MT. LAUREL, N.J., Oct. 13, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Automotive Resources International has come up with an innovative IS tool that enables fleet managers to communicate the same message to a group simultaneously without having to re-create both the message and the e-mail for each individual.
Called Bulk E-mail, the new capability is offered to ARI customers through ARI insights, the company's intelligent web-based car and truck fleet management system. Bulk E-mail keeps clients from getting bogged down in repetitive detail. It enables fleet managers to save valuable time by drafting a single message and expeditiously bulk-broadcasting that same e-mail to an entire group.
For example, if an alert comes in confirming that certain drivers failed to complete a required action such as scheduled maintenance, the fleet manager can use Bulk E-mail to send the same message to non-compliant drivers, thus reminding all simultaneously.
"At ARI, technology never stands still," says Bill Kwelty, ARI Vice President and Chief Information Officer. "Bulk E-mail notifications are another example of how ARI is exploring the latest technologies to address top-priority customer issues and come up with innovative business tools that help streamline operations so that client fleets run smarter."
ARI insights, announced by ARI in July 2006, is currently in use at select customer locations in limited release and is scheduled for general customer availability in January 2007. The new ARI business tool gives customers, even those with the most complex truck fleet operations, comprehensive actionable data about their fleets -- strategic fleet insights -- through comparative performance data, simplified interfaces and tools that get results faster. ARI clients can leverage the system to improve fleet operation, cost management, and business decision-making in the future.
About ARI
ARI(tm), a subsidiary of Holman Enterprises based in Mt. Laurel, N.J., is an $840-million industry leader and the largest privately-held fleet leasing and management company in the world. As a single-source fleet management leader, ARI customizes innovative solutions that streamline fleet operations, help lower the cost of fleet ownership and create long-term value for customers. Today, with a workforce numbering more than 1,000 and offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Europe, the company manages more than 2,000 outsourced fleets (over 500,000 autos and trucks) in North America and, combined with its strategic partners, more than 1.5 million fleet vehicles globally.