Have you ever received an unexpected phone call from an employee who said they were stranded somewhere on the side of the road due to a flat tire or dead battery? Roadside emergencies are no fun, especially for business owners who have a fleet of vehicles to oversee.

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In the field service business, emergency calls are an every-day occurrence. While most of your customers can schedule service in a timely manner and wait for both schedules to line up, some people need help with broken plumbing, malfunctioning HVAC, sparking outlets, or aggressive insects right away. No matter what kind of field service you're in, emergencies happen.

When you are managing a fleet of business vehicles, it's important to be aware and courteous of the seasonal hazards. You drive carefully on icy roads in the winter, watch out for young foolish animals in the spring, avoid J-walking tourists in the summer. And when fall comes back around, it's time to keep an eye out for school buses and children around the local schools. 

In simple terms, fleet management is the process that is used by companies to care for and monitor their fleet of commercial motor vehicles. It involves a variety of tasks from tracking vehicles, improving driver's safety and health, and vehicle maintenance. The purpose of fleet management is to improve efficiency and productivity, reduce costs, stay compliant, and improve customer satisfaction.

Are you guilty of making spur of the moment decisions when it comes to your company's fleet? If so, you are not alone. Unfortunately, when you react to problems in the spur of the moment instead of being proactive and planning ahead it may lead to more issues in the future.

Managing your business's fleet vehicles today is becoming impossible without some form of digital technology. It's hard to imagine what it was like for businesses before the digital era when dealing with their fleets. Back in those days, it was all about keeping paper files and forcing drivers to file logs on a form stuck to a clipboard.

Keeping your drivers safe while they are on the road is vital to your company achieving its overall sales and service goals. However, none of that is possible if your fleet isn't well maintained or in the best shape. You can prevent this by keeping an eye on maintenance costs and taking action before they pile up and escalate.

Road debris is something that every driver in our great nation has to contend with. From the dangerous road "gators" created big-rig tires blow to the coolers and mattresses that fall out of overloaded trucks to the every-day trash that sometimes flies out open car windows, we dodge them all.

When you think of fleet vehicles in your company, you may think of uniformity out of habit rather than customization and how it can benefit you.  Don't think you can't find customized fleet vehicles for your unique business needs. It's possible to do this when you find a good fleet management consultancy that allows similar services.