Ichinen Taps Miles to Manage 120,000 Unit Fleet
Ichinen Holdings Co. Ltd, one of Japan’s largest automotive leasing companies, has selected the Miles leasing and fleet management solution from Belgium-based software specialist, Sofico, to manage its fleet of more than 120,000 vehicles on behalf of corporate customers throughout the country.
Pictured: Sofico Managing Director, Gemar Hompes with Masashi Kuroda, CEO of Ichinen Holdings
Access Your Fleet’s Unlimited Historical Data
GPS Tracking Reports help you hold your fleet accountable to high standards. With customizable report time frames, you can easily look up the most relevant content. On top of monitoring information in your recent history, you have the ability to access unlimited historical data about your fleet which can be beneficial for many reasons.
Maybe you’re a fleet manager for an electrical company trying to reduce fuel costs. You want to research your fleet’s driving behavior to pin point areas that need improvement. With access to unlimited historical data, you can analyze historical routes, driving habits and unauthorized usage as far back as your fleet was equipped with GPS tracking devices. Whatever the reason, may be you would need to know what happened a week ago, a month ago, or a year ago, advanced fleet tracking software will have you covered. Beware, only some companies will offer this for free, so be sure to find out first.
GPS Insight offers unlimited historical data to customers at no charge. For more information, please visit our website.
New Michelin Tire Improves with Age
Michelin has developed a tire, the Premier A/S, that counters the effects of wear with channels that grow wider, and hidden rain grooves that emerge as the tire is used, along with a special rubber compound for wet conditions.
Tires play a crucial role in translating braking force to deceleration, particularly in wet conditions. “Consumers think brakes are the motivating force that stops your car, when in reality tires stop your car,” said Ron Margadonna, a senior technical marketing manager at Michelin.
Compared with a conventional tire, the Premier A/S, reduces stopping distances in wet conditions and, when worn, better resists hydroplaning - skating on a thin cushion of water.
Wheels: Looking at Fleet Costs in a Different Way
For many fleets, achieving year-over-year cost reductions is the hallmark of a successful fleet program. And for some fleets, that is what is expected by senior management - and fleet managers spend a great deal of time agonizing over how and where to make the cuts.
Wheels looks at the fleet in a somewhat different way, and when we talked with Laura Jozwiak, Vice President of Client Relations, we asked her to tell us about the company’s unique Results+ program that questions the very purpose of the fleet in the first place.
Manheim’s Tom Webb Analyzes Industry Trends, Outlook for 2014
With labor market and credit conditions continuing to improve and expected to maintain an upward trajectory in the year ahead, the environment is ripe for sustained vitality in the new, used and wholesale marketplaces.
These and other trends are explored in detail in Manheim’s 19th annual Used Car Market Report, unveiled by Manheim chief economist Tom Webb at the National Automobile Dealers Association convention.
Read more about the next evolution in the used vehicle marketplace.
