NAFA Wows Procurement Execs at ISM Show, Receives Encore Request
Nearly 150 supply chain experts attended the fleet-centric session presented by NAFA's Director of Professional Development, Katherine Vigneau, CAFMA.
Using a hands-on exercise directly from NAFA's best-in-class fleet management tools, Vigneau taught the audience how to apply a lifecycle approach to their fleet and calculate the optimal replacement point for a given vehicle
"Your fleet is not just another commodity that can be managed like any other widget," Vigneau said. "Applying a lifecycle approach to fleet management requires specialty knowledge and experience that is not gained simply because you own your own vehicle. You need a fleet management expert on your staff to make sure this is done consistently and done correctly."
Excitement and Anxiety in Public and Private Fleets
We are living in an age of incredible dynamism in both the public and private sectors of the fleet industry.
Road Rage Turned Deadly
Road rage gun violence? In Fleet Spectator, Mark Boada describes a recent road rage incident in the Philadelphia area that ended in tragedy. It wasn’t an anomaly; he cites a study that found that cases of road rage involving firearms more than doubled over the last three years. And he gives us some reasons why this violent behavior is on the upswing.
Do you think you’re an above average driver? Driving Dynamics’ instructors ask that question of their trainees and typically the vast majority say yes. But are they really? In Safety & Risk, Art Liggio offers his unique perspective on driving performance and how fleet drivers can become above average, even great drivers.
Finally, we love this editorial in today’s New York Times: A Brighter Future for Electric Cars and the Planet.
Enjoy the issue and check our website FleetManagementWeekly.com for daily updates on the latest news of interest to the fleet industry.
Janice Sutton
Editor in Chief
NAFA Instructs Asset Management Execs on Supplier Relations, Fleet Challenges and Sustainable Options
NAFA Fleet Management Association (NAFA) has accepted an invitation from the National Property Management Association (NPMA) to speak to hundreds of asset management executives at NPMA’s 2017 National Education Seminar (NES) in Phoenix later this month.
Recognizing NAFA’s best-in-class, standard-setting education and training, NPMA has scheduled NAFA to teach its conference attendees about fleet supplier relations, current challenges in the fleet sector, and creating sustainable fleet options.
Close Gaps in Fleet Safety to Avoid Negligent Entrustment Liability, Part Three
Part three of a four-part series on negligent entrustment: Invest in new technologies to avert liability exposure.
By Kevin Reilly, Editorial Communications Manager, The CEI Group, Inc.
Part one of my negligent entrustment series summarized the main grounds for a fleet-related negligent entrustment case. Part two addressed how a fleet manager could build a transparent, fair, and enforceable safety policy to help safeguard the fleet from exposure to this form of liability. Part three walks through technologies unrelated to the vehicle. I will outline the importance of investing in these newer technologies to ward off liability exposure.
