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Designing the Right Trucks for Fleet Applications
This video covers ways to effectively plan a truck engineering meeting, how to ensure assets continue to meet business needs years into the future, best practices for asset standardization (or simplification), and how to develop fleet metrics that satisfy company-wide goals.
November 12, 2020
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In the latest State of the Fleet Industry Spotlight video, Jonathan Kamanns, fleet program manager for CTE, was interviewed by Automotive Fleet Editor Mike Antich to discuss ways to design the right asset for fleet applications by working with business leaders, suppliers, and field operations, based on company business needs.
During the conversation they discussed ways to effectively plan a truck engineering meeting, how to ensure assets continue to meet business needs years into the future, best practices for asset standardization (or simplification), and how to develop fleet metrics that satisfy company-wide goals.
Please also check the upcoming weekly State of the Fleet Industry video in the Monday AF Newsletter, on Nov. 16, 2020, which is sponsored by Enterprise Fleet Management.
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