Operations

Cover of a whitepaper titled “The Hidden Costs of Departmentally Assigned Vehicles on Your Fleet” featuring a black fleet vehicle driving on a road at sunset. Subheadline reads: “Discover how your fleet can reduce costs and minimize risk by implementing vehicle sharing.” The document focuses on fleet optimization, vehicle sharing, cost reduction, utilization tracking, and risk management for fleet operations.

Why Fleet Managers Are Replacing Departmental Vehicles with Shared Motor Pools

Departmentally assigned vehicles often create hidden costs through underutilization, poor visibility, and increased administrative burden. This white paper explores how shared motor pool strategies help fleets reduce costs, improve accountability, and optimize vehicle utilization.

Videos

Women in Fleet: Meet Safelite’s Gilchrist

A special interest in safety has been one propelling factor throughout Gilchrist’s 11 years in the fleet industry.

News•by Mike Antich•March 1, 2018

Online Bookseller Names Director of Transportation

Joshua Chamuler was named director of transportation at ThriftBooks, which is based in Seattle, Wash., and is the largest online seller of used books in the world.

News•by Mike Antich•February 28, 2018

Quanta Services Names Meisel VP of Fleet Management

Dave Meisel was named vice president - fleet management for Quanta Services, Inc., which is headquartered in Houston, Texas. He assumed this position in September.

News•February 28, 2018

Sprinter 2500, 3500 Models Recalled for UVW Labeling

An estimated 17 2016-2017 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500 and 3500 full-size vans equipped with folding seats may have incorrect unloaded vehicle weight (UVW) labels.

News•February 28, 2018

Mitsubishi Taps Nissan's Diaz to Head North America

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. has appointed Fred Diaz to succeed Ryujiro Kobashi as president and CEO of Mitsubishi Motors North America Inc. (MMNA).

News•February 28, 2018

Work Truck Show Adds Mobile Learning Center

The new mobile learning center is an on-the-go classroom located on the Ride-and-Drive grounds. It is equipped with examples of manufacturing technologies and systems available today and being developed for the future — such as 3-D printing and scanning, laser cutting and robotics.