Finalists for NAFA’s 2017 Fleet Excellence Awards Are Announced
After weeks of intense judging by industry leaders, the finalists for NAFA’s 2017 Fleet Excellence Awards have been chosen.
The Fleet Excellence Awards (or FLEXY for short) are designed to shine a spotlight on those who have impacted fleet management in both the corporate and public fleet segments during the previous year. Three finalists were chosen for each of the seven categories.
Winners will be announced during the Fifth Annual Fleet Excellence Awards Celebration on Tuesday, April 25 at the Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Florida during NAFA’s annual conference.
A Great Time at The Work Truck Show!
We were in Indianapolis last week for The Work Truck Show, where we saw some old friends and met some new ones - learning a lot and having fun all the while.
For us, one of the greatest benefits of attending industry events is the ability to capture a bunch of new video interview content, and this week we feature our first two interviews from Work Truck: Tiago Castro on how Nissan is making a huge push into the Commercial Vehicle space; and Tucker Perkins from PERC on how successful propane has been in the work truck space.
Look for more new video interviews in upcoming issues, and don’t forget to check in at FleetManagementWeekly.com for daily updates.
Ted Roberts
President
fleetcompetence Group Expands Team for International Fleet Consulting
The fleet consulting specialist Tobias Kern will join the fleetcompetence Group as managing partner for the international fleet consulting business.
The international fleet consulting company fleetcompetence welcomes Tobias Kern, an expert in global fleet consulting. In his role as Managing Partner he will be in charge of leading and expanding the international consulting business within the Group.
Tobias Kern has a long-standing history in the automotive industry for more than a decade.
A Call to Action: New LinkedIn Enhancements Drive Brand Personality
The business social network offers user experience enhancements while bolstering tools to help amplify company brands
By Ed Pierce, Fleet Industry Marketer
According to a recent article by writer, editor, and marketer Kyle Harper, LinkedIn began rolling out a new, updated interface for its business-oriented platform in January, and it just beginning to gain the attention of B2B marketers and sales people.
Specifically, marketers and sales people now have access to expanded tools for improving their skills. For example, LinkedIn is conducting new research and making it available to members. Better yet, articles and posts coming through one’s news feed are easier to navigate.
A More Rewarding User Experience
Harper reports that LinkedIn has been subtly tweaked to make it more rewarding for users to share their thoughts and experiences. For example, tips for a profile offer quick descriptions of ways one can augment his or her profile (and, in some cases, explain how certain actions will help get more views, connections, and messages), while the content one shares is now given a prominent counter right next to the number of visits to the user profile. It’s clear that LinkedIn is interested in engaging more actively with the individuals on their platform, not just the companies they represent.
Feds May Soon Roll Back Fuel Economy Standards
With a presidential mandate aimed at government regulations, the new director of the Environmental Protection Agency is widely expected to roll back rules set during the Obama Administration that would boost automotive fuel economy standards to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.
Such a move would come in response to a written request by a consortium of automakers sent to the new White House last month. It warned that the Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standard, as now written, would “depress an industry that can ill-afford spiraling regulatory costs.”
Proponents of the current fuel economy rules – which were crafted as part of a compromise between the Obama Administration and the auto industry – insist the costs cited by the industry are overblown, and that consumers want higher mileage and are willing to pay for it.
