Clean Data, Clean Fleet
By Brian Matuszewski, Sustainable Strategies Manager, ARI
There is perhaps nothing more important a fleet can do to drive world-class results than to be sure the data they are collecting and using to evaluate their performance truly represents their fleet.
Data is power. That’s why companies large and small, and across every industry and in every sector are investing tremendous resources into the task of tackling Big Data. Businesses everywhere are looking for better ways to collect it, manage it, and – most important – transform it into useful, actionable information.
Fleets are no different.
ARI’s Bob Graham Retiring After 42 Years of Service
ARI announced that Bob Graham, vice president, vehicle remarketing, has announced his retirement effective at the end of 2015. His wife, Cheryl Graham, who has been with ARI for more than 35 years, will also be retiring at the end of the year.
“ARI has been our home for many years,” he commented. “We will always cherish the time spent here not only developing ARI and its remarketing and other services as a best-in-class operation, but also the personal connections we’ve made with so many people both at ARI and throughout the industry.” The Grahams plan to travel, do volunteer work and spend more time with their family.
Q&A with Donlen SVP Brian Wright — Mobile Apps Deliver Cost Savings
By Janice Sutton
We were delighted to have the opportunity recently to talk with Brian Wright, Senior Vice President of Products and Service at Donlen Corporation, about the fleet management company’s mobile technology. In this interview, Brian tells us about the significant cost savings that fleets are enjoying as the result of putting this technology in the hands of fleet drivers.
He says, “We believe that these mobile apps and the other ways of talking to drivers in real-time and giving directions in real-time in a convenient manner is going to be the key to actualizing cost reductions versus just identifying them through the big data that takes place today.”
Using Analytics to Make the Future Happen
Used the right way, predictive analytics can actually become prescriptive - essentially giving fleet managers the power to turn the future they’d like to see into a reality.
Volvo’s Future Includes a Plug for Every Car
After seemingly hemming and hawing for several years, Volvo has announced its global electrification strategy. The Swedish premium automaker has read the tea leaves and decided that electrification is the way. It plans to offer a plug-in version of all cars in its vehicle line up, build smaller vehicles, and offer a pure electric vehicle by 2019.
Key to the plan will be its upcoming line of 40-series vehicles built on the Compact Modular Architecture (CMA), which has been designed from the start with electrification in mind.
