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The repair crisis gets blamed on technician shortages and parts delays. But a big part of the problem is what's happening before the vehicle even reaches the shop, and that's within your control.
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The lean fleets of yesterday are the fragile fleets of today. Where do we find the balance?
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Fleets saw notable Q1 price jumps in brake inspections, conventional oil changes, and inspections.
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While “average time to resolve an issue” dropped 22.7% from the first half of 2024 compared to the third quarter of 2024, costs for popular service tasks rose 4.2%.
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Increases in costs for grease, refrigerant, diagnostics, and environmental/disposal services drove the average cost of vehicle parts and service higher.
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For fleets handling all or some service tasks in-house, these tips will help combat parts cost and sourcing issues and aid with tracking and valuing inventory.
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AF Editor Mike Antich discusses managing such issues as acquisitions, extended lifecycles, and rising maintenance and labor costs with Kimberly Fisher, global fleet director for NOV, a major oil and gas services company.
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Five factors — vehicle complexity, unscheduled maintenance, parts delays, inflation and labor costs — have contributed to double-digit price increases.
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Learn about the impact the ongoing replacement part shortage is having on maintenance repairs in this week's State of the Industry video.
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There is lot of uncertainty about the timeliness of deliveries of 2023 model chassis earmarked for upfitting. Many fleet managers still have fresh memories of the inconsistent delivery of chassis to upfitters during the 2022 model-year.
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