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Paul Woodward Timmins - Elements of Fleet Maintenance Management
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2. Introduction
It’s not a huge revelation that vehicle safety is a
significant concern for you and your fleet. This is
largely due to the fact that fleet-related accidents can
cost you big time. In almost every case, when a
driver gets into an accident, you are dealing with both
vehicle and assuming an injury occurred driver
downtime.
3. Key Elements of Fleet
Management
Monitor Engine Alerts
Maintenance Scheduling
Reduce Unnecessary Driving
Reduce Fleet Idle Times
Keep An Online Maintenance History
Fleet Maintenance
4. Monitor Engine Alerts
Various fleet management tracking solutions
continually track the health of engines and
automatically notify fleet managers of potential engine
problems by sending alerts. These alerts enable them
to take necessary steps to ensure that the vehicle
functions properly.
5. Maintenance Scheduling
By obtaining regular odometer updates, fleet owners
can pro-actively manage scheduled maintenance
ensuring all warranty specifications are adhered to
and reduce unscheduled maintenance events and
unnecessary downtime.
6. Reduce Unnecessary Driving
A fleet tracking management system helps monitor
both unnecessary and unauthorized driving by
routing vehicles more efficiently, tracking locations,
and monitoring off-hours usage. Many tracking
systems come with GPS connection capabilities,
which can further reduce vehicle mileage by
providing drivers with accurate directions.
7. Reduce Fleet Idle Times
Excessive idle time is one of the leading causes of
fuel waste, with heavy-duty vehicles burning up to 3
liters of diesel fuel for each hour of idling. It also
contributes to engine wear and tear and increases
maintenance costs.
8. Keep An Online Maintenance
History
Integrated fleet management systems eliminate the
problem of lost or inaccurate maintenance paperwork
by providing a complete online service history of
every vehicle in your fleet. You can quickly and easily
enter or update service records online or have
access to information that is already updated should
you outsource this function.
9. Fleet Maintenance
Streamline maintenance processes and procedures
Reduce vehicle downtime
Manage suppliers costs
Identify and reduce duplicate work by mechanics and
vendors
Make informed maintenance decisions
Manage driver behavior
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11. Who I AM…
Paul Woodward Timmins is the Vice President of
The Bucket Shop Group and a businessman who has
great knowledge fleet management and bucket
manufacturing in Ontario.