GE Capital Fleet Service’s Doug Peters: Predictive Analytics to Look Into the Future
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? "
Donlen’s DriverPoint Telematics Taps into INRIX Driver Analytics
Helps fleets reduce costs through improved driver safety
Donlen and INRIX®, Inc. have collaborated to provide customers of Donlen’s DriverPoint® Telematics platform with added capabilities for analyzing fleet performance to reduce costs and liability from unsafe driver behavior.
INRIX Driver Analytics is a web-based service that integrates with Donlen’s DriverPoint Telematics platform to provide fleets with enhanced visibility into driver behavior and safety. INRIX Driver Analytics allows visibility into driver performance compared to posted speed limits, road class, and road conditions throughout the day.
9 Tips to Keep Your Car Safe on the Road
Since your car can be almost your home away from home while traveling, you will want to take some precautions to protect it and the things inside it. Ideally, you wouldn't leave anything valuable at all in your car, but the reality of travel is that your car is going to serve as much like a safe deposit box or luggage storage closet as transportation -- especially during the day when you're between hotels.
Remember that as a traveler or tourist, you are a mark. (For example, a Florida law requiring rental cars to display a special sticker was repealed a few years ago after it became clear that criminals were targeting tourists in rental vehicles.) Making the time and effort to take a few precautions with your vehicular home away from home can help ensure that you and all your stuff return home intact.
READ MORE to help protect your car and everything in it
App Provides Vehicle Condition Report in Minutes
FLD's OnceOVR smartphone app can provide a vehicle condition report in just minutes, allowing fleet managers to make real-time decisions on what should happen next with that particular vehicle.
Wheels Anniversary Summit Focuses on Client Successes, Industry Trends
Wheels, Inc. recently hosted more than 225 of its clients at the 2014 Wheels Results+ Fleet Summit and Industry Conference.
The event, which was held in Chicago as part of Wheels’ 75th anniversary celebration, served as a forum for industry professionals to showcase fleet management success stories, network with peers to share ideas and take a look at the future of the marketplace.
The Fleet Summit recognized Wheels clients who achieved notable recent successes in the five optimal fleet disciplines that are measured by Wheels’ proprietary Results+ account management methodology: Integration & Control, Driver Productivity & Satisfaction, Risk Mitigation, Total Cost Management and Fleet Administration & Ease.
