Managing Vehicle Depreciation and Fleet Life Cycles

Depreciation is the single largest cost of managing a fleet, with maintenance coming in second. Learning to managing vehicle depreciation is key because even small changes in performance can reap huge savings or incur significant costs.

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Spring Maintenance Tips: Roofs and Masonry

After a long winter that saw some extreme weather, spring is the perfect time to do a thorough check of your facilities to ensure that they aren’t deteriorating or damaged.  For facilities, roofs, foundations, masonry walls and chimneys are particularly vulnerable to precipitation and temperature swings, and should rank among facilities professionals’ top priorities for inspections and preventive maintenance.

As you begin to map out your spring maintenance schedule, take a look at our spring maintenance tips for spotting problems early before they become critical emergencies.

Roof Inspections

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Top Concerns for Fleet Managers in 2013, UPDATED for 2021

Seven years ago, we reported on the upcoming challenges facing fleet managers. Let’s go back through the post to see both how well we predicted the future and where the industry is now.

At the start of the original post, there are no surprises. The industry was looking for ways to increase efficiencies to cut costs and to find and keep drivers. It’s hard to imagine a time this wasn’t the case.

“A recent survey of fleet professionals done by GreenRoad revealed that reducing the overall costs of fuel, maintenance and vehicle replacement were among their top concerns. Managers were also extremely concerned with driver retention and ensuring those drivers are productive and safe on the road.

With the economy projected to grow at a modest rate through 2013 and into next year, it’s unsurprising that cost management is on so many managers’ minds. But there are a lot of trends besides cost-reduction that companies should be looking to get ahead of if they want to reduce costs down the road. Let’s examine what are likely to be the big issues over the next months and into 2014 as well.”

But in the next section, we find the first slip. We had the right idea, but our timing was off.

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Fleet Maintenance Cost: Identify True Cost Involved

Last year, fleet maintenance costs per vehicle rose significantly in almost every way that matters. Rising fleet maintenance costs, parts replacement and other expenses erased much of the gains seen from improved vehicle quality from manufacturers. Those increases only underscore the importance of making smart changes to your fleet maintenance operation that will give you savings in your budget and in other related areas of the company.

The key, however, is to find actionable, hard-data points on which to base your decisions. Otherwise, you’re essentially guessing about which measures you can take to reduce fleet maintenance costs both in your maintenance regime and in other parts of your budget which are affected by maintenance. Our fleet maintenance software can help you harness the data and scheduling abilities you need to have that kind of business intelligence so that you can reduce your fleet maintenance cost, but you still have to know what data points reflect your real-world costs.

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