Boost tech use in food & beverage personal fleets to create business advantages

Sponsored by Motus

The food and beverage fleet industry faces significant challenges with driver retention and adapting to new technology. Integrating new vehicle management systems into your business can seem daunting, especially with five generations in the workforce. However, with the right communication and training, you can ensure a smooth transition into a new system and secure the best results for your vehicle operations.

Why Vehicle Reimbursement Technology?

Modern reimbursement solutions can help provide workforce insights, support compliance and even help identify cost-saving opportunities. In addition, you can look for tools that include risk mitigation advantages, such as motor vehicle records monitoring to verify employees’ eligibility to drive, insurance monitoring to confirm active coverage, and training solutions to support driver safety. Changing from legacy systems and manual processes to a seamless and scalable technology solution can help companies improve data-driven decision-making.

Make Your Transition Impactful

When working with diverse, multigenerational teams, it may seem daunting to ensure everyone is on the same page and ready to adapt to new technology. A few key best practices can help make your transition to a new vehicle reimbursement technology smooth and efficient:

1. Be Direct About the Reasons You Use Technology.

With Motus, you have the most options to introduce technology effectively. Two crucial steps can ensure your message is heard:

2. Train Early to Boost Retention.

Start new hires off on the right foot by integrating training into the onboarding process to make the use of the technology a priority from their first days on the job.

3. Support a Diverse Workforce.

Supporting your workforce with optimized technology that helps mitigate risk and streamline reimbursements can aid in employee retention and technology adoption.

By implementing these strategies, you can navigate the challenges of high turnover and a diverse workforce. At Motus, we offer the lowest risk, most options and best results — all backed by our trusted advisors.

Brewing Efficiency

Here’s an example of real change that better supported a business’s goals. D.G. Yuengling & Son, America’s oldest operating brewery, had long used a bulky and frequently inaccurate mileage-tracking app to reimburse its sales employees for their travels.

By adopting a more user-friendly, highly accurate platform that was easy to integrate with its expense management software, Yuengling freed its sales team to focus on selling rather than entering mileage manually into a legacy system with ineffective GPS tracking.

After the switch, 92% of the platform users at the brewery said the new tools saved them significant time tracking and reporting mileage or helped them streamline their work and eliminate manual processes.¹

When You Know, You Motus

At Motus, we don’t just provide technology solutions; we act as trusted advisors. We lead the way in assisting companies in designing and managing their Future Fleet^™. We understand the importance of trust in overcoming fleet challenges and craft our solutions to optimize spending, mitigate risks and streamline reimbursements to employees driving for work. We also recognize the challenges of introducing driver-facing technology.

We have more than 40 years of experience making vehicle management and reimbursement easier for more than 3,000 companies. Our expert team is here to help you overcome these challenges while building confidence and trust in the driver-facing tech solutions you choose to run your vehicle program.

Ready to start building your customized, comprehensive reimbursement platform? Learn more.

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