FleetSpeak
Nichole Osinski
Executive Editor
Thoughts and observations on news, events, ideas, and products related to government fleet management.
MENU
SEARCHMENUSEARCHNichole Osinski
Executive Editor
Thoughts and observations on news, events, ideas, and products related to government fleet management.
Following Bob Stanton's advice in his opening keynote speech at GFX, I’ve compiled a list of what I learned at the show this year.
Read More →Here we go again…another vendor trying to sell me a load of BS! This one is somewhat complicated, so to keep it brief I will highlight only the important aspects of the proposal. Like the previous ROI or BS post I will not cite the manufacturer’s name, and will reserve my comments until after I have received input from the fleet community.
Read More →As I promised in my previous ROI blog, I am posting proposals I receive from vendors that seem too good to be true. My first case is from a manufacturer that compares the operating costs of gasoline vs. propane powered lawn mowers. First, let me state that I am all for the use of alternative and clean-burning fuels.
Read More →Return On Investment is just another fancy term for Cost Vs. Benefit Analysis. You analyze a proposal which claims if you purchase a specific product or service you would eventually gain savings or revenues that exceeded your initial investment. That’s all well and good, but like I said in my first post, not everything is as it seems and some ROIs are based upon completely fictitious and grandiose assumptions.
Read More →I have decided to add some additional content to my blog which I call “ROI or BS” (and you know what BS stands for). The blog entries will consist of analyzing Return-On-Investment (ROI) and performance claims from various vendors that I receive from time to time. Some of the claims I analyzed were compiled to out-rightly deceive, while others conjured-up preconceived assumptions of my operational profile and costs. I will not mention the specific names of the companies or products that I evalua
Read More →Beyond what we already have to deal with, reduced manpower and shrinking budgets, there is another element that is making our jobs (or at least my job) more difficult…Public Sector Unions.
Read More →