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Fleet Management

Driver scoring: how to measure driving style and why it matters

Driver scoring measures driving style with telematics: braking, acceleration, speed. How it works, what it affects (fuel, safety, maintenance) and how to use it well.

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Fleet Management

EV fleet management software: what you actually need

Managing an electric fleet takes more than GPS tracking: real range, charging planning, battery health and emissions reporting. What an EV fleet software must actually do.

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Compliance

GPS on company vehicles: what Italian law says on privacy and the Workers' Statute

Tracking company vehicles with GPS is legal, but under precise conditions: Article 4 of the Workers' Statute, the GDPR and the Garante's rulings. What you actually need to be compliant.

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Fleet Management

The seniority promotion trap: a silent risk for transport SMBs

Promoting whoever has been around longest feels fair, but produces managers worse than random. Three criteria that actually work for transport SMBs.

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Compliance

Company liability and the tachograph: what the fleet manager really risks from 1 July 2026

Public focus on tachograph fines is on the driver, but for SMEs the real risk is the company's autonomous liability. What the fleet manager risks, how the training-exempt defence works and the 4 due-diligence actions to take now.

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Fleet Management

Peter Principle in numbers: what the empirical research really says

The study on 53,000 salespeople, the 60% of new managers who fail, the 82% with no training: all the data confirming the Peter Principle, explained.

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Fleet Management

Fleet TCO: how to calculate the real total cost of ownership (and use it to decide)

The 7 items of fleet Total Cost of Ownership, incidence percentages, the most common calculation errors, and how to move from absolute TCO to TCO/km as a decision KPI.

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Compliance

EU Data Act for fleets: what changed on 12 September 2025

Since 12 September 2025, Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 gives fleet owners the right to access connected vehicle data and nominate a third-party recipient. What it means in practice, what your rights are, and how to start exercising them.

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Fleet Management

Peter Principle in fleets: why the best driver becomes the worst supervisor

Promoting your top-performing driver to supervisor is almost always a mistake. The research confirms it and the signs show up in the first 90 days.

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Fleet Management

G2V2 vs fleet telematics: what the tachograph records and what you still need from fleet management

The G2V2 is not a fleet management system: it records, it doesn't plan. Technical and functional differences between the smart tachograph and fleet telematics, with a focus on the ITS interface, shared data and common purchasing mistakes.

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Fleet Management

How to measure the ROI of route optimization software: a practical guide

A practical guide to calculating the return on investment of route optimization software. Real benchmarks, calculation framework and 3-9 month payback.

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Fleet Management

The 7 KPIs every fleet manager should track (and how to read them)

Too much data, too few decisions. Here are the 7 essential fleet management KPIs, with benchmarks and practical guidance to improve each metric.

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Logistics

Driver shortage in Italy: 22,000 vacancies and how technology can help

Italy is short 22,000 professional drivers. Analysis of the shortage data and how technology helps fleets do more with fewer resources.

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Fleet Management

Cost per kilometre: the calculation 70% of companies get wrong

Cost per km is the most used and worst calculated metric in Italian fleet management. Five common mistakes, benchmarks by mission type and how to use it for pricing and dispatching.

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