Findings from a recent customer survey, conducted by Chevin Fleet Solutions, have outlined the key industry challenges that await the fleet sector in 2012.

The survey, which questioned over 70 senior fleet personnel across UK business sectors, highlighted that the biggest concern for the coming year was that of reduced budgets, followed by increased running costs and a greater need to demonstrate results and efficiency savings.

Lesser cited concerns included monitoring and reducing CO2 emissions and maintaining older fleet vehicles.

Chevin’s managing director Ashley Sowerby said: “Reduced headcounts, budget cuts and the anticipated rise in fuel costs - accompanied with the increasing need to demonstrate and justify fleet operations to senior management or other departments - means that fleet managers across the country have their work cut out for them in the year ahead.”

He added: “It is in these times of economic struggle that we are forced to reassess traditional methods of managing assets and address the age old problems that prevent fleets running at 100% efficiency. Whether it’s better utilisation of fleet vehicles, bringing traditionally outsourced processes in-house or consolidating fleet data into one centralised and intuitive fleet management system – in 2012 it’ll be all about survival of the fittest.”

To help fleet managers successfully tackle these challenges, Chevin has recently launched the majorly upgraded version of its flagship fleet management software FleetWave.
 

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