In simple terms, fleet management is the process that is used by companies to care for and monitor their fleet of commercial motor vehicles. It involves a variety of tasks from tracking vehicles, improving driver's safety and health, and vehicle maintenance. The purpose of fleet management is to improve efficiency and productivity, reduce costs, stay compliant, and improve customer satisfaction.
Topics: Fleet Management
Are you guilty of making spur of the moment decisions when it comes to your company's fleet? If so, you are not alone. Unfortunately, when you react to problems in the spur of the moment instead of being proactive and planning ahead it may lead to more issues in the future.
Topics: Fleet Management
Managing your business's fleet vehicles today is becoming impossible without some form of digital technology. It's hard to imagine what it was like for businesses before the digital era when dealing with their fleets. Back in those days, it was all about keeping paper files and forcing drivers to file logs on a form stuck to a clipboard.
Topics: Fleet Management
Keeping your drivers safe while they are on the road is vital to your company achieving its overall sales and service goals. However, none of that is possible if your fleet isn't well maintained or in the best shape. You can prevent this by keeping an eye on maintenance costs and taking action before they pile up and escalate.
Topics: Fleet Maintenance, Fleet Management
Road debris is something that every driver in our great nation has to contend with. From the dangerous road "gators" created big-rig tires blow to the coolers and mattresses that fall out of overloaded trucks to the every-day trash that sometimes flies out open car windows, we dodge them all.
Topics: Fleet Safety
When you think of fleet vehicles in your company, you may think of uniformity out of habit rather than customization and how it can benefit you. Don't think you can't find customized fleet vehicles for your unique business needs. It's possible to do this when you find a good fleet management consultancy that allows similar services.
Topics: Vehicle Leasing
When you are running a business that depends on a team of drivers to deliver goods and services, it's important that you do everything in your power to keep them happy. Engaged and motivated employees are a valuable asset for any business.
Topics: Fleet Management, Fleet Safety
Any commercial vehicle fleet functions with a few basic rules. You have to navigate a route on a regular basis, and you have to share the road with commuters and shoppers. The neighborhoods you drive in each have their own traffic rules and traffic patterns.
Topics: Fleet Tracking, Fleet Management
Managing your work truck fleet is all about balancing excellent service with streamlined maintenance. Your vehicles need to be safe, enjoyable to ride in, and easy to use while your team provides service. At the same time, you're always looking for ways to increase performance and decrease the cost of upkeep. Somewhere between nightly maintenance checkup and the morning supplies restock, there are improvements to be made.
Topics: Vehicle Leasing, Fleet Maintenance, Fleet Management
There are many different ways to run a business fleet and each team is unique. Whether you manage a fleet of caterers, town car drivers, or appliance repair technicians, they all share a few key things in common. They all treat the vehicle itself like a workplace, rely on good maintenance and planning to make the job happen, and efficiency can make or break a service.
Topics: Fleet Management
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