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Follow the Leader—Mom, Dad You’re It.
By Art Liggio, President and CEO, Driving Dynamics
Picture this scene: you, a seasoned fleet driver; are driving through the city, traveling at the posted speed-limit. You find yourself passing through busy controlled intersections—all of a sudden your cell phone rings, what is your next move?
Same scenario, but this time imagine your newly-licensed teenage son or daughter behind the wheel, driving through the city, traveling at the posted speed-limit, moving through busy controlled intersections—all of a sudden the cell phone rings, what will be your teenager’s response?
Like all parents, you hope that your teen will make the decision not to answer the call or respond to the text message. What assurances do you have that the correct decision will be made? The first step in helping your child become a safe and responsible driver is to acknowledge that you play the most important role in their success behind the wheel.
How APIs Can Help Fleets Track These Common Business Risks
By Bernie Kavanagh, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Large Fleet, WEX, Inc.
By getting machines to recognize patterns on their own, machine learning has powered massive data transformations across industries, making computing processes more efficient and affordable and making it possible for cars to drive themselves and for internet search functions to become increasingly sophisticated.
In the fleet industry, it’s already helped companies cut down on unnecessary fuel spend and to adopt technologies such as video-based driver safety systems. And thanks to new advances in Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), machine learning is now providing an entirely new level of data protection and security for B2B and cross-border payments.
These types of payments are historically complex and scattered through multiple parties. They require the movement of data along with funds and have been more complicated to track for mishaps and more vulnerable to fraudulent and unethical spending. In the past, to predict future spendings, companies had to manually track data-focused spending trends and habits. Today’s APIs allow fleet companies to monitor for suspicious behavior and fraudulent activity while also providing their employees with several options for payment.
READ MORE to learn how APIs can help fleets tackle these risks.
GM Marketplace App Allows New Vehicle Owners to Pre-pay for Shell Fuel
The ability to prepay gasoline purchases at Shell stations will soon be offered through the General Motors Marketplace application.
Marketplace connects the car’s information – like where it is and how much fuel it has – with applications from many outside companies. The car owner gets to choose which apps he or she wants based on their needs and uses.
After signing up for a Shell rewards account, the GM app is linked it to the car. When the car is getting low on fuel, it will show the driver where a Shell station is, and discounted gas may be available. The transaction is preapproved and logged. Utilizing the discount program and not having to swipe the card at the pump, incentivizes consumers to go to Shell.
Read the article at Forbes.
NAFA: Fleet Managers as Change Agents
In his introductory breakfast address to attendees at this week’s 2018 NAFA I&E, President Bryan Flansburg urged fleet managers to take charge of the emerging trend from fleet to mobility management, which involves every mode of travel employees use, from bicycles and public transportation to fleet vehicles, taxis, ride-hailing, ride-sharing, trains and planes.
He said fleet managers need to become their organization's "change agent," so they can lead the revolution instead of being led by it. To help them assume a leadership role, Flansburg announced that NAFA is creating a new educational program on mobility management.
Honoring change agents in both corporate and public fleets, Ted Roberts and I were delighted to join others on Tuesday night in presenting awards at NAFA's FLEXY Award Dinner. It was a stellar evening and we congratulate the nominees and the winners of these prestigious awards.
Janice Sutton
Editor in Chief
