Essentials of Fleet Management Seminar

October 20-21, 2025  |  Philadelphia, PA  |  Early Bird Rates Available Through September 12, 2025!

NAFA’s Essentials of Fleet Management Seminar is designed to connect newer fleet professionals into a national network of colleagues and provide the hands-on tools and resources that will help make your fleet a success. Discover tools that will allow you to benchmark your fleet and lead to rapid improvements or gains. Learn how to select the right vehicle as well as understand and evaluate risks in your fleet. Build skills—and relationships—that will help you move forward in the fleet community.

Through this in person program, you’ll learn to develop fleet policy templates and implement comprehensive grids and matrices to help better optimize your organization’s operations. With these tools, learn how to determine total cost of ownership (TCO) over the lifetime of an asset, address risk management strategies and discuss Vehicle Equivalency Unit (VEU) analysis, and learn what measures matter most when analyzing your fleet.

Master these essential fleet solutions:

• Vehicle Selection Matrix
• Risk Management Grid
• Lifecycle Cost Analysis Spreadsheet
• Policy Templates
• VEU Analysis Worksheet
• Fleet Reporting Matrix
• Fuel Efficiency Performance Measures

…and take home a toolkit of examples and templates to implement in your fleet immediately!

Registration:

Early bird rates are available—register before September 12 to SAVE!

Schedule:

• Monday, October 20, 2025
  • 1:00 – 1:45 p.m.: The Fleet Leader
  • 1:45 – 3:00 p.m.: Finding the Right Vehicle
  • 3:15 – 5:00 p.m.: Fleet Reporting
  • 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.: Reception
• Tuesday, October 21, 2025
  • 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.: The True Cost of a Vehicle
  • 9:30 – 10:45 a.m.: Fueling the Fleet
  • 11:00 – 12:30 p.m.: Managing Maintenance
  • 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.: Building Your Policy Framework
  • 3:15 – 5:00 p.m.: Managing Your Fleet’s Risk

Schedule is subject to change. All times listed in ET.

Who Should Attend?

Essentials of Fleet Management was created by fleet professionals and is geared toward those who are new, or relatively new, to their roles, and provides an immersion into the fleet management world in a safe-to-learn environment. For those with more experience in the profession, Essentials of Fleet Management provides an opportunity to get up to date on the latest tools and resources that will help you grow in your role. Many individuals participate in the program to help prepare themselves for promotions into higher positions or to eventually pursue the Certified Automotive Fleet Manager (CAFM) credential. Since the program is taught by industry experts, it’s a great opportunity to network and learn from those who already graduated from the program.

Why Attend?

The program helps you develop a foundation of skills and knowledge, through smaller, cohort learning to enable you to make connections and build a network of peers. The focused, energizing program helps you both learn and connect in a short amount of time.

Attend EFMS to:

• Develop a primary understanding, or grow your toolbox of successful fleet management strategies which can improve performance and cut costs
• Engage in informative fleet discussions with peers and experienced faculty
• Ask questions to help address your specific needs in an interactive classroom setting
• Network with fleet professionals from all sectors and regions

Hotel Information

Sonesta Philadelphia Rittenhouse Square
1800 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103, US

The deadline to book is September 16.