By challenging the way vehicle and equipment fleets have been traditionally managed and run, fleet operators can identify exceptional opportunities to create an integrated lean fleet management strategy. This strategy, supported by carefully structured business processes, can offer near-term benefits of cost-savings and improved service. But more than these substantive potential early benefits, the development of a sustainable, re-engineered lean process can have results far into the future of a highperformance business by freeing up scarce capital and reducing waste while producing sustainable reductions in operating costs.