Strategies for managing passenger car fleets applied on the Polish market - research results

Abstract

Strategies used in passenger car fleets management are diverse in terms of choice of sources of vehicle financing, operational periods or service strategies, which is due to the specificity of individual enterprises and, above all, the industries they operate in. With this in mind, to develope a method for selecting vehicle replacement strategy, a survey regarding the fleet management strategy was carried out. Selected results of the survey are described in the paper. The questionnaires were filled in by 106 respondents people responsible for corporate vehicle fleets. The main areas covered by the questions are strategies regarding the usage period of vehicles in the company, human and IT resources for fleet management, as well as documents regulating the rules of using the company vehicles. In addition, the main criteria for selecting a car for a company were identified, as well as the methods of financing the purchase of vehicles and their maintenance strategies. The paper presents only selected research results.