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September 2008

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Aramark Reinvents its Uniform and Career Apparel Fleet
By Cheryl Knight

The company’s Uniform and Career Apparel service arm began a fleet operations realignment in 2006 in an effort to utilize people, processes, and technology. Management has streamlined operations, enhanced consistency, and improved cost efficiencies.

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10 Successful Time Management Techniques for Fleet Managers

By Staff

Fleet managers facing dwindling resources, reduced or nonexistent staff, and ever-greater responsibilities can relate to the struggle of accomplishing a day’s tasks. Here are some tested methods fleet managers can use to fit the job to the day.

Understanding Leases: What are the Options?

By Staff

Despite changes over the past three decades, leasing remains the number one option for most mid-size and large fleets. What leasing options are available to your company and how do they work?

Does the Future Hold a P&L for Every Fleet Vehicle?

By Staff

Technology has made available to fleet managers today a wider variety of data than ever before, more quickly, more accurately, and more completely. Can that data be used to create a “P&L” for each vehicle?

How to Create a Written Safety Policy

By Staff

In recent surveys, safety is a top fleet issue, second only to fuel costs. A formal, written safety policy is a must in today’s litigious culture; more importantly, it helps keep drivers safe.

Called to Depose in a Lawsuit? 10 Tips You Need to Know

By Richard Alaniz

Usually the first step in a journey through the legal system, a deposition is often a new and unwelcome experience for many fleet managers. Good preparation eases the process and encourages a positive outcome for your company.

How the Pros Control Fleet Fuel Costs

By Staff

It would be difficult to find a fleet expense that has bedeviled fleet managers as much as fuel costs. With prices at the pump above $4 per gallon, controlling these costs is critical. Here are some of fleet’s best practices.

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Predictions for Fleet in 2009

By Mike Antich
When looking ahead to the next 12 months, I foresee reduced operating costs for fleets offset by increased depreciation expense caused by anemic resale values and decreased incentive monies. Here’s why I believe this will be the case, along with other predictions for 2009.

2008: One of the Worst Years in Fleet History

By Mike Antich
I can’t recall a year as tumultuous as 2008. The year started with the Jan. 1 termination of the $1.8 billion merger between GE and PHH and ended with the near bankruptcy of GM and Chrysler. In between, we witnessed record fuel prices, then a spectacular freefall in fuel prices, a dismal used-vehicle market, unprecedented credit gridlock, the inability of some fleets to order new-vehicles, and fleet delivery disruptions due to a UAW strike and an epic Midwest flood that submerged rail lines.

Fleets Scramble to Cope With Extended Plant Shutdowns

By Mike Antich

Forecast for 2009: A Litany of Uncertainty

By Mike Antich

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In This Issue:
Silva Delivers Productivity and Sustainability for PepsiCo in 2007, 10 Ways to Increase Driver Compliance to Fleet Policy, 5 Fatal Career Mistakes Fleet Managers Make (& How to Avoid Them) and much more…