Automotive Fleet, December 2020

WE MUST GET BETTER The Market Trends blog Fleet Managers Must Partner with Field Ops to Meet P L Objectives was a great read The pros and cons of decentralized versus centralized fleet operations was analyzed employing evaluation loops to ensure shortfalls are identified and addressed Training seems to be an area often neglected at all levels We must get better Charlie Shephard Senior Business Analyst RutterKey Solutions Houston Texas DECENTRALIZED VS CENTRALIZED I read the Market Trends blog Fleet Managers Must Partner with Field Ops to Meet P L Objectives It was a great article outlining the pros and cons for centralized vs decentralized fleet management Danielle Allsbrook CAFM Fleet Analyst Ferguson Enterprises Newport News Va SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW ON ROLLINS I just finished watching the State of the Fleet Industry Spotlight video series featuring Alex May senior manager fleet Rollins Inc I was truly impressed with Alexs fleet safety resale value and telematics improvements he has initiated in the two years he has been at Rollins I can see why Alex was one of the 10 Fleet Visionary Award honorees at the 2019 Automotive Fleet Leasing Association AFLA Conference The point that Alex made regarding telematics continuing to deliver year over year ROI was spot on and his focus on equipping all of his vehicles with new safety technologies demonstrates a safety culture that is essential in todays fleet industry It is great to observe how Alexs message was delivered spoken from his experience in a way that was clear and concise that demonstrated his passion in controlling expenses and saving lives He was very easy to follow while I was taking notes I look forward to the next State of the Fleet Industry Spotlight video and meeting Alex at a future live industry event John Dmochowsky Co Founder JC Global Fleet Consulting LLC Chicago Ill AWESOME ARTICLE I read the Market Trends blog entitled Unpopular Flat Rate Compensation Contributes to the Shortage of Repair Techs What an awesome article I totally agree that we need to pay for relevant training as it does benefit your business to pay for the training and oh yes flat rate is only legal at dealerships Alyce Hammond Director of Human Resources Dickinson Fleet Services LLC Indianapolis Ind I ENJOY THE INSIGHTS The Market Trends blog Fleet Managers Must Partner with Field Ops to Meet P L Objectives was well written and cannot be said better Open communication and end user involvement should be fundamental between the parties in achieving the end result I really enjoy the Market Trends blogs and the insights they provide Manuel Saldana Fleet Manager City of Port St Lucie Fla A GREAT WAY TO GET BUY IN The Market Trends blog Fleet Managers Must Partner with Field Ops to Meet P L Objectives was a great article I think fleet committees that include P L leaders along with end users is a great way to ensure engagement and buy in from field operations James Tickner Director Strategic Sales Wheels Inc Mandeville La YOUR TAKE IS SPOT ON I read the Market Trends editorial in the October 2020 issue entitled The Evolution of Fleet Data into a Macro Business Intelligence Tool and I want to let you know that it was spot on Business pursues real time information for products and services status location expected arrival along with a number of other operational variables Charles L Schott Senior Managing Director Briggs Management Partners Boston Mass L E T T E R S T O T H E E D I T O R WATCHING THE VIDEOS Ive been watching AFs State of the Fleet Industry Spotlight videos for a few weeks now I love them The one Spotlight video with Oleg Cytowicz of Unilever really made me want to reach out to let you know that our organization Together for Safer Roads is continuing to develop programs to help smaller fleet operators to access the knowledge and technology they need to create safety cultures We are also launching a new safer roads studio where we work with many road user groups to create new safety interventions or to scale underappreciated ones In that work we will feature fleet use cases with some of our larger members that operate fleets such as AB InBev UPS and PepsiCo to name a few David Braunstein President Together for Safer Roads New York City NY Together for Safer Roads is a coalition of global private sector companies across industries collaborating to improve road safety The organizations website is www togetherforsaferroads org AUTOMOTIVE FLEET I DECEMBER 2020 6