According to the predictions made by MarketsandMarkets, the global fleet management market is expected to grow from $8.03 billion in 2015 to $22.35 billion in 2020. Owing to its early adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT), the US is expected to be the largest fleet management market in the world. During this forecast period, [...]
The majority of the fleet accidents are a result of risky driving by only a handful of drivers. Because of these high-risk fleet drivers, the annual rate of commercial fleet accidents has reached 20%, and an average fleet accident costs around $70,000, which is twice the cost of a typical workplace injury. To reduce the [...]
In the high-tech contemporary era, managing a fleet is no longer a challenging endeavor. Digitization has enabled the development of fleet management apps so that you know exactly where your fleets are at any particular time. These data-driven apps also provide you with all the information you need to improve and implement the best fleet [...]
As a fleet manager, one of the most important questions you should constantly ask yourself is “What can we do to have the best fleet management in the industry?” This is not just something you should ask yourself. You should also be prepared to answer this question if someone else asks you this. It seems [...]
One of the questions business owners with trucks ask is if they need a United States Department of Transportation (DOT) number. Whether you have a large business with a fleet of trucks operating across different states to haul cargo from one place to another or you have a single truck for hauling supplies, the answer [...]
Are you running a company that uses rental trucks as a part of its operations? If you do, have you developed a proper strategy to make sure your company only uses trucks with apportioned plates? If the plates indeed are apportioned, you can rest assured that the truck rental company you are working with actually [...]
The CEM, CPFP and public fleet manager at Sarasota County in Florida, Ron Kennedy had been struggling with getting an adequate level of paper customer service surveys. After all, it does take a bit of effort and not all customers are inclined to respond. He wanted to change that and a very simple method was [...]
A company that prides itself on providing service, selection and value with ease, Flex Fleet Rental offers an array of 4x4 light-duty and medium-duty rental trucks to commercial operations throughout the United States. A dedicated team of truck rental professionals that considers customer service and satisfaction a top priority, we are considered a giant among [...]
A fleet truck can easily become overworked if it does not have the right engine and transmission combo, which can lead to high maintenance costs. It is also very easy to under work a truck because of a bad combination between the two, which means that more money than needed has been spent on the [...]
One of the biggest problems in the fleet industry is that many drivers look at their company vehicles as something they are entitled to use. Relatively few drivers treat their vehicles as a tool that helps them perform the job that they are hired for. This sense of entitlement has caused fleet drivers to become [...]
