Chris Lyon, CAFM, Named Director of Fleet Relations at NTEA
NTEA – The Association for the Work Truck Industry recently appointed Christopher Lyon, CAFM as director of fleet relations. He will replace Bob Johnson, who officially retires Oct. 9, 2015 after more than 11 years of service to the Association.
Cities Using GPS Apps to Ease Traffic Congestion, Parking
Traffic and parking have become troublesome issues for motorists in many cities and the impact of these growing problems on buyers, particularly younger ones, is a rising concern for carmakers. The issues are also attracting the attention of technology companies.
The city of Boston, in an effort to curb the problems created by double parking on the city’s narrow streets, has teamed up with Waze, an app-based GPS system that provides real-time traffic updates from users.
Besides helping commuters navigate city traffic, Waze data is now helping Boston target that most annoying source of slowdowns – the double-parked car.
Read more of the original article in The Detroit Bureau.
Spireon Announces Acquisition of Inilex
Spireon Inc., a portfolio company of Bertram Capital, announced the acquisition of privately held Inilex, a leader in next-generation GPS recovery software solutions. Their main product, Skylink, enables new car dealers to significantly increase their financial and insurance ("F&I") revenue with high-value GPS-based add-on services.
The acquisition enables Spireon to uniquely connect all major segments of the vehicle life cycle, ranging from new car dealers to used car dealers, fleets, lenders, insurance companies, and rental car fleets, providing a comprehensive connected car solution. The acquisition expands Spireon's strategy to offer rich services and business intelligence across any kind of vehicle.
We’ve Got Power!
We’re lucky in the fleet business for many reasons, and one of them is the quality of our industry's leaders. Proving that are video clips featuring three of those fine people: Tom Callahan, CEO at Donlen, talks about technology in this video clip -- be sure and listen until the very end. NAFA past-president, the newly-retired Claude Masters, CAFM, talks sustainability; and SambaSafety CEO Rich Crawford gives us some tips on monitoring driver performance. And in his monthly column, CX guru Jeof Bean tells us why we need to define our business.
AFLA’s 2015 Conference: ‘The Future is Now: Transformational Ideas Shaping our Industry’ is coming up in September. You just cannot miss this conference – impressive sessions and speakers and networking nirvana! Register today.
Janice Sutton
Executive Editor
Aaron’s Partners with Azuga to Deliver Next-Generation GPS and Driver Behavior Solutions to its Fleet
With over 7,000 fleet drivers, Aaron’s now receives comprehensive coverage of next-generation GPS functionality, which combines GPS with driver rewards, vehicle health and plug-and-play installation. In only 6 months, Aaron’s has been able to generate a powerful ROI across different areas: reduction in idling, increased safety and longer truck life.
“We selected Azuga for its comprehensive functionality spanning GPS tracking, rewards-driven driver behavior solutions and engine diagnostics,” said Lewis Allen, senior manager fleet operations at Aaron’s. “We were able to improve many aspects of our fleet operations within the first three months of deploying Azuga. Its reliability, accuracy and value are unlike traditional hard-installed GPS systems. In addition, their social telematics feature allows us to further motivate and incentivize employees as well as to continue find new sources of ROI.”
