
No one predicted the spike in replacement parts prices over the past several years nor the delays in getting out-of-stock parts. This assessment explains how these numerous price increases add up to big expenditures raising TCO.
No one predicted the spike in replacement parts prices over the past several years nor the delays in getting out-of-stock parts. This assessment explains how these numerous price increases add up to big expenditures raising TCO.
Fleet managers are being challenged by out-of-control new-vehicle acquisition and repair costs. Auto parts prices have reached unreasonable levels that no procurement manager could ever have fathomed five years ago.
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Five factors — vehicle complexity, unscheduled maintenance, parts delays, inflation and labor costs — have contributed to double-digit price increases.
Parts constraints are causing much longer completion times for repair jobs, lengthening fleet vehicle downtime, reducing driver productivity, and consequently increasing overall fleet maintenance costs.
Two years of scant automotive replacement parts supplies have heightened fleet downtime and increased fleet maintenance expenses.
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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The partnership will allow WEX customers to purchase auto parts for class 1-5 vehicles from AutoZone at discounted rates.
Part and labor prices have increased 4-8%, while part and labor availability have decreased. Due to difficulties sourcing replacement vehicles, fleets are keeping units in service longer. This caused repair spend to increase in 2021.
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