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- GM Signals It's Getting Out of the Volume Game
- An ancient auto industry joke, probably dating back to the dawn of industrial time, has it that a car company "loses money on every car, but makes it up on volume." The joke is, that's impossible. Obviously, if you lose money on every car, the more you sell, the more...
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
- The Quota Auctions In Estonia And Their Effect On The Trawler Fleet
- The Estonian trawl fishery has been operating under an individual transferable quota (ITQ) system since 2001 when auctioning a part of the quota was also first implemented. This study analyzes the effect of quota auctions on the structure of the fleet and the performance of the system in managing excessive...
- White papers 2005-03-27
- Fleet Purchase Behavior: Decision Processes and Implications for New Vehicle Technologies and Fuels
- Vehicle fleets are a poorly understood part of the economy. They are important, though, in that they purchase a large share of light-duty vehicles, and are often targeted by governments as agents of change. This paper investigates fleet purchase behavior, using focus groups, interviews, and mail and telephone surveys. It...
- White papers 2005-02-16
- Strategic Asset Management in the Transportation Industry
- This white paper reviews the trends and issues facing the transportation industry. The main areas of focus are private fleets, public fleets, public transit and rail. Strategic Asset Management (SAM) moves away from the current disparate applications, enabling organizations to maximize the performance of critical capital assets that have a...
- White papers 2004-11-30
- Driving Down the Cost of Vehicle Crashes: The Impact of the Drivecam Driving Feedback System on Insurance Costs for Commercial Fleets
- Motor vehicle collisions cost the U.S. more than $230 billion each year. For fleets, the insured costs include worker's compensation, automobile physical damage, automobile liability, short-term disability, long-term disability, group medical and uninsured motorist coverage. Uninsured costs associated with crashes usually exceed the losses that are reimbursed by insurance. These...
- White papers 2004-02-24
- California State Vehicle Fleet Fuel Efficiency Report: Volume II
- This report provides details about various strategies and measures that the state can potentially use to reduce petroleum consumption in its on-road fleet of nearly 73,000 vehicles. This report describes policy changes and enhancements that can save fuel by; reducing "vehicle miles traveled" (VMT) within the state fleet, increasing the...
- White papers 2003-04-01
- A Technique for Selecting Emerging Technologies for a Fleet of Commercial Aircraft to Maximize R&D Investment
- The paper describes a technique whereby high payoff technologies can be identified across multiple platforms to quantitatively justify resource allocation decisions and investment opportunities. A proof of concept investigation was performed on a fleet of subsonic, commercial aircraft. A solid business case is highly dependent upon a strategic technology research...
- White papers 2001-07-16
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- Return Of The Private Fleet
- From the executive summary: ‘Even with all the advantages private-fleets have to offer, many shippers are unwilling to take on the costs and responsibilities of owning equipment and additional personnel. For those shippers, outsourcing private-fleet operations may be the answer. The number of companies that outsource private-fleet management to outside...
- White papers 2004-07-01
- Public or Private Sector: Maximizing Fleet Effectiveness to Achieve High Performance
- This paper outlines that fleet management and fleet operations have generally not been viewed as ripe for innovation by non transportation businessesůmany of which tend to focus on optimizing other, more readily visible stages of the supply chain. So it may not seem obvious that improving the effectiveness in managing...
- White papers 2005-04-01
- Drivers Ed
- Private-fleet industry’s reputation is always at stake, as it has to make sure that the materials reach their destination safe and sound. If a truck carrying hazardous material meets with an accident, then it will probably come under intense public scrutiny. Thus, private-fleet industry must make sure that the drivers...
- White papers 2001-02-01
- Coordinated Policy Measures for Reducing the Fuel Consumption of the U.S. Light-Duty Vehicle Fleet
- This research finds that there exists no silver bullet for reducing the fuel consumption of motor vehicles in the U.S. However, there are several different policy measures available to affect the production and purchase of more fuel efficient vehicles as well as reduce the amount of driving. Qualitative and quantitative...
- White papers 2004-06-01
- Fleet BANK Telesales in Retail Banking
- Fleet representatives, for telephone-based banking, along with technical staff members from the information technology (IT) group, set about to define, justify, acquire, and deploy a new telesales solution for retail banking. In summary, in 1996 Fleet Bank’s fast growing retail banking operations were badly in need of a more productive...
- Case studies 1998-03-19
- Designated Drivers
- In today's competitive business environment, more and more companies are outsourcing many aspects of their business, opting instead to concentrate solely on their core competencies. The same holds true at warehouses. In an effort to focus on what they do best -- storing and shipping products -- many warehouses are...
- White papers 2000-03-01
- Pricing for Environmental Compliance in the Auto Industry
- For environmental and other political reasons, governments have imposed fleet-wide standards for emissions and fuel economy on automotive manufacturers. When these standards run contrary to consumer preferences or technology advances fail to deliver anticipated benefits, manufacturers may use price as a short-term strategy to encourage consumers to switch to vehicles...
- White papers 2005-11-18
- California State Vehicle Fleet Fuel Efficiency Report: Volume I - Summary of Findings and Recommendations
- This report recognizes the importance of fostering partnerships with other federal, state, and local agencies to pass along the benefits identified in the SB 1170 report. It recommends that the Energy Commission, DGS, and the CARB work with other agencies to explore partnership opportunities, including information sharing and co-funding of...
- White papers 2003-07-01
- Hydrogen Supply for SPFC Vehicles
- This paper investigates the potential for using pure hydrogen as a fuel for depot-based fleet vehicles powered by solid polymer fuel cells in a range of countries. The analysis considers the possible future level of demand for such vehicles and the corresponding requirements for hydrogen supply. The infrastructure and production...
- White papers 2001-10-15
- Maximizing Fleet Effectiveness
- By challenging the way vehicle and equipment fleets have been traditionally managed and run, executives can identify exceptional opportunities to create an integrated fleet management strategy. This strategy, supported by carefully structured business processes and enabled by technology, can offer near-term benefits of cost-savings and improved service. But more than...
- White papers 2005-08-17
- U.S. Shared-Use Vehicle Survey Findings on Carsharing and Station Car Growth
- Shared-use vehicle services provide members with access to a vehicle fleet for use as needed, without the hassles and costs of individual automobile ownership. From June 2001 to July 2002, there was a survey of 18 U.S. shared-use vehicle organizations on a range of topics, including organizational size, partnerships, pricing,...
- White papers 2005-02-12
- Simulation and Analysis of Mixed Adaptive Cruise Control / Manual Traffic
- Semi-automated vehicles, such as Adaptive (Intelligent) Cruise Control (ACC) Vehicles, with the capability to follow each other in the same lane, will coexist with manually driven vehicles on the existing roadway system before they become universal. This mixed fleet scenario creates new capacity and safety issues. In this paper, simulation...
- White papers 2001-06-21
- Fleet Boston - Algo Credit Case Study
- In the year 2000, FleetBoston Financial was created as a result of a merger between Fleet Financial and BankBoston. At its inception, the new institution faced the daunting task of introducing a single risk management solution to meet the needs of the new, much larger corporation. The implementation of Algo...
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