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…
Robert Martinez climbed the career ladder and then kept building a bigger one. In his nearly 40 years with the New York City Police Department, he advanced from mechanic to Director of the Fleet Services Division to Deputy…
A vendor involved in supplying patrol vehicles to law enforcement agencies faces allegations spanning multiple states, raising concerns for public-fleet procurement officials.
International Motors launched Fleetrite.com on Oct. 1, giving fleets, independent repair shops and owner-operators searchable access to more than 400,000 parts across OEM, Fleetrite-branded and third-party aftermarket lines. Orders…
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.
Many fleet divisions report to Public Works despite managing and servicing vehicles from different departments. Does this organizational structure negatively affect their ability to do their work efficiently and fairly? Some in the…
More than a decade ago, I wrote about fleet managers being asked to do more with less. At the time, public organizations were cutting staff, leaving fleet positions unfilled and asking the people who remained to pick up the work…
Springdale Township struck out trying to secure lower-cost road salt, and fleet and public works managers elsewhere may face the same problem. The story points to supply and pricing pressures that could squeeze winter maintenance…
I have read many articles on parts management. They always seem to include inventory cycles, LIFO vs. FIFO, obsolescence, shelf organization, Vehicle Maintenance Reporting Standards (VMRS) applications, min-max levels and yada, yada…
Tim Coxwell wasn’t looking for a job in fleet management when the Leon County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office asked him to help interview candidates for its next fleet director role in 2013. But when officials described the position…
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