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Truckinginfo.com has asked Glen Sokolis to write weekly articles for a section called "Friday Fuel." Below is the most recent installment:
10/2/2009 How Do You Audit Your Fleet Fuel Invoices?
Your company has worked hard to get the right fleet fuel program in place. You have picked the right fleet fuel card provider, and you may have negotiated and set up discounts with your fuel providers. However, the fuel managment task has only just begun.
1/22/10 Controlling Fuel Efficiency When Fuel Prices Are Unpredictable
There have been so many discussions on oil and fuel prices these last few weeks, especially with prices soaring up to $84 in early January to taking a dramatic hit back down to $80 only three days later. So when you cannot control the price of fuel, what can you do to have better fuel efficiency in your fleet or own personal vehicle? Below are two main points to consider when fuel economy is on the table.
1/15/10 Why Oil Does What it Does When It Comes to Prices
Last week's Friday Fuel included a discussion on some factors that drive oil prices such as current weather conditions and stockpiles, or inventory, around the world. Today's topic will continue on with the machine behind the price of oil. Since oil is a world commodity, there are not only many factors, but they vary by each country.
Guest Columnist for TruckExec.com
When it comes to fuel economy many companies may not know where to start. Newer hybrid fleet vehicles may initially be too costly. Fuel economy can be a fairly simple task for any company; one just has to know what to look for. Below are a few very important tips that will improve the efficiency of fuel for any vehicle...
1/8/10 Oil's Ups and Downs
Oh, the commodity of oil, how its price changes and bends at the drop of a hat. Since December, when prices were at the $70 mark, oil has taken a ride all the way up to $82 earlier this week. An increase like that must have some serious dynamics behind it! We'll examine a few of those factors as we continue to see the price almost double since this same time last year..
12/23/09 Looking Back: 2009 Fuel Management in Review
In 2009, things started off like a lamb and at times felt like a lion, but we certainly didn't see the scary lions in fleet fuel buying, as we did in 2008. The year started with national gas prices at $1.639 a gallon and diesel fuel at $2.405 a gallon, great numbers if you're a fuel manager overseeing your fuel management program. It was also around this time that Barack Obama was sworn into the White House, becoming the U.S.'s 44th president and bearing the weight of the recession on his shoulders. The winter season of early 2009 unveiled a staggering amount of crude oil inventories, so much so that companies were leasing out tankers to store oil out in the sea. The price for a barrel of crude was around $33 a barrel. Things seemed to turn around slowly but surely.
12/18/09 Be Safe, Not Sorry with Fuel Management During the Holidays
We are less than a week away from the full-blown holiday season. As part of your company's fleet management program, are you trucks ready to be sitting still for several days during the back-to-back holiday weeks? This time of year, it can be very tricky to predict the weather in most parts of the country, and we believe it's better to be safe than sorry.
12/11/2009 Put Your Fleet Fueling Policy in Place for 2010, Part II
In last week's Friday Fuel, we talked about how to put your fleet fueling policy in place. Today, we have eight tips that will make your fuel management program more effective:..
12/4/2009 Put Your Fleet Fueling Policy in Place For 2010, Part I
As a new year quickly approaches, it's an ideal time to review current policies that your company has in place. I can't think of a policy that can help your fuel management program better than reviewing what you are doing now for fleet fueling. And if you don't really have a policy, now is the time to start your fleet fueling program.
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