Categories: Fleet Management, Fleet Management as a Service, Operations

Fleets are being impacted by a variety of inflationary pressures ranging from higher acquisition prices due to the proliferation of onboard safety...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/346484/upward-pricing-pressures-on-most-fixed-and-operating-costs

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Categories: Maintenance

The vehicle maintenance and repair industries are experiencing a skilled labor shortage as technicians in the Baby Boomer demographic retire in greater...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/348049/severe-skilled-technician-shortage-triggering-higher-shop-labor-rates

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Categories: Maintenance, Remarketing

Overall, passenger car maintenance costs per unit, per month decreased 4 percent in 2013 with the average cost per mile decreasing 2 percent from 2012....

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/154906/fleet-car-maintenance-costs-decrease-4-percent

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Categories: Operations

Higher fuel prices and maintenance costs, along with upward pressure on maintenance labor rates are a few of the factors increasing fleet operating costs.

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/347656/fleets-concerned-about-rising-operating-costs

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Categories: Auctions, Fleet Management as a Service, Maintenance, Rental Operations

The robust economy is creating record numbers of new jobs and a subsequent labor shortage that is being exacerbated by the large wave of Baby Boomer...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/346322/labor-shortage-increases-but-economic-uncertainty-emerges

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A fleet cost reduction program goes straight to the corporate bottom line. If a company operates at a 10% annual net profit margin, reducing annual fleet...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/287689/using-performance-based-incentives-to-optimize-the-cost-effectiveness-of-fleet-o

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Categories: Maintenance

Average repair cost per unit increased in 2019, primarily due to higher labor rates. Also, PM costs were up as more units require more expensive synthetic...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/353389/passenger-vehicle-maintenance-spend-increased-4-in-cy-2019

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Categories: Operations

Fleet costs are experiencing upward pressure in a variety of areas, ranging from higher vehicle acquisition due to the proliferation of safety systems to...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/288139/higher-prices-reinvigorate-cost-containment-initiatives

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Categories: Maintenance

Upward cost pressures on replacement tires have emerged in 2018, due to higher cost for the commodities used to manufacture tires and the trend to larger...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/325873/replacement-tire-costs-increased-8-in-cy-2018

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Categories: Maintenance

Doing CY-2014, passenger car CPM maintenance costs were up 13 percent as the average age of units in operation increased due to fewer companies engaging in...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/155971/maintenance-costs-increase-with-longer-service-lives-recalls

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