Top Issues Facing Fleets Focus of NationaLease Maintenance Managers Meeting

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Top Issues Facing Fleets Focus of NationaLease
Maintenance Managers Meeting
1888PressRelease - New technology, government
regulations, and CNG are major topics at the
organization's annual meeting of maintenance
managers. The NationaLease Maintenance Managers
Meeting held in May in Frisco, TX, generated
rousing discussions about some of the top
challenges facing truck maintenance professionals
today. Among the list of topics maintenance of
CNG trucks fleet management system technology
adoption and the effect of GHG 14 regulations on
maintenance practices. Dean Vicha, President of
NationaLease, opened the three-day event for the
North American organization of independent full
service truck leasing companies which run a
combined customer fleet of more than 125,000
tractors, trucks, and trailers maintained at 600
service locations. Vicha was followed by the
event's keynote speaker, business leadership
expert Jim Whitt, who spoke about the power of
change. Other topics covered over the three-day
event included electrical systems CNG with a
focus on overall service readiness technician
recruiting initiatives including a session on
NationaLease's partnership with Universal
Technical Institute reducing downtime
enhancements to the organization's Road Rescue
program and fleet management system technology
adoption.
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NationaLease maintenance professionals from the
U.S. and Canada and leading industry suppliers
networked at the event.One of the meeting's most
popular events is always the Idea Session, where
maintenance managers in attendance are asked to
share an idea or best practice they've found that
offers savings in money, time, productivity,
improved morale, or an increase in customer
satisfaction. Attendees are asked to vote for the
top three ideas. In addition to the educational
sessions, the NationaLease meeting held its own
Tech Challenge leading up to the TMC SuperTech
Competition in the fall and announced the
recipients of the National Exceptional Service
Award for organization members who provided
exemplary reciprocal emergency roadside service
over the last year. The NationaLease Product and
Technology Fair is another highlight, attended by
leading suppliers and maintenance professionals.
For more details about the meeting, visit
http//blog.nationalease.com/2014-maintenance-mana
gers-meeting-spurs-great-ideas-and-conversations/.
About NationaLease Founded in 1944,
NationaLease is one of the largest full service
truck leasing organizations in North America,
with over 600 service locations throughout the
U.S. and Canada and a combined customer fleet of
over 125,000 tractors, trucks, and trailers. The
company provides comprehensive fleet management
services for private fleets and transportation
service providers. More information can be found
at http//www.nationalease.com.