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The fact remains, as the recent NAFA study chart reveals, that those who have more than their toes in the water are the utilities (vested self-interest) and the government (mandated) fleets.
Read More →Originally the corporate fleet function was described as administrative. More than 30 years ago NAFA was established to represent the people performing those duties, thus tabbing them as National Association of Fleet Administrators.
Read More →To celebrate Automotive Fleet's 30th anniversary, Bobit Publishing would like to honor the top 30 individuals, both past and present, who have made significant contributions to the automotive fleet industry.
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In my experience, there are far too many industry people in the Supplier groups who give lip service to the talents of the fleet managers, but privately voice serious doubts about the abilities of these same guardians of company cars and trucks.
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The October 9th edition of The Wall Street Journal describes how those companies that piled on the debt in the '80s are now engaged in a "bad hangover," yearning for equity as they slash expenses, pleading with bondholders, and getting little sympathy from the financial shareholder community because of their high costs of debt service prompted by "mergeritis."
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The National Automobile Dealer Assn. (NADA) has been about as predictable as your mother-in law: they never change their stripes. Year after year you can bet the farm on what they support and what they oppose; and they do it well with millions of dollars and real political clout.
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It is apparent to me that the condition of the industry is anything but static.
Read More →Even though the Japanese Voluntary Restraint Agreement (VRA) was supposed to be "voluntary" (U.S. trade officials pressured) and temporary (originally designed to give domestics five years to "catch up") when announced in May 1981, it still stands today.
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Why would only just over one-third specify the brands of replacement tires. What this translates into is nearly two-thirds don't care if the driver is mixing Toyo tires with Good years, or something else. Now, just ask any wholesaler what a costly error this is.
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Moving the traditional fleet management function outside the company is really delegating the "responsibility" to a third party who is at a disadvantage in not being a part of a firm' s corporate culture, its strategic objectives, nor can provide the same degree of involvement as a hands-on fleet manager.
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