Fleet budgets can bring new meaning to the popular phrase, “The math ain’t mathin’.” When your presentation to finance doesn’t tell the full story, the numbers won’t add up, and finance will cut or trim your replacement budget. This…
When Beth Casillas arrived at the City of Buckeye, Arizona, in 2020, she didn’t inherit a fleet operation that had been built badly. She inherited one that had been built for a much smaller city. That context is important.
Twenty-five vehicles at 25% utilization, or ten at 70%? That’s the math driving a wave of government fleet right-sizing. John Martin of Mercury Associates walks through how telematics data and hard conversations with stakeholders are…
Public fleet operations could track a hundred metrics. Steve Saltzgiver, CAFS, thinks they should focus on three to five. The longtime fleet manager, current RTA strategic advisor and 100 Best Fleets judge says the key is figuring out…
There is more to writing a vehicle specification than listing horsepower, payload, dimensions and power. The best spec writers approach the job like detectives. They ask operators what they need, technicians what they can support and…
