Great Advice for Fleet Managers: Keep Increasing Your Knowledge
Being a fleet manager today is an intense job, and change is constant. This respected industry expert advises fleet managers to continually upgrade their skill set.
Accurately Scoring Driver Safety
Mentor gives drivers a FICO-based score for safety, based upon behaviors like acceleration, braking, and distracted driving - and offers the potential for future insurance discounts.
Powerful Benefits from the Wheels-ALD Global Alliance
Encompassing 1.7 million vehicles in 54 countries, the Wheels-ALD Global Alliance serves clients with expert consultation and best practices.
There’s a Pizza Delivery in Ford’s Future, by Driverless Car
In the race to develop self-driving cars , much of the attention has focused on ferrying people.
But delivering goods – from groceries to packages to books and more – may offer a considerable opportunity as well.
“We think there’s a very good business,” said Sherif Marakby, Ford’s vice president for autonomous vehicles and electrification. And for Ford, it starts with pizza.
Mike Pitcher: Author, Speaker, Dynamic Leader!
Last week, Fleet Management Weekly’s Ted Roberts had the pleasure of interviewing the ebullient Mike Pitcher, immediate past president of LeasePlan USA. Our first video clip from that interview appears this week.
Highly respected within the industry, Pitcher is the embodiment of a compassionate, dynamic leader and is now a sought after speaker. Also an author; his book Seven eLements of Leadership for a New Breed of Leader speaks to the tenets that form the foundation of true leadership.
Senior editor Mark Boada pens a thought-provoking article about the state of America’s driving environment. It’s not just the dismal condition of our highways that is at cause – we drivers also bear some blame.
When we ask fleet managers what their number one mission is, invariably the answer is to control costs. Identifying opportunities for cost savings is the subject of Wheels' newest White Paper: Factors That Influence Fleet Operating Costs. This excellent guide identifies the potential impact of the various factors on both overall fleet costs and on the driver.
Janice Sutton
Editor in Chief
