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Using Data to Extend Vehicle Life Amid Supply Crisis

In this video, hear from the CTO of IntelliShift, Ryan Wilkinson, about the data that keeps vehicles running longer in the age of the supply crises.

October 19, 2021
Using Data to Extend Vehicle Life Amid Supply Crisis

 

1 min to read


What was supposed to be a short disruption in semiconductor chip production has turned into a potential multi-year supply chain crisis. While fleets must now get creative in sourcing vehicles, they must also employ new tools to keep existing fleet on the road longer.

In this Fast Forward video, Fleet Group Editor Chris Brown sits down with Ryan Wilkinson, CTO of IntelliShift, to find out how to harness the power of data to better maintain vehicles, measure behavior, and reap actionable insights.

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Topics include:

  • How the global supply chain issues are impacting vehicle availability

  • How to utilize data to manage preventative maintenance to extend vehicle lifecycles.

  • Measuring vehicle maintenance between drivers using behavior data.

Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
1:11 Thoughts on Global Supply Chain Issues Impacting Vehicles
2:22 How to Utilize Data to Manage Preventative Maintenance
3:57 How Telematics Addresses Maintenance Issues
5:47 Measuring Vehicle Maintenance Between Drivers
6:39 Are Engine Diagnostics Right for You?
8:24 How fleets can use actionable data
9:46 Vehicle inspections: making better decisions
11:35 Taking vehicle data to the next maintenance level
12:41 The future of vehicle maintenance

Learn even more at the 2021 Fleet Forward Conference on November 11 in San Jose.

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