A management system comprising: a fleet of material handling vehicles including a first material handling vehicle, a second material handling vehicle, and a plurality of additional material handling vehicles (50b, 50c, 50d); a management server enabled for communication over a management network, wherein the fleet of material handling vehicles is configured to be managed via the management network; the first material handling vehicle comprises a first telematics controller, a first-vehicle vehicle identification, and a processor device; the second material handling vehicle comprises a second telematics controller and a second-vehicle vehicle identification; and the plurality of additional material handling vehicles (50b, 50c, 50d) are configured to form a mesh network with the first and second material handling vehicles (30, 50a) to facilitate remote communication between the first and second material handling vehicles (30, 50a) and the management server; wherein the processor device of the first material handling vehicle is configured to: detect the second-vehicle vehicle identification, based on the second material handling vehicle being in proximity to the first material handling vehicle; based upon the second-vehicle vehicle identification detected by the processor device of the first material handling vehicle, determine whether the second material handling vehicle is a missing vehicle, wherein a missing vehicle is a vehicle that is in a location that is unknown to the management server or is not in communication with the management server; and based upon determining that the second material handling vehicle is a missing vehicle, establish a communications link between the first material handling vehicle and the second material handling vehicle. a fleet of material handling vehicles including a first material handling vehicle, a second material handling vehicle, and a plurality of additional material handling vehicles (50b, 50c, 50d); a management server enabled for communication over a management network, wherein the fleet of material handling vehicles is configured to be managed via the management network; the first material handling vehicle comprises a first telematics controller, a first-vehicle vehicle identification, and a processor device; the second material handling vehicle comprises a second telematics controller and a second-vehicle vehicle identification; and the plurality of additional material handling vehicles (50b, 50c, 50d) are configured to form a mesh network with the first and second material handling vehicles (30, 50a) to facilitate remote communication between the first and second material handling vehicles (30, 50a) and the management server; wherein the processor device of the first material handling vehicle is configured to: detect the second-vehicle vehicle identification, based on the second material handling vehicle being in proximity to the first material handling vehicle; based upon the second-vehicle vehicle identification detected by the processor device of the first material handling vehicle, determine whether the second material handling vehicle is a missing vehicle, wherein a missing vehicle is a vehicle that is in a location that is unknown to the management server or is not in communication with the management server; and based upon determining that the second material handling vehicle is a missing vehicle, establish a communications link between the first material handling vehicle and the second material handling vehicle. detect the second-vehicle vehicle identification, based on the second material handling vehicle being in proximity to the first material handling vehicle; based upon the second-vehicle vehicle identification detected by the processor device of the first material handling vehicle, determine whether the second material handling vehicle is a missing vehicle, wherein a missing vehicle is a vehicle that is in a location that is unknown to the management server or is not in communication with the management server; and based upon determining that the second material handling vehicle is a missing vehicle, establish a communications link between the first material handling vehicle and the second material handling vehicle.