Ways to Improve Fleet Order-to-Delivery Times

Today's video looks at the state of 2021-MY vehicle orders; how to minimize order-to-delivery times, how fleets can expedite turnaround time with upfitters, and forecasts for 2021 fleet ordering.

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December 10, 2020

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This State of the Fleet Industry Spotlight video is sponsored by:

In the latest State of the Fleet Industry Spotlight video Angie Lauer, assistant vice president of Enterprise Fleet Management, shared best practices of the fleet order-to-delivery (OTD) process with Automotive Fleet Editor Mike Antich.

Topics discussed included the state of 2021-MY vehicle orders; how to minimize order-to-delivery times, how fleets can expedite turnaround time with upfitters, and forecasts for 2021 fleet ordering.

Please also check the upcoming weekly State of the Fleet Industry video in the Monday AF Newsletter, on Dec. 14, 2020, which is sponsored by Enterprise Fleet Management.

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