Fleet & Trailer Cost Savings Resources

Find Out Where Successful Fleets Are Finding Savings

Fleet managers face a variety of challenges, from managing fuel price volatility to maintaining regulatory compliance and driver safety, but the most difficult task by far is identifying ways to cut the right costs. With expenses eating away at budgets, how are savvy companies working to reduce spend in these areas and maximize the bottom line?

The State of Insurance in the Freight Industry

Carriers are experiencing significant strain when it comes to rising insurance costs, which have doubled in the past few years. Abnormally high accident rates—including those involving fatalities—and nuclear settlements with multi-million-dollar payouts are largely to blame and are impacting carriers of all sizes, in addition to their customers.

Cost of Ownership: Leasing vs. Buying

Fleet ownership has a number of benefits, but with those benefits come a number of associated costs, including maintenance, repairs and eventually replacement. Likewise, leasing provides a number of advantages for fleets as well, particularly for companies who don’t want to be exposed to the volatility associated with upswings and downswings in company financials. While both options have their pros and cons, how can companies make the decision that is best for them?

Time Is Money: Managing Detention More Profitably

Detention is one of the largest concerns facing drivers and fleets today, costing both time and money. In fact, DAT research revealed that 63 percent of drivers spend more than three hours waiting for their trucks to be loaded or unloaded on average, often leading to them missing subsequent loads as a result. As the adage goes, if the wheels aren’t turning, drivers aren’t earning.

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Industry Webinars

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Arrive Logistics and FMSCA & DOT compliance expert, John Seidl of Reliance Partners, provide actionable tips on how you can maximize carrier efficiencies and increase carrier profit. The goal is to increase revenue while controlling four major expenses: Insurance, payroll, fuel and vehicle maintenance.

Fleet Management: How to Reduce Your Cost Per Mile/Hour

How to marry fleet maintenance best practices and the capabilities of Infor EAM to reduce fleets cost per mile/hour. Proper fleet lifecycle management combined with integrations to your fuel management system, SCADA and financials improves overall visibility, efficiency, lowers cost of operation and positively impacts the bottom line. Whether you have 1 or 100,000 fleet vehicles, this on demand webinar will be beneficial for your organization’s balance sheet.

How To Position Your Company For A Successful Insurance Relationship

Learn how to:

• Create a culture of safety throughout your entire organization
• Establish driver vetting and training techniques that are thorough and ongoing
• Use proven technology (video cameras, telematics, etc.) not as a luxury, but as a necessity
• Foster transparency in all aspects of the insurer/passenger transportation company relationship, including timely claims reporting, notification of operational and/or driver changes, and accepting your insurer as a true loss control partner and regulatory compliance resource.

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Sources for Infographic:

http://www.trucking.org/article/new-survey-data-reveals-increases-in-driver-compensation

http://www.ttnews.com/articles/reining-rising-maintenance-costs

http://atri-online.org/atri-research/operational-costs-of-trucking/

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