September 4, 2000
Last June 29 was a watershed date for the emerging "new" fleet management industry. On that date, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched a two-day public hearing in Washington, DC, on business-to-business (B2B) Web-based procurement marketplaces because it is concerned about their anti-trust implications. (See my editorial in the June 2000 issue, page 12.) The two best examples of online procurement marketplaces in the automotive industry are Covisint and Roadsmith.com, a fleet-specific exc