Seven years ago, we reported on the upcoming challenges facing fleet managers. Let’s go back through the post to see both how well we predicted the future and where the industry is now.
At the start of the original post, there are no surprises. The industry was looking for ways to increase efficiencies to cut costs and to find and keep drivers. It’s hard to imagine a time this wasn’t the case.
“A recent survey of fleet professionals done by GreenRoad revealed that reducing the overall costs of fuel, maintenance and vehicle replacement were among their top concerns. Managers were also extremely concerned with driver retention and ensuring those drivers are productive and safe on the road.
With the economy projected to grow at a modest rate through 2013 and into next year, it’s unsurprising that cost management is on so many managers’ minds. But there are a lot of trends besides cost-reduction that companies should be looking to get ahead of if they want to reduce costs down the road. Let’s examine what are likely to be the big issues over the next months and into 2014 as well.”
But in the next section, we find the first slip. We had the right idea, but our timing was off.
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