Simplifying asset specifications by narrowing the number of chassis, bodies, equipment, and other major upfit components in your fleet will reduce asset diversity and minimize many of the problems created by a diverse asset base.
December 23, 2020
Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Enterprise Fleet Management vehicle portfolio has grown and it is bigger today than it was pre-pandemic. The forecast for 2021 is positive as its forward-order volume remains robust.
December 15, 2020
Holman Enterprises is the parent company of ARI, Auto Truck Group, and Kargo master, along with four other business units. Interviewed is Chris Conroy, a past ARI president and new Holman president and COO.
December 14, 2020
The forecast of the cost of maintenance and unscheduled repair is anticipated to go up in CY-2021.
December 9, 2020
A new commercial vehicle (CV) strategy is being implemented by Ford to make commercial vehicles a larger part of its business. Executing this new strategy is Ted Cannis, general manager, Commercial Vehicles for the U.S. and Canada.
November 18, 2020
The largest fleet operating expense is fuel, which traditionally represents approximately 60% of all operating costs. However, the decreased miles driven by fleets during the pandemic was the No. 1 factor contributing to keeping fuel costs flat in 2020.
November 3, 2020
The ultimate outcome of the pandemic and the strength of the economic recovery are driving many predictions on future pricing.
November 3, 2020
Reduced tire demand and a decrease in overall miles driven have caused tire manufacturing volume to decline in 2020, creating a downstream ripple effect softening commodity prices for natural rubber, but this may change in 2021.
October 29, 2020
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.
October 28, 2020
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.
October 27, 2020
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.
October 27, 2020
Although prices for replacement tires increased 3% per unit per month in calendar-year 2019 compared to CY-2018, the per transaction tire costs were up less than 1% for fleets buying at pre-negotiated national account prices.
March 18, 2020
Average repair cost per unit increased in 2019, primarily due to higher labor rates. Also, PM costs were up as more units require more expensive synthetic oil. Tire price per unit, on average, increased 3% in the past 12 months.
March 17, 2020
With the cost of fuel representing 60% of the total fleet budget, fleet managers are looking for opportunities to reduce expenditures ranging from rightsizing, route optimization, telematics, personal use, and modifying driver behavior.
December 17, 2019
Fleets are being impacted by a variety of inflationary pressures ranging from higher acquisition prices due to the proliferation of onboard safety equipment, to increased material costs pushing up pricing on parts, upfits, and replacement tires.
December 13, 2019
