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Congratulations to the following individuals who have been named the AFLA 2020 President’s Award Recipients. The AFLA President’s Award is given at the discretion of the elected president, for those who have gone above and beyond to advance AFLA and the corporate fleet management profession. Named to this prestigious award are Diana Holland, Vice President Strategic Pursuits at Merchants Fleet; Suresh Rajapakse, Vice President of Account Management at Wheels, Inc.; and Ted Roberts, Co-Founder and Chief Content Officer at Fleet Management Weekly AFLA president, Katie Keeton, announced the awards on Friday saying, “It is my privilege to recognize the strong commitment to both AFLA and the corporate fleet industry by these three individuals, and thank them for their time, talents and efforts towards governing AFLA.” READ MORE
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YourMechanic, contactless automotive maintenance and repair service provider, announces its partnership launch with Motus, a leader in reimbursement solutions for businesses with mobile-enabled workforces. With the launch of this partnership, YourMechanic’s mobile services are now available to hundreds of thousands of Motus customers spanning leading organizations in food and beverage, oil and gas, construction, manufacturing, life sciences, heavy equipment, retail and business services. Through the Motus cloud-based platform and app, customers now have direct access to hundreds of mobile auto care services – from oil changes and brakes to battery and alternator failures – directly to their fleet lots or home driveways. READ MORE
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Chances are good that your fleet utilization is lower than normal during these troubling times. And, although fleet utilization dropped off rather abruptly in March of 2020, utilization likely will not turn on as if a light switch was flipped. The result could be tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of leases or other fleet costs – just sitting in your parking lots. For an in-depth look at this issue, DOWNLOAD this new E-BOOK created by the experts at Agile Fleet that addresses the pandemic fleet environment.
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For fleet managers, having a handle on driver data is not an end in itself. Digital Document Storage is the key to making sure that drivers are in compliance with regulations and up to date with their licenses and certifications. By Adam Danielson, Director of Sales September, 2020 For fleet managers, accountability should be a top-of-mind concern. MVR status, regulatory compliance, up-to-date licenses and certifications — all of these are underpinned by accountability — both the drivers’ and the fleets’. Being accountable means being responsible and trusted. And with the growing availability of data monitoring and integration technology — accountability is critical to compliance and performance. SuperVision gives fleets the power to securely store, organize and utilize digital driver related documents from multiple sources through Document Vault. Document Vault integrates seamlessly with SuperVision’s continuous MVR monitoring solution, License Monitor. Adding secure cloud-based document storage to the industry’s leading driver license monitoring solution allows fleet managers to not only hold their drivers accountable for driving violations and license status, but also track, file and store any type of driver related document, including document expirations. READ MORE
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 FLD upgrades popular WebAccess solution to help fleet professionals take control of the remarketing process By Richard Mallek, Director of Business Development September 2020 Imagine a time when business is being challenged like never before. A time when people are clamoring for innovative new ways to work from anywhere, any time and on any device. And, a time when just about everyone is trying to leverage the internet to find new ways to do more with less. Sound like the current business landscape during the COVID-19 pandemic? Perhaps – but in this case, I’m talking about 1997. It’s not long after the dawn of the internet, a time of rapid change and unprecedented challenges. And, much like today’s post-pandemic world, a time when businesses – even those in the fleet world – could see that digital solutions were the wave of the future. READ MORE |
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 Fleet managers are a resilient and pragmatic group of professionals. They will find a way or make a way, no matter the obstacles placed in their path. By Maria Neve, Manager, Mercury Associates
September 2020 So here we are—6 months deep into a pandemic that has changed the way we work at the most basic level. Trying to predict what will happen next month, let alone next year, feels about as scientific as asking the Magic 8-Ball sitting on your desk. Despite all of this, the work continues, especially in our industry. 73% of fleet operations overall were deemed an essential service by government officials. Government itself is an essential service. State and local government fleets do not have the option of pausing their operations, and by all accounts they continue to rise to the challenge. A recent survey found that a majority of fleets are worried that their budgets will be reduced by more than 10% over the next three months. Almost a quarter of fleets have said they are acquiring fewer vehicles right now. That may be short-sighted in the long run. Immediate capital expenditures are reduced, but operational expenditures will rise as assets age and require more unscheduled maintenance. The short-term gain does not outweigh the long-term pain. READ MORE |
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 Solar-powered, no construction costs, no permits required By Mark Boada, Executive Editor September 2020 One of the biggest challenges North American fleets face when considering converting to electric vehicles is the relative lack of charging infrastructure. The solution, at least for depot-based fleets with routes that run under 100 miles a day or so, is to install their own. But there are a couple of not-inconsiderable hurdles to that option. One is price: in many cases, connections to the local utility company require the digging of trenches at the fleet’s expense, which, alone, can run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Another is time: it can take many months and sometimes well more than a year to get a charging station up and running, given the availability of construction crews and that permits usually have to be obtained, by which time the fleet’s charging requirements may have changed. Once installed, though, such new infrastructure is permanent, and if the depot’s location changes the charging infrastructure has to be rebuilt elsewhere at additional expense. And then there’s the fact that the electricity isn’t free and is subject to brown-outs and black-outs that occasionally strike utility companies. READ MORE |
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