A resource that works independently for each client
Fleets ARE NOT solely an expense. To grow, companies need cars and trucks. Today fleets are accountable for making the biggest contribution possible at the lowest cost.
Rethinking fleet strategy and asset utilization for that mission requires a winning combination that optimizes performance and unlocks a fleet's ROI value.
ARI’s Strategic Consulting Group customizes strategies to best serve each client’s goals and needs. Trained in consultation and management and armed with the latest technology and best-practice techniques, this group finds solutions for high-cost, disruptive problems. Our analysts are encouraged to think, free of a pre-conceived approach.
ARI has the process down to a science. We touch upon all layers of fleet operation, customizing high-value solutions that cut costs and make fleets run more efficiently. We also do this for international clients across the globe.
A fresh perspective on asset value
Companies expect their fleets to make strategic, value-added contributions — whether it’s curbing emissions or sustaining corporate growth. They’re not looking for fleet vendors. They want partners who understand their businesses, offer competitive advantages and strategic value. ARI’s record of success managing fleets as business assets, puts us on the same page. We keep customer fleets and drivers on the road, optimize those assets and lower the total cost of ownership. Ensuring performance and value for fleets contributes to business success.
Numbers tell the story
For a wholesale distribution client with a small fleet made up mostly of compact SUVs and sedans, our strategic consultants developed a comprehensive solution that produced significant savings. We recommended switching out the company’s existing fleet to an alternate make/model for all applications. The team estimated net proceeds from the difference in market and book values, lease payment savings by matching new lease payments to the depreciation rates on existing vehicles, fuel cost savings by calculating fuel consumption on the estimated difference in mpg between vehicle types and existing fleet, and maintenance cost savings due to factory warranty coverage of the alternate vehicle. ARI’s analysis provided our client with over $969,000 in life-of-vehicle savings!
Outside-the-box thinking saves a cool $2 million
ARI came up with an innovative closed-end-lease pool car solution for a fleet of 250 vehicles, saving the client $2 million over the cost of the daily rental program it had replaced.