Insights into Fleet Management with Ernie Garcia
In this week’s episode of Straight Talk on Fleet, Erin Gilchrist, VP of Fleet Evangelism at IntelliShift, sits down with Ernie Garcia, Director of Fleet Management and Business Systems at Gothic Landscape. Gothic isn’t small—they employ over 2,300 landscape...
3 Proven Ways to Cut Service Fleet Costs with Telematics Technology
Managing a fleet for your service company isn’t just about keeping vehicles on the road—it’s about making sure they’re on the right road, operating safely, efficiently, and without sending your costs through the roof. Telematics technology combines vehicle and driver...
5 Effective Ways to Cut Costs for Your Service Fleet
Running a fleet for a service company comes with some major challenges, particularly when managing costs across various job sites and customer locations. Whether you’re overseeing a handful of vehicles or a large fleet, reducing fleet costs and boosting...
The Evolution and Future of Fleet Management with Mike Antich
In this week’s episode of Straight Talk on Fleet, Erin Gilchrist, VP of Fleet at IntelliShift, has a conversation with Mike Antich, long-time editor-in-chief at Bobit Business Media, a Fleet Hall of Fame Inductee, member of Global Fleet Hall of Fame, Remarketing...
IntelliShift’s HOS with In The Field: A Smarter Way to Manage Compliance
Managing Hours of Service (HOS) is about more than just compliance and meeting regulations. It’s about making sure your fleet operates smoothly, efficiently, and safely. That’s why IntelliShift is upgrading our legacy HOS feature in favor of HOS with In The Field (HOS...
Artificial Intelligence and Its Role in Fleet Management with Ken Jack
In the latest episode of Straight Talk on Fleet, Erin Gilchrist Rugg, our VP of Fleet Evangelism, goes deep into the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with industry veteran Ken Jack. With over 30 years of experience in the transportation and fleet industry,...
Interview Fleet Manager of the Year Finalist
In the latest episode of Straight Talk on Fleet, Erin Gilchrist welcomes Ted Chan, Corporate Fleet and Travel Manager at Schindler Elevator, to discuss the evolving role of fleet managers and the challenges they face. Chan, a finalist for this year’s Fleet Manager of...
IntelliShift Benchmarking: Your Fleet’s Competitive Edge
Managing a fleet involves far more than just keeping vehicles operational—it requires making strategic, data-driven decisions that improve safety, save time, reduce costs, and conserve resources. IntelliShift recognizes these challenges, which is why we’ve developed...
Optimizing Delivery Efficiency: A Fleet Manager’s Blueprint
In the latest episode of Straight Talk on Fleet, Erin Gilchrist Rugg welcomes Wise Systems’ Vice President of Global Partnerships, Erin Blair, to discuss the value of combining route optimization and fleet management technology into one super-charged platform.  ...
Plug Into the Fleet Community
In this episode, Erin celebrates 50 episodes and 11,000 followers on LinkedIn! The Straight Talk on Fleet podcast aims at building a community of industry professionals. It’s a destination for thought leadership, best practice sharing, vetting out challenges, and...