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The Pros and Cons of Outsourcing Your Fleet Management
With mounting pressure to reduce costs, some companies have opted to outsource their fleet management. Jack-in-the-Box is one such company, and in this podcast Jeff Brady, Senior Manager of Transportation at Jack-in-the-Box, joins us to explore the pros and cons of outsourcing, best practices for managing your outsourced fleet management company, and some real life case studies.

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Q&A

Frito-Lay Case Study: Creating Sustainability
Frito-Lay is a company that is continually innovating to find new and better ways to reduce emissions from its manufacturing plants and delivery fleet. Automotive IQ interviewed Kevin Podmore, Senior Fleet Manager at Frito-Lay, to find out how they are making their fleet more sustainable and some best practices for maintaining a sustainable yet budget-conscious fleet.

The Pros and Cons of Outsourcing Your Fleet Management
Q&A transcript of podcast with Jeff Brady, Senior Manager of Transportation at Jack-in-the-Box.

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Articles

Field Mobility 2012: How Real Users Are Leveraging Mobile Technologies
This special report prepared by Field Technologies will help you if you plan to invest in mobile technology this year or if you just want to better understand the mobile technologies your peers are using. Here you will get firsthand insight from end users on what mobile solutions they're currently using, planning to invest in, and the features and functionality they think are most important in a variety of mobile technology categories.

Delivery Company Saves Thousands in Minutes
Efficient mobile workforce management can make a huge difference to the bottom line for a mobile business, including field service or delivery companies. Just how much it can save, and what areas of the business it can improve, may surprise you. See how Telogis helped save a company thousands in minutes.

How optimized are your fleet plans?
This article by Telogis discusses the importance of ongoing monitoring and what metrics you should check to optimize your fleet plans. Know exactly what’s working and what isn’t.

Strategies for Successful Technology Adoption by Owner-Operators
10 Steps to Excite Them About Mobile Communications
Published by PeopleNet, this article illustrates how companies have successfully implemented satellite tracking and mobile communications technology in owner-operator operations. PeopleNet contacted a wide range of fleets and compiled their best practices and management strategies.

Fleet Management Drives Down Costs
“With its new fleet management and telematics solution, American Electric Power, has the potential to save up to $1 million per year in fuel costs," says Sarah Howland with Field Technologies.” Read More…

Turning GPS into Location Intelligence
Utilities must think beyond points on a map and look at advanced location intelligence: coordinated storm and event response, asset utilization, work order management, safety and reporting. Often, these added capabilities are achieved using the same transmission devices already vehicle-mounted for work order and GPS-based fleet management systems. The added capabilities require minimal information technology (IT) infrastructure upgrades. Learn more from this Telogis article here.

Route Match Case Study: Medical Motor Service
“Not only has Medical Motor Service achieved cost efficiencies and maximized driver productivity (since implementing RouteMatch TS), it has also improved the accountability of the driving staff and thus ensured the safety of its passengers and drivers alike.” - William P. McDonald, Executive Director, Medical Motor Service. Learn how Medical Motor Services achieved cost efficiencies with RouteMatch here.

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