Sustainability and environmental stewardship are high-profile initiatives at many companies, especially those that operate in the B2C space, whether as a retailer, a distributor, service provider or a manufacturer. Environmental awareness has matured to embrace the smarter use of resources through technological means as well as behavioral changes. “Going green” in fleet operations now includes […]

A fleet operation is inefficient whenever vehicle capacity goes unused, when vehicles put on more miles than necessary to accomplish the work at hand and when drivers sit at the wheel instead of serving customer needs because of inefficient scheduling. Here are five warning signs of fleet inefficiency that can also point to cost savings […]

For shippers and distributors that operate private fleets, routing and scheduling technology can significantly improve operational cost control and asset productivity. Routing and scheduling solutions offer the promise of route ‘optimization’ — an automated way to build that ideal mix of orders, stop sequencing and scheduling together with the shortest, most cost-efficient driving route to […]