Having sprouted from mere lift truck maintenance, fleet management is now budding into a powerful and integral part of labor management.

With the benefit of hindsight, fleet management might have been named differently at the outset. Perhaps “equipment productivity management,” or “employee visibility and accountability management.” The state of the practice has evolved past mere hour meter readings, impact sensors and even sophisticated, real-time telematics. The purview of fleet management now encompasses everything the lift truck touches in an organization—which is just about everything.

Click here to read the full article in MMH.