Many factors continue to exert upward pressure on fleet maintenance costs (with longer service lives as the primary driver).
Jim Liverseed of Tennant Company does the little things right regarding keeping high-mileage fleet units running smoothly. But in the big picture, it’s all about managing data, lifecycle costing, and communication.
Extending replacement parameters is often counterproductive to the intended goal. Longer service lives increases unscheduled maintenance with longer downtime and increases the number of units operating outside of warranty.
Extended replacement cycles for short-term capital expenditure savings often have the unintended consequence of resulting in greater long-term expenses.
The top blog posts of the year included five test drives, as did posts arguing for short-cycling, rethinking the total cost of ownership equation, and improving maintenance management.
Determining when exactly to cycle your vehicles is a fine balance among many factors, from acquisition, through operation, and resale or asset disposal. Here are nine questions to answer when you’re deciding when and how to best cycle your trucks.
ARI has launched a new website and interactive video series designed to help fleet managers better navigate a vehicle's lifecycle, the Mount Laurel, N.J.-based fleet management company announced.
If you are like most fleet managers, you establish a depreciation schedule when you put your vehicles in service and probably never think about it again until it’s time to pull it out of service and send it to auction. Maybe it’s time you took a more active view toward managing depreciation.
Time in the shop, instead of on the road, means lost sales and less face time with customers, putting downward pressure on the bottom line. Downtime mitigation is key to controlling costs and helping to maximize fleet uptime.
Vincentric has identified the 2019 vehicles that provide the best value for fleets to own over a three-year time period. The list includes Nissan and Infiniti with 11 awards and Kia with seven.
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