Sponsored by NAFA and Bell Canada, the Larry Goill Memorial Quality Fleet Management Idea Award honours individuals whose creative ideas improve fleet management by increasing productivity or create bottom-line cost savings.  The award, named in honour of the late NAFA vice president for Canada, has been won by some of the brightest minds in fleet management since its debut in 1993.

Due to the intense competition expected this year, the call for submissions is starting months earlier than usual. The deadline for entries to be considered for the 2012 Goill Awards is Friday 15 February 2012.  Awards will be presented at NAFA’s 2012 Institute & Expo in St. Louis, MO.

‘The Goill Awards are an opportunity for fleet managers to get recognized for their innovation and problem-solving techniques,’ explained NAFA’s executive director, Phillip E Russo, CAE.  ‘It is exciting to see how fleet managers are handling the difficulties facing them. The judges base entries on their originality, innovativeness, effectiveness, and how well they can be applied to other fleets.  We applaud these fleet professionals for sharing their knowledge with others!’

Recent winning ideas have included innovative uses of internet technology; the formation of both internal and external strategic alliances; cost and efficiency savings realised by restructuring personnel; the design of unique vehicles to meet special needs; creative lifecycle analysis and decision-making; unique hiring and retention practices; eco-friendly driver training and incentive programs; and the creation of an automated motor pool dispatch system.

There is no entry fee and applicants do not need to be members of NAFA for consideration.

For more information or to pick up an entry form, visit http://www.nafa.org/goillawards