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Bright Ideas to Improve Your Fleet

All fleet drivers at the Eugene Water and Electric Board in Oregon now perform a pre-trip...

This compilation of “bright ideas” focuses on single ideas aimed to reduce costs, improve operations, improve customer service, and more. Fleet managers explain how they executed their plan, the challenges they faced, and the results they’ve seen or expect to achieve.

Fleet Equipment and Inventory

Fleet Equipment and Inventory

The number of fleet vehicles in an agency directly corresponds with the population size of the area the fleet serves. A significant number of fleets are right-sizing and selling off underutilized vehicles, resulting in fleet reduction. However, increases in service areas or programs have resulted in larger fleets for others.

Fleet Profiles

Fleet Profiles

This overview provides information about more than 200 public fleet survey respondents, including data about outsourced services, budget changes, and remarketing methods.

Battersby, Fleet Manager of the Year, Gets the Job Done

Richard Battersby, CAFM, CPFP, director of Fleet Services for the University of California,...

Richard Battersby, CAFM, CPFP, director of Fleet Services for the University of California, Davis is this year’s Public Sector Fleet Manager of the Year. Battersby’s accomplishments include improving operation efficiency, encouraging employees to implement great ideas, and correcting an operating deficit of $800,000 annually over three years.

Female Faces in Fleet

Female Faces in Fleet

While more women join public fleets on the management side, the number of female technicians remains low. The challenge comes in finding females who have an interest in automotive technology but are just not aware of fleet — and letting them know that whether it’s on the shop floor or in management, there’s a place in the industry for them.

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