When Beth Casillas arrived at the City of Buckeye, Arizona, in 2020, she didn’t inherit a fleet operation that had been built badly. She inherited one that had been built for a much smaller city. That context is important.
I have read many articles on parts management. They always seem to include inventory cycles, LIFO vs. FIFO, obsolescence, shelf organization, Vehicle Maintenance Reporting Standards (VMRS) applications, min-max levels and yada, yada…
Tim Coxwell wasn’t looking for a job in fleet management when the Leon County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office asked him to help interview candidates for its next fleet director role in 2013. But when officials described the position…
Public fleet operations could track a hundred metrics. Steve Saltzgiver, CAFS, thinks they should focus on three to five. The longtime fleet manager, current RTA strategic advisor and 100 Best Fleets judge says the key is figuring out…
The AI-driven maintenance triage and work order tool built on 14 years of proprietary fleet data is now generally available to all customers of Fleetio, the fleet maintenance and optimization platform, following a six-month open beta…
Better ride quality, fewer callbacks, and lower long-term maintenance costs are reasons why Cummins says fleets should replace truck air springs and shock absorbers as a pair, rather than individually.
Early open beta results show assets spending 16% fewer hours in the shop when Service Advisor, an AI capability that evaluates repair orders, assigns issue priorities and delivers guidance inside Fleetio’s Maintenance Shop Network…
