2021 Ford E-350

Managing a fleet has never been more challenging. Rising insurance premiums, unpredictable fuel costs, and growing maintenance costs combined with the need to keep equipment running efficiently on tight schedules…

In most operations, the plan and the work live in different places. The plan's on a board, or in a dispatcher's head. The work's out on a site, in a truck, spread across locations. And whatever actually happened comes back later in pieces — a phone call, a half-remembered note, a photo that never got sent. Tasks v2 closes that gap. You set up the work the way your business runs it, your crew does it from their phone, and when it's done you open the task and see exactly how it went — who did what, when, how much — without calling anyone to ask. It doesn't much matter whether you dispatch field crews, haul materials between sites, run service calls, or coordinate office work across locations. The point of Tasks v2 is that it bends to your process instead of forcing you into someone else's.

Fleet Management Software: A Compelling Investment for 2024 Nowadays, fleet management has the potential to be ramped up to unprecedented speeds and simplified, yet it can carry much more complex data and realize sophisticated tasks. Pen-and-paper fleet management methods have become competitively disadvantaged, if not obsolete. Innovative fleet solutions are a prerequisite for running a successful fleet — their long list of powerful features and benefits attests to this. If you were contemplating making the jump to fleet software, let this be a solidifying, factual overview of the solution’s advantages to dispel your doubts.

Reventive maintenance is paramount to sustaining your fleet’s health and minimizing downtime. It’s crucial to have a solid preventive protocol to ensure your vehicles are in top shape for as long as possible; however, creating a preventive maintenance plan or schedule from scratch is impossible without the right tools. We advise fleet managers/owners to get familiar with the best practices you can implement to optimize fleet downtime prevention. We’ve listed down five most crucial tips: save them to make sure your business is on its way to growth!

We’re excited to announce that Fleet Chaser will be at the Charlotte Build Expo 2024 on December 11-12 at the Charlotte Convention Center. This is your chance to connect with us in person and learn how we’re helping SMBs in the construction industry take control of their fleet operations.

A well-constructed fleet management strategy is the backbone of profitability and efficiency of any fleet business. Adequate management not only reduces delays by reinforcing organization but also prevents downtime, cutting costs and increasing potential revenue as a result, and ensures your assets are always in top condition.

As of December 2024, there are 968 fleet management software (FMS) options listed on Capterra alone. Think of going through dozens of them, hoping to find the perfect fit for your fleet. You spend days, maybe weeks, swamped by endless features and specs, sitting through overhyped demos, and feeling your brain turn to mush.

Keeping your trucks on the road means keeping your business running. A single defect can pose a major setback to your fleet, sacrificing time, money, and customer satisfaction. “Prevention is better than cure” applies here pretty much. That’s why extending the lifetime of your trucks boils down to preventive maintenance: knowing what type of issues are likely to arise and addressing them early on. Take a proactive approach to your truck’s upkeep and find out how to avoid the five most common breakdown causes.

Idle fleet vehicles draining money, drivers taking hour-long detours to lunch, traffic jams derailing schedules, maintenance issues snowballing into bills with multiple zeros… If you’re nodding along to these fleet management issues, you’re not alone.