Our most recent achievements More editorial excellence honors for Fleet Maintenance At Fleet Maintenance, and its offi cial websiteVehicle- ServicePros.com, we continually strive for excellence in journalism. While no easy task, we are convinced that the time and energy it takes to achieve this is well worth the eff ort. Why? Because the entire Fleet Maintenance team fi rmly believes that our readers deserve only the best in valuable information – through unequaled content – that is relevant to what they do. Let me note that 95 percent of Fleet Maintenance subscribers have direct or supervisory infl uence over maintenance work, found the 2016 Fleet Maintenance Readership Study. What we do, and it is our deep-rooted mission, is provide pertinent information to enable our readers to: • Keep vehicles operating with greatest effi ciency and maximum uptime. • Improve their personal performance. The Foundation We accomplish this by continually providing wellresearched, well-thought out, robust and timely editorial that is objective, detailed, educational, insightful and useful. Th e team at Fleet Maintenance takes great pride in our eff orts to constantly attain this. Th e foundation for our editorial excellence is to: • Stay close to our readers so that we remain aware of their concerns, challenges and knowledge needs, and take a proactive approach to planning our editorial content. • Maintain a talented, profi cient and award-winning editorial team that includes Mike Schmidt, managing editor. • Have a gift ed and skilled art director in Erin Brown. Acknowledgement We know we are accomplishing our mission because, once again citing the 2016 readership study, when asked: • What trucking industry publication they would open fi rst, the vast majority of respondents said Fleet Maintenance. • Which trucking industry publications “do you feel helps you most in your maintenance responsibilities,” once again the vast majority said Fleet Maintenance. What’s more, the majority of readers pass their copy of Fleet Maintenance along to others within their maintenance operation. Outside Recognition Additional evidence that we are achieving editorial excellence is acknowledgement by others in publishing. Fleet Maintenance has again earned a number of awards for our editorial and graphic staff ’s talents and abilities. Most recently, we earned TMT’s Best Vehicle Maintenance Magazine 2016 - USA and the TMT Media Award for Editorial Excellence - USA. TMT is an information organization that thoroughly covers technology, media and telecom. Its awards recognize publications and organizations that have excelled in the past year, working to provide the best possible service to their clients. Fleet Maintenance was the only vehicle maintenance/ trucking publication to be so honored. IAMC In the latest International Automotive Media Competition (IAMC), Fleet Maintenance was honored with nine medals. Th is awards program is a competition that recognizes excellence in transportation journalism. For the IAMC competition, everyone on Fleet Maintenance’s editorial staff at the time was individually recognized for editorial excellence – myself, Schmidt, assistant editor Josh Smith and associate editor Mattie Gorman. Art director Brown was recognized for excellence in graphics. Th e awards earned were: • Editorial award, environmental/regulatory: Greenhouse gas regulations: Phase II (VehicleServicePros.com /12072792). • Editorial award, technical, how to: Proven strategies for establishing the most eff ective hiring practices (VehicleServicePros.com/12054828). • Editorial award, technical, reference: A guide to protecting technicians from workplace hazards (VehicleServicePros.com12081202). • Editorial award, editorial/column: Uptime: We are all temporary (VehicleServicePros.com/12032570). • Editorial award, company profi le: How Interstate Distributor evolves its maintenance operations from lessons learned (VehicleServicePros.com/12130867). • Editorial award, business: Dollars and sense: Th e future of alternative-fuel vehicles in trucking (VehicleServicePros.com/12043722). • Editorial award, business: Th e harm of counterfeit parts (VehicleServicePros.com/12110479). • Graphics award, cover story spread: 15 essentials for fl eet maintenance management systems (VehicleServicePros.com/12030685). • Graphics award, feature article spread: Ways to go “green” (VehicleServicePros.com/12054309). Fleet Maintenance’s Training Column earned a 2016 Tabbie Award. Th is is a B2B editorial and design competition – put on by the Trade, Association and Business Publications International (TABPI) – wherein the work of editors, publishers and art directors are judged by their international peers. Ongoing Resource Th ese awards are the latest for Fleet Maintenance. I say with great pride that we are running out of space on the awards and honors wall at the home offi ce. I would like to acknowledge the advertisers that support Fleet Maintenance. Th ey understand the importance of unbiased, quality editorial. Furthermore, they know their marketing messages are well-received because they come within a trusted and well-read publication. I assure you, the Fleet Maintenance team will continue to do its very best to serve as your ongoing resource for information and intelligence on our industry so that you can keep vehicles operating with greatest effi ciency and maximum uptime, and improve your personal performance. | Uptime By David A. Kolman, Editor WE DELIVER unsurpassed valuable, relevant content. Graphics courtesy of IAMC, TABPI and TMT 6 FLEET MAINTENANCE ❚ OCTOBER 2016 ❚ VehicleServicePros.com
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