November 2009, Business Fleet - Feature
By Mike Antich
Medium-duty truck sales have declined sharply, as have resale values, due to the recession and the slowdown in new construction. Many fleets are extending service lives, which threatens to increase future maintenance costs.
Tags: resale value, Replacement Tires, Medium-duty trucks, Alternative Fuels
January 2008, Business Fleet - Feature
By Dave Funston
When it's time to dispose of retired units, which vehicle prep strategies can improve resale value? Following industry basics can have a significant impact on resale prices.
Tags: resale value
November 2007, Business Fleet - Feature
By David Wurster, Chris Brown
Follow these common sense strategies before the acquisition decision, during ownership and prior to resale to help you hold the line on residual values.
Tags: residual values, resale value
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By Mike Antich A growing number of fleets contend that Compliance, Safety & Accountability (CSA) program is in need of substantial improvement. Currently, a fleet’s score in the CSA safety monitoring system is based on all fleet-involved crashes, including those that the company’s driver did not cause and could not reasonably have prevented. This scoring criteria is contrary to accepted industry standards and, in the long run, will undermine the validity of the CSA program in the eyes of covered fleets.
By Mike Antich What is your primary responsibility? Is it managing the vehicle or managing the driver? Where do you think you will have the greatest opportunity to control costs and increase productivity?
By Chris Brown The issue highlights the need to balance business fairness and consumer protections with the need for competition and to allow new business models to succeed.
By Chris Brown More than 1,000 inspections per hour in North America are being conducted in a 72-hour period. Some small fleets may not know that the regulations covered in the inspections apply to them.
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