It's the beginning of football season, so let's talk about blocking and tackling your fuel management program. When you say "blocking and tackling," it sounds so hard.It's like watching a football game with the big lineman down in the trenches.
It is hard. If you want to really save money on your fuel program, you have to work at it.
The first thing you need to do is have the proper fuel planning. How are we going to fuel? Where are we going to fuel? Who is going to do the fueling? What is our process for buying fleet fuel? When is our fuel buying and fuel management going to take place?
Who's watching your fuel program? Sounds simple, right? Not so fast. Your company's fleet management probably has several different components to it. Depending on the size of your fleet, you may have one person take care of it all, or several people that take care of different categories. We have found that even the biggest of big fleets have a hard time keeping all of their fleet management ducks in the water. Today, we will drill down to fuel management as one of the components that gets lost in most organizations. Yes, even the big guys may not have it all handled.
For some companies, fuel for their fleet -- fleet fuel, as I like to call it -- is their #2 spend. For other companies it might be even higher if no one is watching closely. Do you really believe you are using the best fueling methods or getting the best fuel pricing out there?
Who's watching your fuel program? Sounds simple, right? Not so fast. Your company's fleet management probably has several different components to it. Depending on the size of your fleet, you may have one person take care of it all, or several people that take care of different categories. We have found that even the biggest of big fleets have a hard time keeping all of their fleet management ducks in the water. Today, we will drill down to fuel management as one of the components that gets lost in most organizations. Yes, even the big guys may not have it all handled.
For some companies, fuel for their fleet -- fleet fuel, as I like to call it -- is their #2 spend. For other companies it might be even higher if no one is watching closely. Do you really believe you are using the best fueling methods or getting the best fuel pricing out there?