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2020 Fleet Executive of the Year: Yogi Shivdasani
Yogi Shivdasani was honored with the Fleet Executive of the Year award at the 2020 AFLA NextGen Conference for implementing data and scalable processes to make his fleet run more efficiently.
Yogi Shivdasani was honored with the Fleet Executive of the Year award at the 2020 AFLA NextGen Conference for implementing data and scalable processes to make his fleet run more efficiently.
Although unscheduled maintenance increased due to extended service lives, prolonged inactivity during the COVID lockdown, and longer downtime due to parts shortages, costs were flat as vendors refrained from price increases.
One trend that is gaining momentum among commercial fleets during the pandemic is the use of mobile maintenance vendors. There has been a substantial uptick in fleet requests for mobile maintenance solutions as fleet managers look to minimize downtime and the administrative burden of taking their vehicle to a repair shop and having the driver wait.
The COVID-19 pandemic divided the fleet market into essential and non-essential businesses, causing hundreds of thousands of company vehicles to sit idle from mid-March to mid-May. The economic shutdown caused miles-driven to plummet.
Both SUVs come with a standard front crash prevention system that earns superior ratings in the Institute’s vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-pedestrian evaluations.
Operating cost trends analyzed in this video includes current fuel pricing trends and forecast for 2021 calendar year; maintenance (includes preventive and unscheduled maintenance) trends; part shortages caused by component backorders; replacement tire pricing trends.
Check out the newest Ford commercial vehicles, discover the hottest trends, get tools to improve your business and talk one-on-one with product experts through a new virtual event series for Ford fleet customers: Ford Fleet Live.
Topics covered in this video includes what fleet managers can do to raise their exposure and stature with senior management; how fleet managers can work more collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to meet objectives; and the importance of drivers knowing who their fleet managers are.
Ensuring clear communication within and outside of Fleet Response, Varner takes a professional approach to engage and communicate with fleets.
Topics mentioned in this video include: tightening of fleet budgets; the average age of vehicles trending upward; maintenance issues resulting from extending vehicle life cycles; and an increase in driver downtime.
This video covers the growth in digital remarketing trends; logistics constraints experienced through 2020; and a forecast on wholesale remarketing trends for the early 2021 calendar year and spring market.
The Volkswagen Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport for the 2020 and 2021 model years have both earned a 5-Star overall safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
The new Parcel Delivery Package includes a number of design refinements standard for the 2021 Transit that provide improved access to the cargo compartment.
