three years, but are assigned to a five-year property recovery class.
Read More →It has gotten more expensive to remarket out-of-service fleet units. This is reflected in increased auction and reconditioning fees, and transportation fees, which have risen due to higher gas prices, according to an annual AF study.
Read More →Order-to-delivery times improve for key car lines in 2000; however, strong demand created ordering backlog for trucks. Also, rail car shortages, floods in Southeast, and component constraints contributed to delivery delays.
Read More →Last June 29 was a watershed date for the emerging "new" fleet management industry. On that date, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched a two-day public hearing in Washington, DC, on business-to-business (B2B) Web-based procurement marketplaces because it is concerned about their anti-trust implications. (See my editorial in the June 2000 issue, page 12.)
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The price of a transaction, or the sum total of all transactions, doesn’t tell a manager any more about true vehicle cost than it would in a manufacturing environment.
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