No amount of internal fiscal pressure or external sales pressure can justify outsourcing fleet management functions whose performance is critical to providing high-quality assets and services to fleet users at a reasonable cost.
Read More →Incomplete and inaccurate vehicle maintenance data prompted the state of Utah to outsource part of its fleet on a pilot program. A one-year evaluation was successful and the outsourced maintenance program, was adopted.
Read More →What’s on the minds of fleet managers as we begin a new year? To find out, we asked 29 managers of commercial, government, and utility fleets.
Read More →Running an in-house fleet maintenance program is worth the effort if your company's fleet vehicles share common usage and long service lives. One benefit is more control and accountability than using an outside service provider.
Read More →Privatization isn't a new phenomenon among government fleets, but recently it has come to the forefront again following the signing of several prominent outsourcing contracts.
Read More →Should vendors who perform the functions of the in-house fleet manager be considered fleet managers? The City of Wilmington, DE, with its outsourcing contract with Ryder, has been cited by those who think they should.
Read More →The larger the fleet, the greater the likelihood that it has outsourced a sizeable amount of its in-house responsibilities, with some exceptions such as driver safety programs. On the other hand, the trend for smaller fleets is to do more in-house.
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