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Strategic Alliances

Customer Company Size

Large Corporate

Region

America

Country

United States

Product

Accident Management
Fuel Services
Maintenance Services
Title, Licensing & Registration

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Cost Savings
Productivity Improvements

Technology Category

Functional Applications - Fleet Management Systems (FMS)

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Fleet Management

Services

System Integration

About The Customer

The customer is a U.S.-based multinational energy company with a total fleet size of 5,500. They offer a unique employee transportation benefit in the form of company-run van pools. However, these van pools were decentralized with no direct business owner assigned to the overall operation. The company needed a comprehensive solution to align these van pools and turned to Element for assistance. They required 150+ passenger vans equipped with specific amenities and wanted Element to be directly involved as a business partner to source and manage the units.

The Challenge

A U.S.-based multinational energy company needed a comprehensive solution to align 150+ decentralized company-run van pools, offered as an employee transportation benefit. With no direct business owner assigned to the overall operation, the customer turned to Element as a trusted resource for vehicle sourcing, management assistance, consolidated billing and delivery of a consistent employee experience. The customer needed 150+ passenger vans equipped with specific amenities. The customer wanted Element directly involved as a business partner, to work with them to source and manage the units.

The Solution

Element conducted interviews with the certified van pool drivers and management to fully understand the usage and requirements of the vehicles needed to transport employees. In order to deliver the solution the customer wanted, Element brought in Enterprise, a national rental and leasing company, to provide the required vans as long-term rentals. Enterprise also brought an added benefit to the company’s employees called a “Guaranteed Ride Home.” Any employee utilizing the van pool can be immediately provided with a rental vehicle in case of an emergency, where the employee needed a vehicle right away and could not ride home in the van pool.

Operational Impact

Customer retains single point of contact for all fleets within their business, including this van pool, with consolidated billing through Element
Vans are billed as long-term rental units, allowing the flexibility to scale up or down as needed, with no idle vehicles
An established two-year replacement schedule ensures the quality of the vans and consistency of the employee benefit, which is critical to the company’s goals
Vehicles are fully maintained by Enterprise; pulled out of service with replacement van rotated into pool