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Should the innovators of today, the market leaders of the next generation, create mobility based upon antiquated fuel? The long-term answer is no, but until then, we can’t hide our heads in the sand. There continue to be legitimate fleet concerns about going green. We can’t hope to truly “green” corporate America’s fleets (beyond simply being public relations statements) until these issues are resolved.
Read More →Managing one of the largest corporate fleets in the nation is a big responsibility. State Farm Insurance’s Dick Malcom, the company’s fleet administrator, has the resume to do the job.
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SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT – Telecommunications company FairPoint Communications successfully reduced its fleet fuel use and emissions by implementing an anti-idling program in partnership with the American Lung Association.
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NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS - The Scooter Store pursued a multi-pronged approach to reducing costs, from short cycling and changing its fleet composition to implementing routing technology. This online exclusive article explains how the company reduced its operating costs.
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KAILUA, HAWAII - BISHOP Fleet Optimization (BFO) is a global fleet optimization company that specializes in GPS vehicle audits to help optimize fleet sizes.
Read More →Every fleet manager is feeling the pressure to reduce costs. The best place to have maximum impact is to reduce overall fleet size and/or modify vehicle composition. A fleet's total cost is directly proportional to the total number of vehicles in operation, which drives all fixed and operating costs, such as fuel, replacement tire expenses, depreciation, accident repair costs, etc. If you can reduce overall fleet size, all other cost categories will decrease correspondingly.
Read More →Many of the challenges facing U.S. fleet managers are identical to the challenges facing your counterparts managing fleets elsewhere in the world. Many of these fleet trends extend beyond the U.S. and are offshoots of much larger global trends. Oftentimes, best practices in fleet management emerge from outside the U.S., which is good reason for you to familiarize yourself with what's occurring in other global fleet markets.
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In today’s lean economy, fleet managers have fewer resources and greater demands on their time, staff, and vehicles. Surviving these tough times includes managing stress and looking for the “upside” to the down economy.
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Learn how four fleets use driver input — and driver accountability — along with rightsizing, route optimization and new technology to achieve fuel savings of 10-20 percent.
Read More →There’s a direct correlation between vehicle weight, fuel economy, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Ultimately, the fleet application dictates vehicle size. But when it is possible to do so, right-sizing vehicles reduces fuel consumption, which, in turn, reduces GHG emissions. Right-sizing is a complex strategy that goes far beyond simply downsizing to a smaller class of vehicle.
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