Helpful Articles & Blogs
Read our latest articles and blogs on fleet management, fuel savings and industry trends. Our article library includes helpful how-to guides and advice to help you learn about fleet leasing.
Study Shows Employees Over-Report Mileage as Gas Prices Rise
A new study from a workforce management shows a strong correlation between rising gas prices and employees over-reporting mileage in expense reports.
Why Leasing Will Save You Money
The decision to lease or purchase vehicles is often inappropriately based on a simple comparison of interest rates, or influenced by the perception that utilizing internal funds somehow eliminates the cost of capital. While the cost of funds merits consideration, additional factors influence the overall expense of operating vehicles and should be included in the lease vs. buy decision.
Need to Reduce Expenses?
There are many areas in a company that can benefit from reducing expenses. One of the most overlooked areas is managing your company’s fleet.
Don’t let your vehicles sit idle
When you run a company that solves solutions for people, it is very difficult to watch people around you ignore the very problem that you can fix. Just this week I was sitting in my office and noticing all the companies around us that have vehicles just sitting on their lot.
Stability in an uncertain economy
After so many of us struggled to simply survive over the past year or so, it seems too good to be true that the worst is over. What I hear from fellow executives all the time is that they fear we will once again slide into a recession and all the gains we made will be for not.
Fuel Efficiency Tips
Time and time again we are seeing the same concern from our clients: fuel mileage. As gas quickly approaches $3, and is likely to hit $4 sooner than we think, the topic of saving on fuel costs moves to the forefront of people’s minds.
The magic of numbers
There’s a certain magic in numbers. We grow up learning how to add, subtract and even multiply them but this is not the purpose of numbers.
How smart is the Smart car?
The naming of the car is pure genius. I mean you would have to be an idiot to not want to own a Smart car. The fact that you would even consider another brand makes you feel foolish.
Making smart decisions in tough times
This recession has been hard on a lot of people. Over the past two years companies have had to make tough decisions to try to stay in business.
Do you prefer national or local service providers?
Earlier this week I told the story of my father-in-law that missed the Daytona 500 because the cable company could not properly service their client.
Customer service failure
My family recently made the difficult decision to place my father-in-law into a senior care facility, which can be tough enough when things go as planned.
How commercial auto leases differ from consumer car leases
Of all the commercial vehicles in the United States, about 51% of them are leased. However, when I walk into a company that falls into the other 49% category, it is usually because of misinformation that they do not lease.
How Long Should You Keep Your Business Car - The Facts
In this tough economy we have heard a lot of companies state that they plan to hang onto their company vehicles for longer than they initially planned. Although this may seem like a great way to save money, the opposite usually ends up being true.
What is good fleet management?
Having been in this industry for over thirty years, I have seen a lot of poorly managed vehicle fleets. This is generally because fleet responsibility falls into the hands of someone that has many other resposnsibilities.
How long should we keep our company vehicles?
Everyday your employees use them to get to where they need to go. They hop in and turn the key with little thought as to what the vehicle is costing your company.
How to select the correct vehicle for your company
How did you buy your last personal car? Did you buy it off the lot or have it built just for you? What made you decide on the model of vehicle that you selected?
