New eBook to Help Fleets Prepare for Transformational Changes

If you’re wondering how the transformational events confronting the commercial transportation sector are impacting fleets, there’s a new book that attempts to bring the picture into focus.

Available from Mercury Associates, it addresses three challenges currently facing the fleet industry that are combining to create what the group calls a “perfect storm.”

The ebook focuses on the gathering forces – the automotive technology “whirlwind,” the information technology “tsunami” and the human resources “fog,” and addresses how fleet managers and fleet owners can best prepare to survive the storm.

“Fleet management is likely to be more tumultuous in the next decade than it has been in the last five,” explains Paul Lauria, President of Mercury Associates. “Taking shelter will require fleet owners to rethink and update traditional approaches to fleet management. Even in industries that have not traditionally paid much attention to the soundness or cost effectiveness of their fleet management practices, these changes are going to require organizations to devote considerable time and attention to these practices.”

Mercury has a long history of providing consulting, information technology, and professional development services to public and private-sector fleet operations. Mercury’s clients include federal, state and local government agencies, utility companies, Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, transportation services companies, transit authorities, school districts, and colleges and universities.

The automotive technology challenges mentioned in the ebook refer to the increasing complexity, variety, and costs of technology associated with alternative fuels, electrification, autonomous vehicles, and now, under the Trump administration, potential changes in vehicle emissions and other regulations.

The information technology challenges refer to the increasing capabilities, complexity, and potential applications of IT solutions such as telematics, mobile apps, and the “big data” phenomenon, that many organizations are struggling to make sense of and avoid capsizing.

Finally, the human resources challenges highlighted in the ebook pertain to workforce management challenges and include a shortage of new talent entering the fleet maintenance profession, and a loss of institutional knowledge in fleet asset management due to retirement of baby boom generation professionals.

Mercury’s ebook is designed to help readers better understand both the technology and human resources-related storm fronts bearing down on fleet owners, and the fundamental challenges that make the fleet industry inherently complex, such as the multifaceted and interrelated components of Asset and Enterprise Management. Readers will also learn about gauging the maturity of their fleet management business practices and their level of preparedness for the looming storm.

The ebook is available as a free download here.

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