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Mike Antich

Former Editor and Associate Publisher

Mike Antich covered the fleet management and vehicle remarketing markets for over 20 years. Mike has written or edited over 5,000 articles on fleet management, manufacturer fleet activities, the fleet leasing industry, and vehicle remarketing during this period.

Mike was the editor and associate publisher for Automotive Fleet magazine. 

Mike was also actively involved with a variety of fleet and remarketing industry associations and was a long-time member of the board of directors for the Automotive Fleet & Leasing Association (AFLA). He served as AFLA's president from 2008-2009 and was reelected AFLA president in 2021-2022. He was also the chairman of the AFLA Globalization Committee, where he was instrumental in creating the first-ever Global Fleet Networking Consortium comprised of five international fleet associations.

He was also a member of the board of directors and an officer for the International Automotive Remarketers Alliance (IARA). He was the Alliance's long-time secretary and chaired its public relations committee. In addition, he was the past chairman of the IARA certification task force, which developed the industry's first-ever certification program for vehicle remarketers. 

In 2010, Mike was inducted into the Fleet Hall of Fame and inducted into the Global Fleet Hall of Fame in 2022. He also won the Industry Icon Award, presented by the IARA and NAAA.

Mike was an international speaker and has spoken at numerous industry conferences, client advisory councils, and fleet sales meetings.

He passed away on Dec. 19, 2025. 

Articlesby Mike AntichMarch 6, 2023

Why Have Fleet Maintenance Costs Risen So Steeply?

Five factors — vehicle complexity, unscheduled maintenance, parts delays, inflation and labor costs — have contributed to double-digit price increases.

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Articlesby Mike AntichFebruary 27, 2023

Fleet Cross-Collaboration Helps Achieve P&L Objectives

A company's individual P&L center managers have a tremendous impact over execution of fleet policy within their areas of control. Fleet managers must partner with these stakeholders, giving them latitude to influence fleet decisions to maximize the opportunity to achieve their P&L objectives.

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Articlesby Mike AntichFebruary 21, 2023

How Computers Became the Cornerstone of Fleet Management

Without computers, the fleet management industry could not provide the breadth of services available today. Mike Antich presents a decade-by-decade summary of computer technology's impact on the industry.

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Articlesby Mike AntichFebruary 17, 2023

Model Availability Derails Standardization

The past two years' sourcing environment has made it difficult to standardize fleet assets, an effective cost-containment tool. However, signs indicate sourcing is improving.

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Articlesby Mike AntichFebruary 17, 2023

Most OEMs to Continue Fleet Allocation Ordering in MY-2024

Fleet order allocations will remain into MY-2024 ordering due to ongoing supply constraints and the large pent-up demand created by earlier, unfulfilled fleet vehicle orders.

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ArticlesCover Storyby Mike AntichFebruary 15, 2023

Replacement Parts Remain in Short Supply with Prices Rising

Parts constraints are causing much longer completion times for repair jobs, lengthening fleet vehicle downtime, reducing driver productivity, and consequently increasing overall fleet maintenance costs.

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Articlesby Mike AntichFebruary 15, 2023

A New Asset Class for Fleet Managers: Home EV Chargers

Most fleet managers have never managed EV chargers, so best practices dealing with this new asset class have yet to be defined.

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Articlesby Mike AntichFebruary 10, 2023

Labor Shortages an Urgent Dilemma for Fleets

The ongoing shortage of workers, particularly skilled, trained employees, has had wide-ranging and often deep consequences for many fleets, private and public sector.

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Articlesby Mike AntichFebruary 9, 2023

Parts Shortages Trigger Spike in Vehicle Downtime

Two years of scant automotive replacement parts supplies have heightened fleet downtime and increased fleet maintenance expenses.

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ArticlesCover Storyby Mike AntichFebruary 8, 2023

Sourcing Constraints Continue to Cause Anxiety Among Fleets in 2023

Originally designed to create order and fairness to the fleet ordering process, OEM controlled allocation systems, instead have produced unintended consequences and frustrating challenges to fleets.

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