New fleet delayed? How to keep your team moving until delivery

The order is signed, and so is the lease contract, but delivery of the cars takes a few months. In the meantime, sales reps need to get to clients, technicians to call-outs, and new hires start before their car does. The waiting period has a cost, even if it doesn't show up on any invoice.

The hidden cost of waiting

• Client visits postponed or bundled together.
• Employees using their own cars, with expense claims and risks the company doesn't control.
• New hires starting without their main work tool.
• Time lost by managers reorganising the team's schedule.

Your options

1. Put activity on holdWorks only for a few days. After that, the cost of missed opportunities grows.
2. Daily rentalSuitable for short delays of a few days or a week.
3. A subscription for the estimated periodFor delays of a month or more: dedicated cars, with a single monthly cost, until the new fleet arrives.

How to choose the term

Start from the delivery date given by the dealer or the leasing company and add a margin: delivery dates do slip. A MiniLease subscription runs for 1 to 12 months, and what you need can be reviewed at the end of each period. If the new cars arrive, you hand back the subscription cars; if delivery is delayed, you extend.

The same logic for cars temporarily off the road

A fleet car may be off the road for a few weeks after damage or for a longer repair. A one-month subscription covers the gap without changing anything in your main contract.

What to prepare before your quote request

• How many cars are delayed and what category they are.
• The estimated delivery date.
• The date from which you need cars and the cities your employees work in.