When you operate a landscaping fleet, the efficiency of each team and vehicle is essential. This is why many landscaping fleet managers are looking into GPS as a way to upgrade visibility and unlock opportunities to improve daily operations, from building routes to solving problems.
Topics: Fleet Tracking
You are a small business with a brand new fleet - or plans to buy one soon. Maybe you run a retail shop and you're rolling out local deliveries - literally. Perhaps you run a restaurant and are ready to start catering.
Topics: Fleet Management, Misc
In an era where businesses vie for attention and customer loyalty, exceptional customer service is a non-negotiable factor for success. To stand out in the market, companies must explore innovative solutions that go beyond conventional approaches.
Topics: Fleet Management, Fleet Tracking, Misc
Fuel theft occurs when drivers use their fuel cards to take more fuel than is needed for their trucks and routes. They might be filling up cars brought by friends, stowing an extra fuel tank under the truck, or using their fuel card off-hours for a personal vehicle.
Topics: Fleet Management, Telematics, Misc
Fleet managers are responsible for controlling all expenses associated with operating a fleet of vehicles in their lifetime, including initial purchase costs, ongoing maintenance and repairs, fuel costs, taxes, and insurance.
There was a time when engine idling was the right thing to do. Decades ago, drivers learned that constantly restarting a gasoline vehicle could drain the startup battery and consume fuel with the start-up process.
Topics: Fleet News, Misc
Your company's fleet is more than just a collection of vehicles; it's the primary enabler of your business. Furthermore, it impacts your budget, reputation, quality of work, employee safety, and other critical business functions.
Topics: Fleet Management, Misc
What is the best way to build a fleet for your business? Putting together the right fleet can be done in several different ways. Before you purchase your fleet, it's important to weigh your options.
Topics: Vehicle Leasing, Misc
The idea that you could turn on the air conditioning at home as you leave work or check what's left in the fridge remotely was once a thing of fiction. However, such things are now part of many people's daily life.
Topics: Fleet News, Misc
Fleet overhead costs are something that every fleet manager must grapple with over time. You want to stay in budget, and even have some leftover for overtime pay and the occasional pizza party for your drivers, but operational costs are always your first priority.
Topics: Fleet Management, Misc
Stay up-to-date with the latest tips and trends and fleet-related topics to help you keep your business running at the top of its game and driving your fleet forward!
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