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Many interdepartmental and operational conflicts that intersect at fleet are typically driven by the challenge of balancing HR/driver requirements versus finance/procurement requirements, which are often at odds, with the gains in one area negatively impacting the other. And, the hard reality is not all department or operational managers are team players and, as a result, there are the inevitable interdepartmental (and personal) conflicts.
Read More →It is as true today as it was decades ago: The greatest portion of a vehicle’s fixed cost is depreciation. Here are 10 best practices to help manage this top-level expense.
Read More →Until the emergence of strategic sourcing in the 1990s, procurement did not hold the same prominence within corporations as it does today. Nowadays, procurement plays a pivotal strategic role. Procurement is now the new engine of change in fleet management, which has resulted in dramatic changes in the fleet purchasing and supplier selection process.
Read More →This article from a recent issue of Fleet Financials covers what fleet managers need to know when working with procurement professionals.
Read More →When you examine the seminal events of fleet management over the past 30 years, most were driven by changes in tax law, the introduction of governmental mandates,and adoption of new technologies. Looking to the future, we should probably expect more of the same.
Read More →Effective use of a formal request for proposal (RFP) can help fleet managers ensure they’ll select the best supplier. The process begins before the RFP is even sent out.
Read More →Often viewed as an interloper bent upon wresting authority away from fleet managers, strategic sourcing is a relatively new process introduced in the 1980s. Fleet managers should view it as a tool for success.
Read More →Customer service, maintenance management, asset management, and engineering design are key best practices for a company that serves 10.5 million U.S. residential and commercial customers.
Read More →It goes by any number of different names: shared services, strategic sourcing, or simply leverage. Whatever you call it, taking full advantage of the volume your company can bring to bear on the fleet marketplace is good business.
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Corporate procurement departments are becoming the engines of change in fleet management at Fortune 500 companies. The emergence of strategic sourcing in the 1990s is rapidly altering corporate purchasing and increasingly forcing change in fleet purchasing and the supplier selection process.
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