Defining Fleet Success
By Steve Saltzgiver, Director of Strategic Innovation, RTA Fleet Management Software
As fleet professionals, we focus on the right metrics to track to monitor how our fleet is performing, and what reports to run to ensure we’re up to date on services and staying on budget.
But how can you determine if you have a successful fleet?
There has never been a clear definition for Fleet Success. Until now.
Fleet Moves to Find Its Next Normal at Successful AFLA Conference
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By Rich Mallek, Director of Business Development, FLD Remarketing
Like many of the attendees at last week’s annual Automotive Fleet Leasing Association (AFLA) conference, I was decidedly unsure how the event would turn out.
After more than 18 months of virtual meetings and halting interactions, I wondered whether my colleagues in fleet were ready for what usually turns out to be several days of face to face meetings, close contact with long-time friends, and commiserating with people we may not have met before.
Especially considering that the annual NAFA show held the previous month in Pittsburgh had a markedly smaller crowd than years past, and many notable participants in NAFA’s usually bustling conference floor missing in action.
As I boarded my flight to San Antonio, many unanswered questions swirled in my head.
An All-Encompassing Maintenance and Repair Solution
This noteworthy new partnership benefits fleets by integrating nationwide Bridgestone/Firestone offerings into the Wrench app.
EVs, Closed-Ended Leases, Residual Value and Risk
As electric vehicles are adopted more widely, closed-ended leases may become more common, and that would translate to more risk when it comes to residual values.
A Watershed Moment for Fleet
Fleet marketing consultant Tod Trousdell is highly enthusiastic about the recently concluded AFLA Conference which he calls “a watershed moment for fleet.” Today, he gives us his thoughts on both the meeting and what he sees as the key challenges facing fleet.
Why do a fleet utilization study? Ed Smith, president of Agile Fleet, says, “At the highest level, goals of a fleet utilization study are ultimately to capture and present vehicle use metrics in a way that provides a clear understanding of utilization.”
We like this: ALD Announcement May Signal Rise in Fleet Vehicle Subscriptions. "At a time when business' mobility needs and attitudes are changing so rapidly, vehicle subscriptions offer a way of getting closer to the end customer and allow greater control over the customer experience."
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