Because the fleet business faces unprecedented challenges and alternatives, what modern options and collaborations will emerge from occasions just like the 2024 International Fleet Convention (GFC)?
Bobit CEO Colin Sutherland lately spoke with Automotive Fleet Affiliate Writer Chris Brown in regards to the upcoming convention in San Diego.
Sutherland shared his perspective on the state of the present world fleet market and the mix of GFC with Fleet Ahead (FFC) and Fleet Security Conferences (FSC) to type Fleet Week.
In line with Brown, GFC began in 2013 and is now in its eleventh yr. It’s normally held in South Florida, however with the creation of Fleet Week, the convention has been moved to San Diego.
Connecting the Dots and Partaking the Fleet Neighborhood
When it comes to the market in earlier years, Sutherland explains challenges had been seen extra round procurement and regulatory compliance in 2018, however, “I believe a variety of that is been resolved right here and there. Right now, it appears to be very a lot across the influence provide chain is having now on world fleet,” he stated.
Sutherland emphasizes how fleet is interconnected by way of the worldwide provide chain, affecting how the business works intermodally. This interconnectedness can change how world fleets work collectively by way of a number of modes of mobility in transportation, from a container on a ship to last-mile supply.
Exterior of worldwide market points, Sutherland will attend GFC this yr as a writer and appears ahead to talking with attendees about their advertising points.
“What’s our function as a writer? What is the accountability that we’ve to speak the matters which can be most significant for our fleet neighborhood: the provider aspect or the fleet aspect? After which, how can we inform these in new, compelling methods?” Sutherland stated.
Sutherland is happy to reconnect with the fleet neighborhood and discover different necessary matters for 2025, together with procurement, ESG targets, security, and fleet partnerships.
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