Sixt Offers Cars for Key Workers During the Pandemic
The Cars for Key Workers program from Sixt is getting key workers like doctors and nurses where they need to be … all while sparing them the risks associated with taking public transportation during the pandemic.
In the Next 24 Hours, 1 Million Homes Will Receive Essential Goods in a Vehicle Managed by Merchants Fleet
With a surge in online orders as a result of the coronavirus leading to companies needing additional vehicles to match demand, Merchants Fleet today announced that over the next 24 hours, one million homes will receive essential goods in a vehicle managed by the Company.
The need for last mile and home delivery and other essential logistics is being felt across industries. As U.S. ecommerce sales have risen by more than a third in the last several weeks, this surge in the need for vehicles is unprecedented and well exceeds the planning and logistics related to delivery demand during the holiday season.
“Over the past two years, we have pivoted our business toward mobility offerings to include last mile, home delivery and short-term leasing, which is allowing us to keep American businesses moving during these unprecedented times by serving our over 500 home delivery suppliers, couriers and transportation clients,” Brendan P. Keegan, CEO of Merchants Fleet.
Read more of the Press Release.
Recorded Webinar: Disrupting Fleet Tracking with IoT Connectivity
In a crowded market, fleet companies are racing to differentiate with innovative features and services like driver safety monitoring and dash cams. One telematics software company, Telemax, took a different approach and leveraged cellular connectivity to create a new business model for the Australian and New Zealand markets.
In this webinar, Ash Phayer, Telemax General Manager, discusses the biggest connectivity challenges they faced and how they overcame them. He also shares how they leveraged Twilio’s IoT connectivity platform to become one of the only companies in the region to offer a complete end-to-end fleet solution.
The Power of a Mentor
Do you have a mentor? Women in Fleet Management offers an incredible mentoring program, for both women and men.
Fleets Stay in Motion
We post our first Zoom video clip and we thank Sixt sales executive Stuart Donnelly for his willingness to lead us off in this medium. If you or someone on your team would like to talk with FMW's readers, please reach out to us.
It is no surprise that reducing expenses is the number one goal for fleets; the trick, of course, is how to do it. Donlen shares their sage advice in our latest Fleet Spectator column.
Don't miss Managing the Reimbursed Fleet. Jake Ernest, director of sales at Motus,expertly addresses some pain points fleets are experiencing and his company’s solutions to the problem of idle vehicles.
Congratulations to Brendan P. Keegan and the Merchant's Fleet team on their great news today!
Stay safe & Be well.
Janice Sutton
Editor in Chief
