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Newsby StaffJuly 10, 2018

Fleet Operations, Finance Departments Not Seeing Eye to Eye

Corporate finance departments and fleet managers bring different perspectives to priorities such as vehicle acquisition, cost reduction measures, and maintenance and repair that can create obstacles such as "a significant lack of communication," according to a new survey from Fleet Advantage.

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Market Trendsby Mike AntichJuly 2, 2018

Maximizing Utilization Maximizes Truck Revenue

If you want to provide added value to your company, you need to view fleet as a business and not simply an aggregation of assets to be managed cost-effectively. The fastest way to improve your bottom line is to increase fleet utilization, which increases the productivity of each individual truck.

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Newsby StaffJune 26, 2018

ARI, WEX Celebrate Fuel Card Relationship

ARI and WEX, Inc. are celebrating their long-running relationship with co-branded fuel cards for fleet customers of the fleet management company, the payments solution provider announced. The companies have been in business together for 25 years.

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Newsby Mike AntichJune 26, 2018

Calif. Trucking Company Names Fleet Manager

Arrin Burruss was named fleet manager at NEXT Trucking in Carson, Calif.

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Market Trendsby Mike AntichJanuary 19, 2017

It is Critical to Get Out of Your Office to Assess Vehicle Usage Issues

Many view fleet management as being a desk job, but it is more than that. When trouble-shooting fleet problems, such as increased costs for a particular user group, it is important to identify the root cause, which often requires on-site visual inspection of fleet assets and how they are being utilized.

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Market Trendsby Mike AntichJanuary 1, 2017

Cost Control is Constrained Without Driver Buy-in

The fundamental requirements of your business necessitates minimum fleet equipment specifications that, as a result, pre-define the expense parameters from both a fixed and operating cost perspective. If you acquire vehicle assets that best fulfill your fleet application, then any supplemental cost reduction will only be based on incremental refinements The best way to achieve additional cost reduction is by modifying driver behavior.

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Articlesby Mike AntichNovember 2, 2015

2015 Fleet Fuel Spend Analysis & 2016 Forecast

Since 2013, year-over-year fuel prices have remained flat. With fuel being 60 percent of total operating costs, lower per-gallon prices have put downward pressure on total fleet costs.

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Articlesby Chris WolskiJune 3, 2015

Locating and Delivering the Right Truck Virtually

For small business fleet owners, finding the right work truck can be a challenge. An innovative online solution is helping fleets find these vehicles at the touch of a virtual button.

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Market Trendsby Mike AntichMarch 16, 2015

Upfit Lightweighting is More Complex Than Simply Reducing Weight

When used in the manufacture of truck bodies and van equipment, lightweight materials, such as thinner gauge high-strength steel, aluminum, fiberglass, and plastic composites, enable fleets to reduce vehicle weight to improve fuel economy, increase legal payload, and even drop down to a smaller (often more fuel-efficient) vehicle.

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Articlesby Chris WolskiOctober 29, 2014

Time Capsule: 1920s Edwin F. Daniels & Co. Truck Auto Car

Trucks have certainly changed in style and use over the years, and this auto car from the 1920s shows how far technology and comfort have come over the past 90 or so years.

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