WEX Brings Standard Fleet’s Connected Vehicle Platform to Fleet Customers
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WEX, a global leader in intelligent payment solutions, announced that eligible fleet customers can now access the Standard Fleet connected vehicle platform.
With the launch, Standard Fleet's modern fleet management experience is available to WEX customers, including capabilities such as digital keys, remote vehicle access, and deviceless vehicle tracking.
Announced at the WEX Venture Capital Summit in Portland, Maine, the offering is a commercial solution that emerged from a previous WEX Venture Capital investment.
How AFLA’s Women in Fleet Management Initiative Is Building the Next Generation of Fleet Leaders
By Ted Roberts, Publisher, Fleet Management Weekly
As the fleet industry continues to evolve, leadership development and mentorship are increasingly important for attracting and retaining talent.
Few organizations have embraced that challenge more intentionally than the Automotive Fleet Leasing Association's (AFLA) Women in Fleet Management (WIFM) initiative.
Under the leadership of WIFM Task Force Chair Lori Olson, the program has expanded beyond traditional networking events to become a year-round platform.
When asked about the challenges women still face in business, Olson's answer focuses less on external obstacles and more on personal empowerment. "The only person who can truly stop you is yourself.”
The Next Fleet Optimization Lever: Getting More from Your Existing Assets
By James Mourafetis, Partner and Head of Transportation, Logistics and Services at EFESO
It is time for supply chain and transportation leaders to evolve legacy operating models and modernize their approach to fleet optimization.
This requires an integrated asset management strategy that improves operating performance by establishing a repeatable system.
The next era of fleet optimization will not be won by organizations that solely increase their owned capacity, add new tech solutions, or launch one-off efficiency initiatives.
It will be won by organizations that build a repeatable operating system for availability, reliability, labor productivity, and parts readiness — and make that system part of how the business runs every day.
Why The 100-Car Naturalistic Driving Study May Be The Most Important Ever Conducted
The 100-car Naturalistic Driving Study was the first of its kind and carefully constructed to be as natural as possible for participants. Most of the drivers were behind the wheels of their own cars.
The result was nearly 42,300 hours of data covering approximately 2,000,000 miles of driving by 241 drivers, of which 109 were considered primary drivers.
The study indicated that driver inattention factored into some 93% of rear-end crashes, approximately 80% of all crashes, and about 65% of all "near-crash" situations. Showing some of the difference in naturalistic data collection compared to traditional methods, NHTSA numbers from 2024 say that distracted driving was a factor in only 12% of all police-reported crashes for the year.
Kooner Fleet Management Solutions Named Fleetio Premier Partner
Kooner Fleet Management Solutions, a leading provider of comprehensive on-site fleet management, preventive maintenance and mobile repair solutions, announced it has been named a Premier Partner within Fleetio’s Maintenance Shop Network.
This designation recognizes Kooner FMS as a trusted, high-performing partner within Fleetio’s growing ecosystem, which powers maintenance and operations for more than eight million fleet assets.
“Being named a Fleetio Premier Partner is a strong validation of the work our team is doing every day to support fleet uptime and efficiency,” said Bill Cooper, Vice President of Sales at Kooner FMS.
