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There is agreement that the leasing and rental industry is about to enter an interesting, if not crucial year. Concern in spots over the new car market, tight money, model and equipment trends, the used car market, warranties, fleet and licensing programs, insurance, taxes, maintenance, and labor costs are but a few of the problems which lie ahead.
Read More →'68 may be remembered in our industry as that year that signified the advent of the shoulder harnesses. Any good editor that is wise enough to recognize the virtues of motherhood, the flag and being against sin must also be fully aware of the need for safety as a prime motivation among fleet managers with a responsibility for dozens of high mileage men driving company cars and risking their lives with every mile.
Read More →With the end of the year upon us, most men with assigned responsibilities are pressurized with two strong thoughts toward doing a better job. One by looking back over the past year and the other in looking into the next twelve months. Both are essential to good fleet management.
Read More →Fleet management men who have been assigned the responsibility for fleet insurance have encountered a most difficult task. Our field contact has underscored the mounting problems inherent in developing and maintaining a good sound relationship with a carrier as well as a method to "insure" stable rates and good claim service.
Read More →Every three years this thing happens. It's like a salesman storing his car for a couple of months when he desperately needs it for calls; or like being hospitalized for an equal period and finding out you are all right later. ... This thing is called an auto strike.
Read More →With all major companies offering updated fleet allowance programs...competition should prove lively for the 1968 model year.
Read More →Even with the strong pressures that corporate management exerts, many of us arc inclined to simply coin-pare our charts and totals with last year or a similar period of time . . . and then justify, whatever the current position, by identifying the ever present influences of high wage costs...
Read More →I noted recently that Capt. William Kaufman from the Florida Turnpike Highway Patrol Troop K reported that out of 50 new tires on his patrol cars almost a dozen had failed within a few days. Since these were tires from a new source manufacturer and pretty typical of what can happen on a bid basis.
Read More →How can a dealer continue to promise and renege talk quick service when it isn't and fix something once only to have to do it again.
Read More →The role and responsibilities of a Fleet Administrator can be as large as the chief executive officer will permit or as small as the fleet administrator is desirous of making it.
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