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Managing Your Operations With the Mobile Office

The mobile office is changing the way operators conduct business as Web-based software and affordable hardware — such as laptops, portable printers and smart phones — bring flexibility to their rental operations.

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How to Survive "Vehicularly Challenged" Days

Follow this step-by-step guide to handle days when duebacks and cars on the ground will not cover reservations. Four unique scenarios are examined.

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How to Improve Utilization – And Still Satisfy the Customer

With proper fleet planning techniques, having 25 cars on the lot and 100 expected reservations that day is a very manageable situation.

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Smarter Hiring: Reducing the Insider Threat

To ensure a thorough background screening process, consider these five points.

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Why Dealership Rental Operations Don't Work - And How They Could

With streamlined operations and lower cost structures, a dealer rental operation should be a powerful competitor to more traditional rental operators. Why aren’t they?

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An Entrepreneur’s Story

The struggles of one independent operator highlight what is right about the car rental industry.

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Surviving the Car Rental Climate Change

The economic storm of 2008-2009 is causing shifts in the auto rental industry both in front of and behind the rental counter. Can you adjust to new market conditions and take advantage of this opportunity, or will you simply try to weather the storm?

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Guest Editorial: How to Deter Rental Vehicles Used in Crimes

An operator suggests tougher laws and a nationwide “do not rent” list to deter renters from lending a rental car to be used in criminal activities.

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Sixt AG: The Art of Moving People

Germany’s iconic brand is going global, bringing service-oriented car rental and the concept of fleet leasing and management to developing markets.

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Take Back Your Gas

Gas Reclaimers Systems have saved car rental companies thousands of dollars by using patent-pending technology to remove fuel from turn-back vehicles. Could they save your fleet money?

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Car Rental: First Quarter Analysis and Outlook

A stronger-than-expected used car market is tempered by competitive pricing in the first quarter. But will the trend continue?

What is Holding Back the Electric Vehicle Revolution?

The movers and shakers in the electric vehicle market offer a candid glimpse into the immediate future of electric vehicles. (With photos!)

What’s Next for a Hertz Deal for Dollar Thrifty?

With Hertz’s announcement of a potential buyer for Advantage, how will a Dollar Thrifty deal go down, when, and for how much?

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