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Wheels Inc. Press Release Wheels Inc., along with its global partner ALD Automotive has entered a partnership agreement with Mitsubishi Auto Leasing Corporation (MAL) as part of their Asia coverage expansion. “This new partnership with MAL in Japan is a great step forward for our international clients for whom this market has considerable importance in their global fleet. We’re thrilled to offer our clients the reliable fleet services of MAL,” said Dan Frank, president and CEO of Wheels. “The growing footprint of the Alliance in Asia, with the opening in Malaysia, reinforces our leadership position in the geographical coverage we can offer.” Read more of the press release.
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Thursday, April 16, 2020 — 11:00 AM PDT / 2:00 PM EDT / 7:00 PM GMT Around the world many people who work in health care, delivery, service, emergency response, government, and many other industries are continuing to leave their homes to ensure that essential supplies and services continue to reach those in need during this difficult time. In this webinar, eDriving’s Senior Vice President of Risk Engineering, Jim Noble, and Snow Advisory’s Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability guru, Teri Snow, CSP, will discuss the unprecedented risks currently faced by at-work drivers and recommend the steps you can take to help keep your drivers safe and healthy during this time. READ MORE
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Get an offer in hours, paid in a day, and move on to more important things By Gary Mott, President, FLD, Inc. As a pioneer – and fleet-industry leader – for more than 40 years, there’s one thing our team here at FLD has learned, and that is vehicle remarketing is an inherently risky process. One fraught with pitfalls that can confound even the most experienced fleet professional. Without a competent remarketing process or partner, fleets can lose big money, squander valuable resources, and face mountains of aggravation. In fact, the traditional remarketing process can wreak havoc on a vehicle’s total cost of ownership as fleets wait weeks – and sometimes even months – to get paid after an off-lease vehicle is finally sold. READ MORE
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By Mark Boada, Executive Editor Only two months after being named fleet manager for the City of Cincinnati in January, Ruth Alfson, CAFM was faced with managing the fleet’s 2,500 vehicles and 1,000 additional units of small equipment in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fleet Management Weekly called to interview Ms. Alfson on Tuesday, March 31, as the city’s mayor announced furloughs of 1,700 city employees, more than 20 percent of its workforce, in anticipation of a major shortfall in revenues caused by the virus. READ MORE
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 By Ed Smith, President and CEO, Agile Fleet Are you thinking about starting a car sharing initiative within your fleet organization? There are lots of good reasons to share vehicles: reduced costs, improved service, unburdening staff, unstaffed dispatching. You probably already know that your organization can save tens of thousands – even hundreds of thousands of dollars — by sharing vehicles, reducing underused vehicles, and automating fleet management processes. But if you’ve put it off, here are some signs you may want to do it sooner than later. READ MORE |
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 By Mark Boada, Executive Editor More and more fleets are turning to telematics for the host of benefits they provide, from reducing fuel costs to improving driver productivity and safety. But telematics also has a potential downside: greater vulnerability to accident liability when the data proves a fleet driver is at fault. It says here, however, that the benefits of using telematics generally far outweigh the risks. But the question remains: is there any way for fleets to protect themselves in these cases? Well, it turns out there is. That’s the point that emerged from a recent NAFA webinar on the topic, “The Use of Telematics Data in Motor Vehicle Accident Litigation.” The presenters were Clifford Mendelsohn and Ryan W READ MORE |
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 By Mike Sheldrick, Senior Editor With nearly 300,000 vehicles in its worldwide fleet, Sixt is one of the largest car rental companies in the world. Presently, thousands of those are idle because of COVID-19. As part of a program to contribute to efforts to remediate the crisis, Sixt is providing rental cars, at cost, to support the safe movement of key workers to and from the workplace in the U.S. and Europe. We recently spoke with Stuart Donnelly, Sixt’s Global Sales Director, about the company’s program: Donnelly: We have been assisting key workers across Europe and the U.S. to keep their essential employees safe by providing alternative means of transport vs. public or shared transport/transit to bring them to and from industries that have to keep operating even during a lockdown: hospitals, food processing, wholesale distribution companies, waste and water treatment facilities. In short, any essential activity. The cost of losing employees to COVID-19 and self-isolation is significant, both in terms of the obvious health impact alongside cost and the need for critical supplies and services. We help them keep operating by offering cars for rent. In some instances, we can even provide drivers — in some cases around the clock. READ MORE |
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