We are so pleased to be a media sponsor of NAFA’s International Fleet Academy. Ted Roberts and I will be in Orlando – November 5 – 7 – for this premier industry event for fleet professionals who manage vehicles outside of the U.S. and Canada. NAFA’s CEO Phil Russo, CAE, says, “Global fleet management is the great unknown for many corporations.” We say, “Don’t let it be so at your company!”
Another conference we are proudly sponsoring in November is Connected Fleets USA 2014 – previously known as Telematics for Fleet Management USA. Taking place November 21-22 in Atlanta, the event features a wide-range of expert speakers and exhibitors – something for everyone who wants and needs to keep abreast of the rapidly evolving telematics industry. For a $100 discount on registration, please use code: 2582FMW.
Janice Sutton
Executive Editor
“When nearly every country presents an entirely new ball game for fleet managers, you need to know who to trust."
NAFA’s International Fleet Academy, the premier industry event for fleet professionals who manage fleets of vehicles outside of the United States and Canada, is proud to announce A.I.A.G.A. (Italy’s largest fleet management association), ARI, Donlen, Element, GE, Mercedes-Benz, and Fleet Management Weekly and International Fleet World have come on board as event sponsors.
“Global fleet management is the great unknown for many corporations,” said NAFA's Chief Executive Officer Phillip E. Russo, CAE. “When nearly every country presents an entirely new ball game for fleet managers, you need to know who to trust. NAFA has presented the International Fleet Academy since 2011. We’ve earned trust in the industry. The International Fleet Academy has a faculty in place with many of the world’s best global fleet managers. This is the perfect opportunity to learn from their experiences.”
Sergio Rego Monteiro Filho*
The Brazilian fleet management market has features which make it unique when compared to the European and North-American markets. Not only because Brazil is the largest country in South America and most transport is done by road, but also because there are significant regional gaps in economic terms with companies showing different maturity and professional levels.
Currently, sustainability – from an environmental point of view – is among the greatest concerns for the Brazilian fleet manager, but the possibility of large scale use of ethanol is the Brazilian superstar.
Setting speed limits has traditionally been the responsibility of states, except for the period of 1973-1994. During that time, the federal government enacted mandatory speed limit ceilings on interstate highways and similar limited access roads through a National Maximum Speed Limit.
In 1995, the federal government repealed the 55 miles per hour National Maximum Speed Limit allowing states to to set their own speed limits. Since then, 34 states have raised speed limits to 70 mph or higher on some portion of their roadway systems, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA).
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We sat down with Doug Peters, Analytics Product and COE Leader at GE Capital Fleet Services to talk with him about predictive analytics and were fascinated.
Doug says, “Predictive analytics is all about trying to help our customers move from being reactive to proactive using the information that is available to us from fleets. We use a rich data set from a variety of sources including telematics, fuel cards, and maintenance. In the past we would help a customer look at a quarter's worth of historical data or maybe even a year’s worth of historical data and could tell them where they have been.
"'What our customers are really asking us to do now is to look out into the future. How do we move from rear window viewing to forward looking with our fleet? Where are we going with our fleet? What are our expenses going to look like? "