NAFA IFA: The Brightest Minds In Fleet Management
Based on the comments from attendees at NAFA’s 2013 International Fleet Academy, the 2014 International Fleet Academy is one event fleet managers with global responsibilities cannot afford to miss. The three-day conference will be held July 13-15 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, FL.
NAFA’s International Fleet Academy was created to demystify global fleet management with experts and panel discussions that provide valuable cost-saving strategies, offer strategic overviews of the differences among countries and cultures, inform attendees of the right questions to ask for the RFI-RFQ process, and present valuable lessons on how to decrease corporate liability by avoiding international insurance pitfalls.
A Proactive Approach to Fleet Management
Taking a proactive approach to fleet management means not only monitoring your drivers from the office or your mobile device, but also making sure your drivers are aware of their own behavior in real-time, allowing them to make a change immediately.
This can be achieved with a fleet tracking solution, like GPS Insight, by creating customized fleet alerts -- and customizing a GPS tracking alert to notify your drivers is simple.
Used Car Depreciation Shows Segment Unsteady in January
According to Black Book data, used vehicles model years 2008-2012 overall depreciated -1.9% in January, slightly weaker retention compared to the -1.4% rate in December.
“January saw a few key trends that illustrated some turbulence in the used-car market, as truck segments had a bumpy month and domestic vehicles also saw large monthly declines,” said Ricky Beggs, Editorial Director of Black Book. “This downward pricing pressure should ease in the near-term as buyers elevate their activity for the Spring tax-buying season.”
Connected Location Intelligence Drives Significant Gains in Productivity
Whether companies require actionable information from their vehicles, assets, customers, workers and/or partners, Telogis Fleet 11 enables connectivity between what is happening in the field and the back office. Fleet 11 features mobile application enhancements and new maps that are optimized for mobile devices, allowing supervisors and operations leads to easily visualize vehicles, assets and workers.
“The trifecta of connected location intelligence, understanding what’s happening with drivers behind the wheel and the ability to derive actionable analytics from that data is really what drives business transformation for our customers,” said Mark Wallin, vice president, product management at Telogis.
FLD Launches Updated Fleet Management App for Smartphones
The newest version of FLD Inc’s smartphone app, OnceOVR, includes specialized inventory management and fleet audit functionality aimed at alleviating the issues faced by fleet managers and strategic sourcing and procurement professionals nationwide.
“OnceOVR™ simplifies the inventory management and fleet audit process while helping fleet managers reduce their exposure to risk and refine their fleet strategy,” said Gary Mott, vice president of FLD.
