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REGISTER TODAY!� See how a program developed by an industry leader has dramatically improved safety results, and get specific ideas and examples that can be implemented in your own programs.
NAFA webinar ‘Increasing Safety in Large Fleets’ takes place this Wednesday, October 22, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Eastern time).� To sign up,� please register TODAY – October 21 – by clicking here.
Express Energy, the sponsor for this webinar, has driven substantial safety improvements in its 1000+-vehicle-fleet. The company’s safety programs policies, procedures, training, corrective action, and employee recognition is a powerful component in ensuring the best results. The company leverages GPS fleet management software to manageand improve the program. This webinar will present their safety program, including how to roll out policies, procedures, training, and follow-up from upper management to field-level employees.
NAFA webinars are available for free for NAFA Members and NAFA Affiliates as an exclusive benefit of membership. Registration for non-members is $25.00.
To sign up,� please register TODAY – October 21 – by clicking here.
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Population growth, GDP growth, decline in fuel prices, and an increase in car ownership. These are the main factors that, according to a report released today by Seattle-based INRIX and the Centre for Economics and Business Research will lead, in the next sixteen years, to a 50 percent rise in gridlock costs in the U.S. In short, this means that if, in 2013 traffic congestion cost Americans $124 billion in direct and indirect losses, this number will rise to $186 billion in 2030.
Data about delays caused by congestions were based on the INRIX index: the company — whose mission is simply 'solve traffic worldwide' (no less) — collects data from more than 180 million vehicles and devices out on the road every day, in a number of ways: from satellite navigation systems, GPS in cars and trucks, information gathered by cellular carriers, and also through a devoted smartphone application."
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The auto rental and commercial truck and fleet leasing sectors continue to exhibit strong asset quality and sufficient liquidity, reducing the potential for credit and economic risks to materially impact ratings, according to a Fitch Ratings report.
Fitch recently affirmed the Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) on five publicly rated auto rental companies and commercial truck and fleet lessors, including LeasePlan Corporation N.V. (‘A-‘), Wheels, Inc. (‘A’), Avis Budget Group, Inc. (‘BB-‘), Penske Truck Leasing Co. L.P (‘BBB+’), and Ryder System, Inc. (‘A-‘).
READ MORE about the ratings.
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Equipment theft can make a huge impact to a construction fleet's bottom line, so it is important for fleet executives to look into options to protect expensive vehicles and assets. According to Construction Business Magazine, equipment theft for the construction industry is approximately $1 billion annually in the United States. Before your fleet is forced into the expense of replacing stolen equipment, it might be time to look at GPS tracking to protect your fleet and recover stolen property.
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Innovative Customer Experience
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The Fleet Customer Experience Revolution
By Jeofrey Bean
Apple, Intuit and Netflix are companies that have created the future of customer experience. They are also examples of companies that have dedicated or temporary customer experience and user experience labs. These labs reproduce real-world environments, product purchase and use conditions for insightful customer experience management decisions.
Creating and using customer experience labs is not just for established companies with dedicated budgets. Those who are resource constrained can set-up a make shift lab. The key is to make it like the customer environment and have unbiased processes to learn from people's interactions in the customer experience you are proposing.
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Transition, Then Transform
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We seldom miss a chance to talk with the bright and engaging Michele Cunningham, Senior Vice President, Strategic Development at Element Fleet Management, and enjoyed our interview with her at the recent AFLA Conference. We asked her to bring us up to date on the transition from PHH to Element Fleet Management.
Michele says, "We are taking the 'transition and then transform' approach because our customer success is the most critical factor. We are noting lots of exciting opportunities to extend products and services and take a best of the best approach in creating Element Fleet Management out of these composite companies and really bringing our customers something special."
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By Alesandro Trani, AlertDriving Global Safety Writer
The first step to eliminating workplace hazards is recognizing them. For environmental health and safety (EHS) professionals, safety interventions are more straightforward in production facilities, where hazards can be managed in relative isolation. Unguarded machinery, vapors and fumes, dust, and frayed wiring are just some of the severe--and isolated--dangers companies can identify, mitigate and monitor directly with strict engineering controls.
But what if the road is an employee's workplace?
In many countries, particularly emerging markets, EHS professionals have few, if any, reasonable safeguards to protect employees on the road. People who drive for business are up to 50% more likely to be killed on the job than construction or agriculture workers. Facing such dire odds, global fleets can't wait for governments to "pave the way" for safety. How do managers contain--much less recognize--occupational risks at intersections, highways or anywhere else drivers conduct company business?
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