Summer 2006
Runzheimer International's Mobility Report provides helpful tips, current statistics, and insightful analysis of current industry trends related to business vehicle reimbursement programs, compensation and relocation, and travel management.

Welcome to Runzheimer International's Mobility Report, a publication that draws on our extensive experience in business vehicle reimbursement programs, compensation and relocation, and travel management to provide you helpful tips, current statistics, and insightful analysis of current industry trends.

Total Employee Mobility Benchmarking Report Available Fall 2006
Advance orders can now be accepted for the Runzheimer Total Employee Mobility Benchmarking Report, which will be published and available this October. The benchmarking captures vital executive-level mobility program cost and productivity metrics for all aspects of mobility, whether it be travel, business vehicles, corporate aircraft, virtual office, relocation and/or international assignment programs.

You Can’t Improve What You Don’t Measure . . . .
Compare your organization’s support costs and direct spend against Runzheimer benchmarks. The information serves as an excellent management tool to measure total program performance and to identify opportunities for improvement. This unique offering is unavailable anywhere else.

For more information, call Peggy Block at 262-971-2305, or email pb@runzheimer.com.

Plan to Attend the 2006 Total Employee Mobility Benchmarking Forum
Runzheimer’s annual Total Employee Mobility Benchmarking Forum is set for October 10th at the Swissotel Chicago. This is an excellent executive-level networking opportunity for human resource, procurement, finance and administrative professionals with accountability for one or more employee mobility programs. Register early, as room size is limited.

Participants will gain new insights about how to prepare your organization for a highly mobile future and will:

  • Be first to receive an overview of the latest Runzheimer Total Employee Mobility Benchmarking findings.
  • Be first to hear which organizations will be recognized for Runzheimer 2006 Best Practice Awards in Travel, Business Vehicle, Corporate Aircraft, Virtual Office, Relocation and International Assignment Management and learn about the best practices of these leading organizations.
  • Hear how organizations are preparing for an emerging category of employee mobility, the virtual office worker.

For more information, click for details or call Peggy Block at 262-971-2305 or via email pb@runzheimer.com.

Issue Highlights...

BUSINESS VEHICLE SERVICES

Summer Driving Tips

With both fuel prices and temperatures rising, the summer driving season is underway. Whether you’re driving to work, to a social outing, or to a vacation destination, here are some practical tips to help make your summer driving safe and enjoyable.

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GLOBAL MOBILITY SERVICES

An Important Tool

The practice of "benchmarking" is not new. People have always made use of reference points to measure against, whether it was comparing the amount of time or cost that it took to complete a process or comparing the total amount of output over a given time. In the past, benchmarking was used by companies to compare their processes to those of their competition and then later, with those of other companies with similar processes regardless of industry.

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TRAVEL MANAGEMENT SERVICES

A Consuming Expenditure

In the midst of securing lowest logical airfares, meeting supplier volume commitments and tracking traveler compliance, consideration to saving travel dollars through establishment of meal cost caps or guidelines may not be high-ranking on a travel manager’s agenda. However, the impact of meal costs on an organization’s travel budget is significant and is a practical expense category in which to set standards and enforce them.

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