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How to Improve Fleet Management With Technology
As the VP of Operations, your success comes from ensuring that your company's fleet is running at maximum efficiency while also maintaining safety and sustainability. This is no small feat, but technology can play a significant role in improving...

How Fleet Drivers Can Reduce Fuel Consumption
The driving habits of fleet drivers can have a substantial impact on the fleet's bottom line. With fuel costs being a significant expense for fleets, managing fuel efficiency is one of the six ways to improve the overall efficiency of a fleet....

What Is Green Fleet Management and Why is it Important?
As the world continues to grapple with the impacts of climate change, there is an increasing awareness of the need for sustainable practices in every aspect of our lives. One area where this is particularly important is in fleet management, where...

Key Takeaways from the 2023 NAFA Institute and Expo
Sustainable practices, technology innovations, fleet safety, and more.
The National Association of Fleet Administrators (NAFA) Institute and Expo is an annual event that brings together professionals in the fleet management industry. The...

5 Reasons Every Fleet Manager Should Care About Fleet Sustainability
A fleet manager's job is full of challenges. Whether it's increased environmental regulations or rising fuel costs, there's a lot that can get in the way of success. While a fleet manager may have a full plate, there’s one thing they should care...

How to Be A Successful Vehicle Fleet Manager
Every organization with a fleet of commercial vehicles has at least one person, the vehicle fleet manager, who ensures the fleet is running in a proper, cost-effective way. But fleet managers face a number of challenges. What does it take to be...

Best Practices for Vehicle Fleet Management
For many businesses, their fleet is the heartbeat of daily operations. If one vehicle is out of commission it will have a ripple effect internally as well as externally. Internal departments could get backed up, services or products won’t be...

Ways to Reduce Your Fuel Costs Without Sacrificing Performance
Fuel is considered one of the main contributors to a fleet’s operating costs, averaging up to 60% of a company’s total fleet operating budget. COVID had a significant impact on the prices of consumer goods and services. Fuel prices were flirting...

The 6 Biggest Fleet Management Challenges in 2022 (And How to Overcome Them)
Fleet management is rapidly evolving. And while there are a lot of opportunities, there are also new challenges popping up all the time. A big part of effective fleet management is anticipating obstacles and proactively developing solutions. For...

5 Effective Ways to Reduce Fleet Spending
Small or large, companies of all sizes look for ways to make their vehicles more efficient and reduce fuel consumption. But it’s especially critical for larger businesses that are operating a fleet. Because of the sheer number of vehicles on the...

6 Essential Elements To Include in Your Fleet Safety Policy
Not to sound like a broken record, but it’s hard to stress enough just how important fleet safety is to operations. With it being such a key contributor to your bottom line, it’s something you want to fully organize, systematize, and optimize. And...

Tips for Automating Your Fleet Management Processes
To say that fleet management is logistics heavy would be an understatement. There are countless moving parts and a wide array of variables you have to account for on a daily basis. One of the best ways to get a grip on fleet management is with...

Important Fleet Performance Metrics You Should Be Tracking
Efficiency is the name of the game with fleet management. You want to get the absolute most efficiency and productivity from your fleet, while reducing every possible source of friction. And a big part of achieving this is through intelligent...

10 Tips To Establishing an Effective Fleet Management Budget
As a fleet manager, understanding and controlling your operating costs is essential to build a viable fleet that can be scaled as required. However, establishing an adequate fleet management budget isn’t always easy and requires a clear...

Maintaining a Fleet Fuel Budget: 7 Factors Impacting the Bottom Line
Cost management is a vital part of every fleet manager’s day-to-day operations. Whether sourcing new vehicles, hiring additional staff, purchasing new equipment, or maintaining regular vehicle maintenance schedules, there is no shortage of processes...

5 Fleet Management Trends To Watch In 2021
It’s no secret now that 2020 was an incredibly disruptive year for every industry around the world. The COVID-19 pandemic shook everything to its core, exposing business weaknesses for many, catalyzing growth for others, and changing all...

Replace or Repair: What To Look For When Evaluating Your Fleet Vehicles
Regular fleet vehicle evaluation can be a time-consuming but necessary process for all fleet managers. Because fleet managers are responsible for managing great numbers of vehicles at a time (sometimes from hundreds of miles away), it’s essential to...

Fleet Sustainability Best Practices for 2021
Green fleet strategies have grown in importance in recent years. Having a well-balanced sustainability strategy shows a progressive attitude towards controlling carbon emissions and helps to increase efficiency and lower costs.

10 Fleet Vehicle Maintenance Tips Fleet Managers Should Know
There’s no denying the value of preventative fleet maintenance. Not only does it save money by lowering your operating costs, but you’ll also get more life out of your fleet vehicles, improve productivity, and reduce their environmental impact...

A Fleet Manager's Guide for Navigating COVID Response
There are few things in this generation that have had a more considerable global impact on business operations than COVID-19. At every level of infrastructure, organizations in most industries have had to reinvent how they operate in a post-pandemic...

7 Factors Impacting Your Fleet Performance
As a manager of a fully established or growing fleet of vehicles and drivers, there is no shortage of tasks on your plate. Whether maintaining day-to-day routing schedules, developing situational policies and procedures, or maximizing fleet...

Improving Productivity in a Small Fleet
Fleet managers wear a lot of hats, especially those managing small fleets and working with reduced budgets and resources.
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