New details have emerged about Apple's decision to drastically scale back its plans to develop an autonomous vehicle in a Bloomberg report that outlines the lack of upheaval in the tech giant's Project Titan business unit.
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After a corporate-wide business unit reorganization, the position held by long-time fleet manager, Sue Miller, CAFM, director of fleet management service for McDonald's Corp., was eliminated.
Read More →Lynn Fee, supervisor of fleet and facilities services for Energizer in St. Louis, has left the company following the elimination of his position effective Jan.1.
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Swedish Match North America's fleet manager left her role managing the company's $10 million sales fleet in October, after the tobacco products manufacturer eliminated her position.
Read More →Netherlands-based TNT Express NV will close its Brazilian and Chinese operations and will let go of 4,000 employees over the next three years, according to a report in "International Business Times."
Read More →SAN RAMON, CA - Chevron Corp. believes it can slash transportation costs and meet customer needs with the shift to a transport fleet operated completely by third parties.
Read More →PHILADELPHIA - Arrow Trucking Co. is being sued by a Philadelphia attorney on behalf of the 1,400 former employees laid off right before Christmas, many of whom were truck drivers left stranded at truck stops.
Read More →HOUSTON - Arrow Trucking employees were reportedly unaware they had been laid off until their gas cards no longer worked or someone showed up to tow away their trucks.
Read More →PATASKALA, OH - Cost-cutting measures include staff cuts, suspending the take-home program, refinancing vehicles, and selling surplus.
Read More →I am dismayed at the number of fleet managers who have lost their jobs due to corporate cutbacks. Similarly, I am amazed at the short-sightedness of today's senior management making these decisions without regard to the implications of lesser-qualified individuals managing one of their largest asset classes. I predict that companies that downgrade the expertise of their in-house management will be on the wrong side of history and will be the poster children of what not to do in a recession.
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